Once upon a time, not too long ago, Lancia produced a car that made grown men weep. Yes, we're talking about the last truly desirable production Lancia, the Delta HF Integrale which dominated the rally scene in the late 1980s and 1990s. Towards the end of the Integrale's career, famed Italian design house Zagato and Dutch Lancia importer Paul Coot had an idea: why not create a limited series coupe variant of the Delta Integrale. And the Hyena was born. 
Designed by Marco Pedracini in 1990, the Hyena was introduced as a production model at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1992. Even though the two cars shared the same underpinnings including the Integrale's famed all-wheel drive system and the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine tweaked to deliver around 250HP, the Hyena boasted its own unique styling that was a radical departure from the boxy Delta.
Just like Zagato's Alfa Romeo SZ of the same era, the Lancia Hyena is one of those controversially styled cars that you're drawn to even though you feel like that you're not supposed to.
Aside from the unique bodywork and the tweaked engine, the Hyena was also significantly lighter than its five-door counterpart weighing close to 200 kg or 440 pounds less than the Delta HF Integrale. The 3.99m long coupe was said to accelerate from zero to 100km/h in just 5.4 seconds.
Zagato and Coot initially agreed with Lancia to produce around 500 unit of the Hyena, but in typical Fiat Group style, the Italian automaker pulled out of the deal and only 24 pieces were ever built making the Hyena one of the most sought after Integrales of all time.
This particular example (the yellow Hyena) was spotted by a member of the Autogespot forums in the city of Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The Red Hyena is up for sale in the UK by Classic Driver for 105,995 GBP which comes to around $173,000 or €124,000 at today's exchange rates.
Via: Classic Driver & Autogespot
13 Comments:
Wow that is rare, only 24 were ever made, wonder how will cost you get your hands in one of these...
Sergio: Looked around and found the red Hyena on a UK site.
ouch!!! that's a lot of money, TX John!
Looks like something out of Chop Shop
Looks like something from Geely.
i like it! ^_^
Why, o why, did the Hyena not become a production model? This has to be one of the most desirable cars on the planet, and it saddens me to think that I will probably never even see one with my own eyes.
What a beauty :D
One of my favorites forgotten cars. €124,000 it's a bargain.
Lancia has forgotten the Turbos, Maserati the Bi-Turbos, Fiat the barchettas, and Lambo is german. Only Ferrari remains, relatively untouched:(
Truly lovely classic fine piece of unique design and should be fleshed in modern form. At least I can see where Pontiac G8 got it's double kidney grill from.
WOW!
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CARS EVER!
AND WHAT AN ASS!!!
JORGE
Just found one thats on sale for 118.000 €
http://marktplatz.motorsport-total.com/motorsport,de,1,0,0,inserat_details,17132,Lancia+Hyena+by+Zagato.html#
Bit of background info:
The Hyenea was originally planned with a production of 350 cars. Zagato wanted to buy the Integrale Chassis from Lancia, then put his own bodywork on it. Lancia refused, he had to buy the entire Delta Integrales, then strip them. That beefed up costs and planning went down to 125. the cars were then brought to Holland were they were stripped. Only 24 were build because they were so expensive US$ 100.000,00 remember at that time the Dollar was about 1:2 with the D-Mark, so it would have been 200.000,oo DM.
And yes...its great to own one...
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