Audi vs. Lancia | The Battle for 1983 

The video was just watchable Wasn't as good as other rallying videos on RU-vid so won't be watching it again It was too bitty and music was absolutely terrible 2 out of 10

Absolutely fantastic video. I always watch anything from the 1983 WRC season with a smile on my face. This time the smile lasted for more than 76 minutes.

Perfection in it's purest form. Thank you once again for a great film.

Absolutely hats off. Enjoyed every minute of this hour-long video like very few other videos. Made my train journey much better! Amazing job as always, and keep 'em coming!

That's what you call a good documentary. Never knew about 037 in 1982, some new facts. Thank you so much.

In 1983 I was a spectator on the Turini special stage in Monte Carlo. Unforgettable memories. Many many thanks for this great video.

This beats the 'movie' by a country mile. Well done, sir or madam :)

this documentary is amazing ! the quality of the footage is excellent !

Great video, it’s nice to see some of the old footage, I remember this year very well, to a 15 year old, WRC was more exciting than F1 and felt so much more down to earth.

Amazing video! Thank you for the work! at 34:03 like always Walter greeting people he knows - classic haha

To see that battle for the championships on the year of my birth. Waow.. Awesome work and thank you for the fact we still remember this cars .

Marv....this video gets us ready for the movie coming out, all the stories between the rallies...THANK YOU, top quality as usual❗️❗️

Pure gold here thanks again Marv, top job.

I am super curious to see what you have prepared for us, Marv! I prepared a video about 1983 too, so I am here to see what I missed! PS: I already saw many never seen material. This is pure Gold!!!

I remember watching these races back when.

Thank you, Marv, what a great movie. Just outstanding!

Thank you Marvdogger for fantastic video, full of historical details and great music !

I'll do my best to save this video to the weekend and some cold beers. Thanks for the upload, top quality as always (Yes, I can tell before I watch it).

Thank you Marv! You're an absolute god send.

Thank you. Been waiting for this

Thank you for this.

Wunderschönes Video, Danke fürs teilen!

congratulations, beautiful documentary, as regards the film race of glory, the films are inspired by events that happened for better or for worse, however I still have to see it

Congratulations, best hour or so's viewing for a long time.....

Great video and I really like the music. The editing could've been a little better, but I can't complain too much.

Amazing documentary! :)

Danke für die schöne Doku

I remember this season as I was on the Audi side - Hannu on the 1000 lakes - he was sensational - Nobody was going to stop him, The like of which we will never see again ! All them drivers then were heros - no driver aids - The Audi a heavy ungainly beast - Lancia were light and nimble but an asolute death trap Great footage stitched beautifully together - Some scenes are new to me ! Lots of work went into this Marv - You should be very proud of yourself !!

Yeeeaahhhh 1 hour of pure pleasure !!!

I absolutely loved the video!

Proper stuff this!! Thank you so much

Fantastic

best looking rallye car ever made....the 037

Sublime 😊big hug from Sintra special end control👌remember very well this year and era. Thanks Obrigado ♥️

so much efforts but results was modest compared to the oppositors

Bom video que fica para a história do WRC👍

espetáculo de corridas .....Rally e o mundo...

So good! 😍😍

Awesome!!!

What a amazing film/ video you have created 🎉 well done I absolutely love this. You must of put in so much work to make this. Also what a amazing year for rally. Not going to lie I’m TEAM LANCIA ALWAYS WILL BE If anyone has watched this carefully the way the LANCIA takes corners is amazing what a car the AUDI just cant do it due to 4wd and a big 5pot over the front axel LANCIA was the last car to beat the new 4WD cars coming into the Group B season And on the cards was the Delta S4 IM old enough to Remember watching all this unfold. A TOP video and big Respect

Wonderful. Loved min 9:48

Nice vid, will you be doing the 84, 85 & 86 aswell?

Very good video marvdogger congratulations

Gracias

Good and big job

Well Done!

Once again, you draw a miracle

AWESOME ¡¡¡¡¡

HBO needs to make a ten episode documentary on group b.

i think with a narator these recaps would be easier to watch for todays youtube audience, me included still very interesting

Will the Henri Toivonen vid with Electric Youth’s “A Real Hero” be put up again in the future? Loved seeing some 037 action from Henkka on that one.

a wonderful rally year

Amigo sou fã de rally e ganhou mais um inscrito

If you close your eyes, Allen sounds just like Gronholm

Subscribed faster than an antilag goes pop pop pop.

This video more better that the movie made this year

Lancia contre Audi , la 037 contre la Quattro , Cesare Fiorio contre Roland Gumpert , Walter Röhrl contre Hannu Mikkola disparu en 2021 le Groupe B démarre en 1983 avec ce duel entre les Turinois et les Teutons pour les titres pilotes et constructeurs où Lancia commence la saison avec une victoire au Monte Carlo avec Walter Röhrl devant son coéquipier Markku Alèn suivi d'une série de victoires pour Lancia tandis que chez les Teutons d'Audi Hannu Mikkola et Sitg Blomqvist offrent des victoires à la firme d'Ingolstadt dans un contexte où l'incroyable surprise vient de la 037 qui a battue une quatre roue motrice offrant du même coup à Lancia le titre de champion du monde des constructeurs devant les types d'Ingolstadt en cette saison 83 avec la victoire de Markku Alèn au San Remo , Lancia n'avait pas participer au rallye de Suède avec la 037 qui n'est pas du tout à l'aise sur la neige ni au Safari Rallye . Walter Röhrl , Markku Alèn , Attilio Bettega disparu en 1985 en Corse , Massimo Biasion qui se révèlera au sein du Jolly club , Jean Claude Andruet ont largement contribuer au succès de la 037 qui va se faire matraquer par Audi en 1984 avec le titre de Sitg Blomqvist après celui de Mikkola et le titre constructeur revient à Audi jusqu'à ce que Peugeot et sa 205 Turbo 16 va matraquer les protagonistes de 1983 Lancia et Audi avec les victoires de Vatanen et en 1985 Peugeot va humilier Audi et Lancia avec sa 037 en fin de carrière poussant les Turinois à utiliser la Delta S4 une quatre roue motrice pour rivaliser avec les Sochaliens en 1986 . Une mention spéciale pour Me Michèle Mouton qui a participé à la saison de 1983 qui a été une saison folle digne du Groupe B !

better than the movie

What’s the song called at the very start of this video called Mr marvdogger Thank you

Much better than this crap movie Audi vs Lancia Race for Glory. Anyone who is interested in this fascinating story should watch Jeremy Clarkson documentary form The Grand Tour and your video, Marvdogger. Excellent piece of work, chapeau bas. You single handedly did a better job than this clown filmakers who butcherded the story with fakery. Best regards.

Forza Lancia!!! 🤩

Im pretty certain thats barry lee helping hannu getting his car going after hitting that tree

Now that was FANBLEEDINGTASTIC! I was mesmerised by this. Just facts, no hyperbole and someone said the music was shite… well I say the music is absolutely spot on period perfect. Thanks for making my month!🫵🤡

They should have used that footage in the film they've just made

WRC 83rd season should have been won by Audi with ease, since of the 12 races only 2 were on asphalt, the rest on slippery surfaces, and we could also discard the 2 African races that were more like car-breaking rallies or mini-raids that they always won the robusts Toyotas Celica Twin-cam 2WD. However, Audi had many mechanical problems in rallies such as Acropolis, Sanremo and especially New Zealand, rallies that it should have won with some comfort. Too many withdrawals. Then there was the Lancia team that it had a "real Group B" mid-engine car, but 2WD, however it was very well suited to dirt and was clearly the best on asphalt, it was also very reliable, and its drivers had were very fast and consistent, when one didn't win the other won (Röhrl and Alén), in addition to scoring points in some rallies that weren't very favorable to them such as Portugal or 1000 Lakes. In Sanremo there were also not very clean team tactics on Fiorio's part, putting his slower cars ahead of the Audis on the (super dusty) dirt stages, taking advantage of the superiority of the 037 on the asphalt of the 1st leg (until then everything is legal), however the rally organization allowed them to literally "sweep" the dirt sections with brooms mounted on their assistance vans, something that shouldn't have been allowed. Three years later Fiorio would return to his tricks when the organization disqualified Peugeot team in the middle of the rally in a rather suspicious manner ("fear of losing at home" I called it), which cost them the cancellation of the rally and Markku lost the championship.

1983. The best WRC season ever apart from 1998 and 1995.

Had this on betamax I think? Christmas present from my dad. Still think 4WD should not have been allowed😁

audo one love

Mais si il devait en reste qu'une ce serait la Lancia ,en l'occurrence la Delta S4 ,car c'est la seule qui court encore aujourd'hui en course de côte ,toujours imitée jamais égalée . Les Audi restent pour moi des gros chars d'assaut à la mode Schpountz ...

What sad cars. Luckily, the following year came the car that destroyed Audi, the most winning car of Group B : the Peugeot 205 T16, and it served as an inspiration for Lancia's renewal, so they could produce their best car, even if not the best looking (what could rival the Stratos look ?) : the Delta S4

Lancia was best on that era

Ah yes! I was right😉...

finally lol

"if your?" ((NICE GRAMMAR) :P

Where are all the american and Japanese cars back in 1983 to be doing something remotely close to this? I know where american cars were in 1983!! Making same horsepower out of dinosaur pushrod engines that were three times bigger and making left turns only with their steering boxes drum brakes leaf springs and 3 speed manual transmission on a nascar back yard track Hahahahaha

Today we know that Lancia cheated all the way, and was never able to confirm it's supremacy, with the same car. Also Walter was inspired and fearless! He was also the one who taught Michèle how to handle the Quattro!