How a Man in His 20s Started a Rally Legacy - ISSIMI Drives
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Called the Fanalone for its larger diameter inner headlights, the Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF is the car that started Lancia’s decades long rally-winning dynasty. When people say “make Lancia great again,” these are the cars they’re talking about. The Fulvia was not specifically designed to be a rally car, but to be fair, nor was any other car in the 1960s. At the time, rallying was an activity that people did in competition-prepared street cars and any competence a car had on the slippery stuff was a pleasant byproduct rather than an intentional design characteristic. The Fulvia excelled because of its unusual technical characteristics: front wheel drive, narrow angle V4, and well-reasoned suspension design. In this episode of ISSIMI Drives, Derek Tam-Scott travels to Monaco to drive the ultimate Fulvia, the 1600cc HF Fanalone, not far from the roads where these cars laid the groundwork for Lancia’s incredible subsequent successes with the Stratos, 037, Delta S4, and Integrale.
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Oh MAN, I knew the Italy series would be good! I also love dropping the voice-over in favor of live delivery, please keep it up.
Totally agree. Derek sounds so much more natural doing live commentary. The voiceovers sound alot like staring a paper and reading a script in a very monotone way.
You’ve filled the void and spirit that the old petrolicious videos gave to the world.
Yeah, you're right, these drives and the BTS with DTS have the same vibe. Good call.
Owned a 1600HF for years and miss it dearly. Might be time for another. They’re just fantastic. Glad to see someone else ripping these old cars like they should be.
Nicely Done!!! You are exactly correct when you said you have to work at perfecting the proper driving technique to get the most out of the car and I love that. I just purchased a 1.3S and if I drive it correctly…wow!! The Fulvia is a beautifully challenging lovely car!!
I just bought one too ! My first car !
The double clutch upshifts are sooo nice to hear. 👌👌
I think another level was jumped in film making, sounds and looks fantastic. Can't wait for the rest!
(another one in favor of live delivery, works like a ride-along here and it's a great feel)
Aw shit look who it is
Wonderful explanation of the Fulvia's steering! In a 1968 edition Sports Car World said the Fulvia (1.3 Rallye) had the "best steering on any production car in the world." Now someone has finally shed some light on it! Knocking it out of the park Derek and Issimi.
Criminal how Lancia were left to basically die, Incredible Manufacturer ❤️
Thanks mate for correctly pronouncing Lancia ❤️
I could listen to Mr. Hyphen talk about funky Italian cars all day
Nice little V4 - always a great sound!
these videos deserve WAYYYY more attention
Beautifully done! The narration, the camera work, the editing, the sound, all help transpire your passion for this car. Good Job to the team. And seeing you bomb down the same backroads I drive every weekends makes me smile ! Cheers from Nice
Just realized he was talking the entire time he was driving. Love it. Makes it feel more like a personal conversation than being talked to/presented to, if that makes sense.
The sound of this car is amazing!
Please keep doing videos like this. The quality of the material and knowledge shared makes this one of the great car channels.
That is a heartachingly beautiful car.
DTS out here crushing it. Love it! Now do the Stratos and 037!
coming soon....
Thank you Derek, took me back. I had chills, nice work!
Didn't know about this car, thank you for this fantastic presentation. It makes a very unique sound
Oh man what an awesome car. I love hearing dts talk about the cars he likes.
Che bella macchina! ♥️ 🇮🇹🚘 What a great place to drive it, too. GREAT content, Hyphen! Grazie mille.
Did the Alpine Tour this September doing the passes between France Switzerland and Italy in a 71 1300 Coupé driving nearly 4,000 kilometres in a week just the perfect car on the narrow roads and she ran faultlessly.
Forza Lancia Fulvia and the Jolly Club.
The intake noise is to die for.
What a sound that thing makes. Wow.
I owned one when stationed in Sicily and it was the car that made me fall in love with small Italian cars. Currently tearing up the rural roads of Missouri in my 500 Abarth.
Beautiful film, thank you so much for sharing!
I love your style Derek, you and Jason are two of my favourite content creators right now!!!!
I had the pleasure of driving a standard 1.3S many, many years ago. It was just exquisite, the steering, the balance, the feedback....once you got in tune with the car it was just the best. Sadly was not in a position to buy at that time. Regretted ever since.
l have a car club mate who had a 1.6HF. One day he announced he sold it, I was shocked, but he explained he did so to buy an Integrale, so that was understandable. Saw him a few months ago where he informed me he had missed the Fulvia so much he purchased another HF....- lucky bugger
Top video👌🏻 Would love to see some older (60s and before) Lancia’s too as many seem to focus mainly on their rally cars but others like the Flavia, Aurelia, Flaminia and others are rarely mentioned/seen.
Finally, get to see dts talk behind the wheel. Love it
Bucket list car of sure!
Love it! Great work per usual hyphen and issimi team!
Wow what a perfect video of an iconic car. Love the fulvia and love the way you give it the beans!! It did won the ( irc) international rally championship, the predecessor of the wrc.
saw a random white Fulvia with the rally head light on the street in Itsli yesterday what a beauty in person
Another great piece done by Hyphen. Really enjoy his content as well as the Carmudgen content done with Cammissa. Becoming my favorite car programming.
Im so annoyed i didnt find this series sooner. Amazing video. I found this because i was privileged enough to drive and photograph an integrale for work and now i want to sell my s2000 and go back to an sti after hearing the beautiful noises in this video. Good soup
Wow, the sound is amazing! It actually has a very similar intake tone to my '98 Toyota Corolla Levin, with the 4A-GE 20v that has open ITBs. It's one of the reasons I went after that car. Now I'm m even more interested in the Fulvia than I already was!
All carbed 4 cylinders sound very similar..... You've never listened to the bmw m10, M12/f3, Alfa twin cams, etc...? I believe Toyota with the first generation corollas copied Alfa twin cam design for that car....
@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo Copied is a strong word?? I'm sure Toyota came up with their own revolutionary design
@@proxigenated It was Yamaha that designed the heads on most of Toyota's performance motors
@@Trussme96 oh yeah like that joint development Toyota made with Yamaha on 2000GT?
@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo Well yes I am aware induction noise is very similar amongst carbed cars and fuel injected cars with ITBs. I can't comment on if Toyota based their early twin cam four cylinder engines off the Alfa units, but I can say that the 4A-GE 16v model (mine is not that, it's instead the later 20v model) is similar in design to the Cosworth BDA. However, it is not a copy.
These videos are just a mood😍
Wonderful content as always. Love the DRIVES series hope to see more.
Probably my favorite car of all time.
I always thought these were rather dorky looking. Then I played around in DiRT Rally 2 extensively with one and fell in love with the sound, the looks, and the concept of FWD rally cars in general.
Instant sub for the enjoyment and description of this car
Great cinematography, production and commentating! I really enjoyed this video, since Rally cars are the most interesting to me!
I absolutely loved this video
It's a class of it's own
It's artistic and sensational in all the good ways ; how the viewer is a passanger and how much of the car is really in this video is briliant .
Good work everyone
Great stuff and love your videos. So much knowledge and love of the cars I am never disappointed.
nice bit of driving. drives Italiano style with hands under the wheel. love the V4 sound
Fantastic video, as always. Such a gorgeous car. I believe these series one cars are commonly "1,6" though. The later series two cars are the "1600's"
One of mine all time favourite cars!
Perfect. More, please!
What a fantastic piece. Great driving. Well done my man hyphen.
My all time favourite, dream car. Bellissima.
Love the work you put in and have been a Carmudgeon from the jump! I also love my 2002 💔. You’ve gravely wounded me Hyphen.
10/10 DTS was living out a fantasy at the end!
The Lancia designed Fulvia Coupe was much better looking than the Zagato - that's my hot-take (that's why I bought a Fulvia Couple - just the 1.3 though)
Wonderful car,perfect drive. I had a 1.3 HF (red with the yellow and blue stripes),it was a butterfly,light and agile! If I think what they made of Lancia,I get angry....
Beautiful. Also, I totally want a set of those four lug wheels for my Honda Fit... but they may cost as much as my whole car.
I love this Jamaica Blue colour on the Fulvia!
I love this car. I want this car. Great video, and great driving and downshifting. I need some lessons.
Talk about hauling ass ( - ) at the end of a brilliant introduction to one of my favorite Lancia.
Thoroughly enjoy your video content.
Lovely.
Nice filming too
Thanks DTS for this great video! Make lancia great again. P.S. I bought a 1.3s fulvia 1 year ago as my first and probably last vintage car. Thanks for confirming my choice.
Love your videos Derek!
I like it better with Hyphen narrating over it. The audio is clearer and the delivery is more polished. Combo of both perhaps?
Great video. Viva Lancia!
compared to other cars of this time the braking moment is a major gain point for the fulvia
My fave Italian Car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Things that take a little effort offer the most reward" imagine this thinking caught on.
Very much looking forward to more Hyphen content!
Beautiful car, the sound that is emitted from the V4 the closest thing that comes close is the Suburu WRX but the Lancia has more attitude!
The camara angle is like there is a little bird sitting on the drivers shoulder.
That 2 spoke steering wheel is wild. Also, you look quite at home on the roads of Monaco even in town? I'd be completely lost I'm sure.
Fantastic video! Always wondered about how these ran. Would like to hear why you would not want to own a 2002, though!
DTM you are the real deal brotha
Well done Mr. Scott.
one of the best 4 Banger sounds. V4 no less.
Very nice review mate.
The Stratos is a beautiful car in the way predators can be. Beautiful but at the same time threatening. The Fulvia is just beautiful. the Fulvia's styling is so close to the Alfa Romeo Giulia (am I spelling that right?) that they could be siblings (or any two 2020's crossovers) but it's just slightly better in every way. It's just so perfect from every angle.
This video, this car, it just makes me want to drive that car so hard!
Love love love❤
Thank you for sharing the noise and the story behind this car. It's in Forza Horizon and I always wondered about it's story because it looks fantastic. Lancia is so quirky - a V4 FWD rally car is unintuitive, especially given the era!
Quirky? FWD? V4? It's an Italian Saab!
more Lancia content please!
The engine sounds are great
Really GREAT (and an Alfista from Bialbero tells you)
Firstly, nice video with beautiful footage. Unfortunately, there are some inaccuracies about the Lancia Fulvia history and Fessia part in the racing program.
Lancia’s technical director Antonio Fessia was a “Pesenti” man ( Italian businessman Carlo Pesenti took control over Lancia in 1956). Fessia was against any kind of racing activities in the company and was also a very conservative guy for revolutionary technical solution. As was mentioned in the video, in the beginning the Fulvia was not a racing car at all. This coupe was developed as a small upper class vehicle for rich young guys or a family with small kids. It was also advertising as a car for ladies going shopping in the downtown. Its power train derived from the limousine (berlina) version and continuous the Lancia tradition of a narrow V4 engine. This engine was laydown for 45-degree angle to have a lower front bonnet of the vehicle. In the front it has an independent suspension with wishbones and a single leaf spring, on the rear they put an obsolete beam axle with a panhard rod and leaf springs. In the begging they tried some prototypes with independent suspension also at the rear, but the car was unstable. For the first series they put four wheel Dunlop disc brakes system which wasn’t the best solution, but was still better in comparisons with drums breaks on other vehicles. They also mounted a break limitator from the model rally 1.3S. With the second series of the coupe in 1970 the brakes were uprated with larger Girling calipers all round, a brake servo and a better mechanical break limitator for achieve batter braking balance when you put extra weight on the back of the car. They also improved other technical elements (electrical, cooling system, safety elements - Fulvia 3, etc.)
The man behind the racing success of the Fulvia was Cesare Fiorio, son of Sandro Fiorio, former chief of the public relations department of Lancia. Fiorio manage to convinced Lancia management to racing again after what happened in the 50’ with the Lancia racing program (D20, D23, D24, D50). Later on, he was even more successful with the models Lancia Stratos, 037, Delta S4, Delta integrale…etc. The engineer who developed the famous Fanalone engine, serial number 818.540…the one in the video…was Ercole Zaccone Mina. Fessia was so against about racing that Zaccone Mina had to design the engine during his free time (he had done much of it during the weekends). Of course, Fiorio push for it to beat the Porsche and Alpines on the rally track… Zaccone Mina also collaborate with the engineer Francesco De Virgilio, the father of the V6 in the Lancia Aurelia.
The Lancia Fulvia 1.6 HF first series in the video is one of the last examples with a short gear stick. I presume it was a normal or “stradale” version not a “reparto corse” - racing model and was modified in a more tuned one with a lot of stuff that is not correct was the period (roll bar, seats, etc.). Unfortunately, there is no footage of the engine, but with the 45 carbs the car has to have 130 hp and above, with the total weight around 2000 lbs…it has to go pretty fast….the raparto corse version has 160 hp, differential lock, compression ratio 11.21, etc.
For the presenter in the video …Lancias are cars for connoisseurs…. medium.com/roadster-life/the-story-of-lancias-last-v4-engines-9773f198ff1
love the double blip down shifts, does this car not have synchros?
Wonderful!
This video shows just how insanely accurate Dirt Rally 2.0's intake and exhaust sounds are
Always a big fan of some DTS.. Whoop!
Could we sharpen this up a little? Perhaps mention the 13° V4 engine...the transverse leaf front suspension...and by the way,
Rallying has always been big in Europe which is why numerous works team fought each other in period...Porsche, Alpine, Ford Escort, Opel Kadette and Manta, Peugeot 504, BMW...
Next time, let's have some snow please!
Hyphen, I am immensely jealous. Almost as much as your BTS with the LFA.
Thanks!!!!!!!!
Manifico !
So, question, Fulvia Fanalone vs Giulia 1750 vs Alpine A110 1600 ?
gorgeous, car is too.
You drove a perfect example there
Great video super cool car. I know nothing about these but why did I think it was an alpha.
Been saving up for one for a few years, but now I got a great deal for a 350Z. Still, someday hopefully...
My had hugging’s of torque with the Dellortos though ran out of steam higher up the Rev range
Had a fanalone in 1986, found it in a scrap yard !
I want one so bad!!!!!
so petrolicious videos are back! no wait this is better :P
I see those Zagato versions from time to time. Not horribly expensive and just enough Zagato funkiness to be interesting. I might have to end up with one. Also interesting that I own a 2002, and finding something also fun to drive but in a different way is intriguing.
all the right sounds