Are you getting a little bored of the conveyor belt of 911 restomods? Barely a week goes by without the wraps being pulled off another. Frankly, it's getting as bad as hypercar saturation (although infinitely more desirable) and we’re starting to wonder if there are any 964s out there that remain original. 

Don’t get us wrong, we adore the restomod concept, we just feel it's time for a new flavour to come along and take residence in our EuroMillions winnings fantasy garage, alongside the Singer and E30 M3 DTM car for track days.

We don’t normally go for news articles, but when a company in the Netherlands sent us a press release covering their Lancia Delta Integrale reimagination excitement amongst the RUSH collective reached fever pitch.

The best thing about it is you won’t need your numbers to come up because Maturo Competition Cars have built three flavours of Delta across a tiered pricing structure. There’s the Classic which is effectively an original but improves upon it by removing thirty years’ worth of known problems and weaknesses as well as improving it over factory specification, e.g. adding multiple new welds to the chassis to stiffen it and prevent it developing the issues the original had without changing how the car looks. Effectively a nut and bolt restoration with modern technological/engineering application.

And then there’s the Rally Which builds upon the Classic by turning it into a modern interpretation of the ludicrous, brilliant, hugely successful Group-A rally car. It features an FIA homologated roll cage, Group-A spec engine with improved internals and intake to improve performance reliability. There’s even a choice of 5 or 6spd dog-leg FIA approved gearboxes.

On top of this engineering masterpiece is the ultimate seal of approval from the man himself, Juha Kankkunen - “Maturo made the Group-A works car I used to drive even faster, but also more durable and reliable. It’s truly engineering of the highest standard”. With 25-years of industry experience and 5 years of development, which all started with restoring an original Group A works car, these order books are now open for the Rally and the Classic. But in December ’22 there’ll be an official launch for a third vehicle.