March 29, 2024

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Electric Lancia Delta headed to 2022 World RX Championship

About the weekend, Swedish driver Johan Kristoffersson overcame a 17-issue deficit to Timmy Hansen to claim his fourth Entire world Rallycross (Entire world RX) Championship driver’s title. When the Swede lines up for next year’s campaign, which is likely all-electric powered, eyes may well not be on him but on a Franco-Italian runner tucked amid the 14-car or truck industry. Which is for the reason that French Entire world RX team GCK Motorsport will be campaigning Lancia Delta Integrale bodywork in next year’s all-electric powered silhouette sequence. 

Very last calendar year, away from the race monitor, French firm Environmentally friendly Corp Konnection (GCK) debuted its Lancia Delta Evo-e, a restomodded Delta Integrale presented a dual-motor AWD electric powered powertrain transplant. GCK plans to deliver just forty four of them, just about every putting out 197 horsepower and 258 pound-toes of torque, in a position to go about 124 miles on a demand and – get this – shifted through a five-speed transmission.

As component of the company’s motorsports pursuits, it now provided the charging demands for a WRX assistance sequence this calendar year, the all-electric powered RX2e. The headline sequence is likely electric powered in 2022 and turning into RX1e, just about every car or truck utilizing a spec electric powered powertrain provided by Austrian agency Kreisel, the twin motors putting out a blended 671 horsepower and 649 pound-toes of torque. Atop that chassis, GCK will power the industry and provide bodywork mimicking its the function of its Distinctive-e division, appended of class with the angrier fenders and wings every single WRX car or truck demands. GCK suggests the car or truck will do zero to 62 miles for each hour in 1.8 seconds. We say it is really a shame the client variation can’t be experienced with the identical powertrain. 

The first Delta Integrale swept eight FIA Entire world Rally Championship strategies amongst 1988 and 1992, motorists Juha Kankkunen and Miki Biasion declaring a few driver’s championships, the car or truck earning five manufacturers’ titles. As a single of the mightiest pillars of assistance and nostalgia for Lancia lovers who have lamented the brand’s a few-decade decrease, past the GCK hard work, Automobili Amos established an ICE Delta restomod in 2018, and the Lancia manufacturer plans a different in about 6 years. 

Right before GCK’s motorsport arm lines up for WRX next calendar year, it will campaign its e-Blast H2 hydrogen gasoline cell racer in next year’s Dakar Rally.

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