Lancia LC2 Group C Racer For Sale on Craigslist

Wicked! Sure, you see Groupe C porches for sale now and again, and yeah, they were more successful cars then the Lancia LC2 Group C Racer, but these Lancias are one bad ass ride. And not only that, but they didn't make very many of them, so seeing one for sale, on Craig's List of all places, is just too much.

Sure, let's just get the facts out of the way first: The Porches, the 956s and later 962s, were more reliable and won more. But in flat out qualifying trim, the Lancias were usually quicker. Sure, the fuel economy was down, and the reliability wasn't what the Germans had on offer, but still, how often do you see one of these guys up for sale?

The Lancia LC2 was a closed-cockpit Group C car that was co-developed with corporate sibling Ferrari. Specifically, Ferrari provided the dual-turbocharged V8 in the engine bay that cranked out a healthy 720 horsepower. Lots of pole positions and fastest laps, but the reliability and fuel economy was only so-so, comparatively speaking.

The LC2 that is mentioned here was listed on Craigslist (!) and is chassis number 2 of just 5 built total. It's all decked out in works Martini livery, and this chassis won at the Imola 1000K in 1983 being piloted by Teo Fabi and Hans Heyer. The same car, in the hands of Bob Wollek and Alessandro Nannini got a fastest lap after winning the pole at Le Mans in '84.

In the 1984 running of the 24 hours classic it finished 8th, and the next year it was clocked hitting 246-mile-per-hour on the Mulsanne Straight qualifying thirds and finishing 6th. Chassis number 002 also ran in more races than any other LC2 before being put out to pasture in 1986.

The car is currently being sold by Canepa Motorsports, who recently put 4,000 hours and $350,000 into a 100-point restoration. Price? Well, like Graham Hill said, 'Speed equals money,' or in this case, how does $1,250,000 sound?

Source: AutoBlog