For Sale – Complete your Group B collection with these 4 rally cars

We’ve been staring at our bank balance for hours this morning, but it’s not getting any higher. So it’s up to you to buy this amazing collection of group B rally cars. They will go under the hammer at auction house RM Sotheby’s. It costs something, but then you also have something.

If only we could go back to the eighties. If only we could experience what it’s like to get a bucket of sand in a white t-shirt and jeans. Because that’s how close you could get to the special stage in the illustrious years of Group B.

The Group B rally class was banned in 1986

That’s one of the reasons why the rally class was banned in 1986. Due to the lack of crowd control and the insane horsepower race between the participating manufacturers resulted in fatalities, among the public and among the drivers.

Group B is one of the most extreme motorsport classes of all time and as such it still captures the imagination. We would do very embarrassing things to pay for this collection. Because oh, these cars are cool.

Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 (1985) – 2.6 million euros

Actually, the Audi Quattro was not suitable for Group B. Its turbocharged five-cylinder engine hung in front of the front axle, and the Sport Quattro’s short wheelbase only made the understeer problem worse.

This Sport Quattro S1 E2 had to use brute force. It has 550 hp, accelerates to 160 km/h in 8.9 seconds (!) and needed cartoonish wings to keep it on the gravel.

Lancia 037 Evolution 1 (1982) – 1.3 million euros

The last rear-wheel drive winner of the World Rally Championship. “I have so many favorite rally cars,” Finnish legend Markku Alén once said.

“But there is one that stands out from all the others: the 037. It’s also such a beautiful car.” And we can only agree with that.

Lancia Delta S4 (1985) – 2.6 million euros

Possibly the fastest and most notorious Group B car of the bunch. Lancia driver Henri Toivonen and his navigator drove their Delta S4 off the road and crashed into a ravine. The fuel tank caught fire. Both men did not survive.

The Delta S4 thus led to a Group B ban. It was a technological feat with a mechanical supercharger and turbocharger.

Renault 5 Turbo (1982) – estimated yield unknown

We smuggle. Strictly speaking, the Renault 5 Turbo is not a Group B car, but belongs to the former Group 4 class. Nevertheless, he took part in the early 1980s in the World Rally Championship.

The general public will know him for the crazy street versions that were almost as wide as they were long.