Is $500,000 too much to spend on a hot hatch? The folks at Italian coachbuilder Automobili Amos sincerely hope the answer to that question is no, given that's the asking price on its new Delta Futurista.
To be fair, the Futurista is no ordinary hot hatch. A rolling homage to one of the most iconic cars of all time, the Lancia Delta Integrale, the Futurista takes an already pretty wild package and dials it right up to 11.
For one, the main body is crafted from aluminium, and every panel that could be removed has been replaced with carbon-fibre, including the bumpers, bonnet, and boot lid. The result is a car that's 90kg lighter than the Lanica on which it is based, tipping the scales at 1250kg.
Under the bonnet? Well, we don't know much, other than that power has been bumped up to around 250kW. Full specifications are yet to be confirmed, but light weight plus heavy power rarely equals slow.
In the meantime, just look at it. It is a thing of restored beauty, not unlike a Singer-fettled Porsche 911. Automobili Amos is planning to make around 15 of its Futurista tribute cars, and each will be priced from around 300,000 euros - or $480,000.
Is this the world's most beautiful hot hatch? Tell us in the comments below.
Andrew Chesterton
Contributing Journalist
Andrew Chesterton should probably hate cars. From his hail-damaged Camira that looked like it had spent a hard life parked at the end of Tiger Woods' personal driving range, to the Nissan Pulsar Reebok that shook like it was possessed by a particularly mean-spirited demon every time he dared push past 40km/h, his personal car history isn't exactly littered with gold.
But that seemingly endless procession of rust-savaged hate machines taught him something even more important; that cars are more than a collection of nuts, bolts and petrol. They're your ticket to freedom, a way to unlock incredible experiences, rolling invitations to incredible adventures. They have soul.
And so, somehow, the car bug still bit. And it bit hard.
When "Chesto" started his journalism career with News Ltd's Sunday and Daily Telegraph newspapers, he covered just about everything, from business to real estate, courts to crime, before settling into state political reporting at NSW Parliament House.
But the automotive world's siren song soon sounded again, and he begged anyone who would listen for the opportunity to write about cars. Eventually they listened, and his career since has seen him filing car news, reviews and features for TopGear, Wheels, Motor and, of course, CarsGuide, as well as many, many others.
More than a decade later, and the car bug is yet to relinquish its toothy grip. And if you ask Chesto, he thinks it never will.
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