Vintage Cars

Feast Your Eyes on the Ugly Old Car Worth $1 Million

The odd duck Lancia Delta S4 rally car has commanded a rabid following—and a shockingly high price tag.

Photographer: Daniel Marcello/Bloomberg

Here is a contender for the loveliest ugly car you’ve ever seen.

The Lancia Delta S4’s quilted-together clamshell body looks like an early IBM computer, or a maroon conference center telephone from the 1980s, belying its almost god-like status in certain circles. The rig achieved notoriety in the Group B racing series, global rally competitions during the ’80s that birthed some of the fastest, most powerful, and most sophisticated cars ever made.