This Lancia Delta S4 Is A Ballet Of Brutality
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- “It’s a car enthusiast’s collection, right,” says John Campion. “I don’t have cars because I want to impress anybody. If you don’t know what a rally car is, you’re kinda like, ‘That’s a dirty car, there are cracks on it’… But I find the passion I have for these cars goes back to the individuals who drove them.”
Beginning as a “lucky” immigrant to the U.S. in 1984 with $26 in his pocket, Campion has worked hard for the last few decades and is finally able to indulge in the vehicles most meaningful to him. From a Lotus Cortina similar to the Ford Cortina his father bought new in period to World Rally Championship rally-winning group B cars, his collection is definitely filled with fog lights and Martini stickers.
“I grew up in Ireland in the late-’60s and early ’70s, and had a fascination with all things mechanical,” he says. “My father was a mechanical kind of guy, and we grew up restoring old tractors and steam engines-so once I started making a few dollars, I started purchasing cars, and went through the wholy myriad of cars and ended up where we are today, which is predominantly cars from my youth-rally cars.”
He makes no mistakes in recognizing his limitations as a driver, because piloting some of the fastest all-road vehicles ever conceived takes a steel will and full committment- “I drive the car for 15 minutes, and I’m exhausted…” he says to convey how amazing Group B pilots were in period.
“Group B drivers were the best of the best of the best…” he says. “But it’s still humbling to drive the same car as these rally legends; to be able to show the cars, drive the cars, and get a wider audience for these cars.”
“If you own them and don’t show them, and you own them and don’t drive them, and own them but don’t share them…it’s a rich man’s folly.”
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That guy has seriously good taste in cars. A Fulvia, an 037, a Delta Integrale, two lovely air cooled 911's, a Giulia Sprint, an early Escort, that Cortina... damn. On top of that, the mighty Delta S4. All that's missing is an Audi S1 and a Peugeot 205 T16, and maybe a Stratos, and I would call that rally car heaven.
You know what, I did forget and didn't edit it when I did.
Also put in Volvo Amazon 123, Saab 96, classic mini and Opel Manta from group B era
And please don't forget the Audi Quattro
He's also got impeccable taste in time pieces, he's wearing a very appropriate autodromo in the interview; and just look at the dash timer at 2:32!
agreed, did you see the daytona spider?
Everybody loves *Group B* cars! You just cant dislike them.
Unless you got hit by one in the 80s
+Pettyium 117 made my day m8
+Pettyium 117 ....even then, some people were happy to get hit by them, told by Stig Blomquist in "Rallying The Killer Years doc.
4 people missed out on that memo; went back to watching cat videos and hating on tweens.
+Pettyium 177
That was barbaric!
RIP John - definition of a car enthusiast who gave back to the car community - also one of the best petrolicious videos made
What happened?
@@rohithftw2187 he is not alive anymore
@@rohithftw2187 he died of leukemia in 2020 at the age of 57
Indeed.
RIP
that is the car. RIP John. your contribution to the sport will never be forgotten. thank you for everything
This is what Italy needs today, this is what made us proud and we could dream.
RIP John Campion, never met him but what an amazing Irishman, rest easy👍🏻
037 sitting all nice n quiet in the background.
ready to roar...
Ready to race
ready to win
please give those men a medal !
I almost had a tear :')
+hsmall95 I had in both eyes.
Drooling on his collection. Need a longer video featuring all of the cars!
Need more than 10 videos more like , Dream cars when i was a teen especially the delta and s4 :)
I think old rally cars from Europe are absolutely the coolest cars on the planet. The Lancia drift cars and the Audi Sport quattro are absolutely amazing vehicles.
Will Thornton most cars from Europe... rule
Lancia drift car? What are you talking about
Do not taint the name of Lancia with drifting
@@nedboase7909 I'm American.
Lancia and drift dont go in the same test
My favourite rally car of all time.
Kind of agree in terms of engineering with the Twincharger and the AWD, but as a Lancia fan, i admit the car was the most UGLY thing ever rallying, awful x1000 million, and it almost didn't look as the stradale S4, which was quite beautiful. honesty the regulations back then were Hillarious, there was nothing from the original omologation shape.
I actually quite like the look, its not pretty but its brutality and huge air intakes just make it striking to look at.
Gc8 is better
I love the way it looks like
No it's not; just ask any rally legend ...
How amazing would it be if every successful businessman was like this man. Being simple, humble, not boasting or bragging, just happy with what he has achieved and preserved something that a lot of people liked :)
The 80's..... In some aspects, what a beautiful era....
Yeah!
i understand you all, but for me , the (UR)Quattro represents the 80's, and nothing else
BAKLAPPER B.V. Turbo
Same on the Nissan Micra K10 with the MA10/MA12 engines, vacuum hoses EVERYWHERE
80's I was driving round in an alfasud, listening to the smiths.
Lancia Y10 turbo, Delta hf turbo, Delta integrale evo, Beta spider, HPE and coupe, Appia, Gamma Berlina and Coupe and Flaminia. I have driven them all and I can tell you Lancia's were the greatest cars ever built. Even the Fiat era cars were light years ahead. That is the only reason they suffered so badly from the bad press. To be that good was sailing to close to the wind. I will own Lancia's for ever and ever and ever.
Lancia Flaminia is my dads dream car, how is it like to drive it?
Its old feeling when compared to modern cars but beautifully weighted and rides with a certain composure modern stuff fails to have. The steering is light and surprisingly precise, the v6 provides ample power and in 3c form sounds great. To some up they are lovely cars.
@@Jack-tx2ve thank you for that precious inside!
@@matteobrunello8067 Your father has excellent taste.
Wow what an amazing collection and mindset this guy has.
This for me is the first collection I've seen so far that houses THIS many of my dream cars. Alfa Bertones, rally Lancia fulvias, S4, Delta, some muscle cars there, Lotus cortina. Amazing. And he drives them, which is awesome!
He algo has a Fiat 131 Abarth
Many former WRC champions have a good collections, like Juha Kankkunen have all the group B era cars, tho he recently sold turbo 205 and Audi S 1 evo, but it left good collection still, like S4 which Alen drove in RAC and Biasion in San Remo, the car is next to chassis number which Toivonen had in his S4, so basically same car .
He died in 2020. Great dude.
Totally crazy to think Lancia has fallen all the way down now to just making cars for Italy...maybe. They were in many ways the most innovative company in the 50s and 60s and in the 70s and 80s put out the best rally cars IMHO.
We'll even 00s Thesis was waay ahead of it s time, I own one...it still is a technology beast even for today s standards...And I drove And show it to many VW , BMW, MB fans, yes they had to admit, that Thesis was ahead of it's German rivals...
Lancia Delta S4 and Audi quattro are my favourite rally cars.
You and everyone else.
That Delta S4 is an absolute dream drive
RIP John. 😞
What happened to whom
Stunning collection this guy has and the S4 its simply awesome, sound and looks.
RIP John Campion. Thank you for sharing these cars with us.
I watch this video, and I say to myself: it is possible! We all share a passion for cars, but living the dream like this guy is awesome. I like the passion, the memories, the commitment that drive this man! Many thanks Petrolicious, I hope one day, I will be featured by this channel when I buy my dream car!
This was my Gran Turismo 3 everything killer.
That's a priceless collection of serious iconic cars,each one of the models in this collection has a unique story in rallying history. The Delta S4 especially,unmatched now and forever.
Who cares that it's in tarmac spec? He drove it at MAYBE 2/10 down that dirt road... for a video about rally cars.
Shut up and enjoy the film.
The correct rims and tires were stuck at U.S. customs on the way from Italy so that was the only option. Wasn't that dealbreaker tho
+SajtosPoga Tell that to everyone else, not me. lol I saw so many comments from people complaining.
+DaedalusZero I did for most of them haha
hummmmmm, democracy gets the boot. Those who like and don't want negative comments, telling other human beings they've never met to shut up. Those who don't like and their opinion is final; anyone who likes it is a sycophant. Sometimes the comments are more enlightening than the video....
+animalcol1 Why are you so triggered?
Oh my God what a collection of legendary cars! S4, 037, Integrale, Fulvia. I'm usually not envious of anybody else's possession but I have to admit that I'm a little bit envious to this guy for his collection :) He seems like a true car enthusiast. My (imaginary) hat is off to you mr. Campion!
There is a special bond between Irish and rally cars. From my experience of living in Ireland for 2 years.
Seeing this collector drive down a dirt road makes you realise just how SAVAGELY GOOD the Group B drivers were.
They were driving on the very limit, between life and death, for days at a time.
Those drivers were Gods amongst Men.
And this car might be the greatest Rally Car ever made.
🏆
It was an honor to see these cars this past weekend. They're incredibly nice.
The original Spanish and Italian number plates on rally cars in the US, gotta love it.
Generally, I love European plates
+Ramon Merino Villamil over here you da man with US plates lol
Drank Bak I live in Europe, more specifically Spain
Italian cars and Italian plates.
Spanish plates on our cars are just inappropriate as German, Ameican or Chinese plates....
I've got three FIAT's with Dutch plates. Am I inappropriate now? Guess i'll have to move to Italy then :P
Best episode yet. This guy rocks!
This is one of the most beautiful collection of old Lancia I've ever seen!!!
I could stare at the inner workings of the S4 for hours..so cool. That dash, the old school fab on the drivetrain, aluminum foil over the floor like its a spaceship..bad ass.
What a collection. I love it.
Lancia Delta S4 was as quick as an F1 car of its time, 1985 they did a rally stage on a racetrack (Brand's Hatch) F1 raced on the same year and the Delta S4 got a time equal to mid field F1 cars, absolutely insane.
And all of that with a car not designed to be fast in the same way F1 cars were.
Evidence of this? Sounds quite fanciful to me, 1986 was the most powerful year for the turbo era F1 cars and 85 was 2nd most powerful year, they were far more powerful, far more lightweight and far more downforce.
(1987 was when 4 bar the boost limit was introduced, 1988 it was changed to 2.5 bar)
Never happened I'm afraid, just a myth. No way it could've beat an 80s F1 car in 85 or 86. Even the slowest cars weighed less than 600kg with 700 to 800bhp and tons of downforce. The S4 is incredible in its own right, it might've kept up with an F1 car to 60 mph because of 4 wheel traction, but that's were it would end.
Fantastic collection, even better knowing they're driven. The S4 is one of my all time favourite cars, and really captures this particular era of motorsport perfectly. What an animal!
I read somewhere that this car could have qualified for the 1986 F1 Portuguese GP in the top 10 (driven by Toivonen). That's how fast it was.
Thinking that some crazy dude was driving it on DIRT scares the hell out of me!
But that were the '80s.... surely the craziest (and perhaps the best) decade in motor racing history.
yes they tested the car on the Portuguese GP track just before the F1 weekend and with the time they did the Lancia would've qualified for the sixth spot. They were driving an F1 level car on gravel, absolute madness.
Not a single person has mentioned Stig Blomqvist, so I will...
There's a very good reason why nobody has mentioned Mr. Blomqvist & that is because he was never a Lancia works driver & had absolutely nothing to do with the S4. The only time he ever competed in a Lancia was a privately entered Stratos in the '78 Swedish. He was a Saab stalwart & latterly an Audi development driver who kept Mikkola et al honest, especially in snow. He also drove Ford, Peugeot, Mitsubishi, Skoda & Nissan. What he did not do was drive an S4.
Best car ever made. From the time when the were no rules. The good times, that is.
'If you own them you must show them'. Thanks. Those are special cars. The sounds...WoW. I would love to drive a Stratos.
The qualitiy of your videos amazes me every time. Thank you so much!
7:25 "toivolaii"😂😂 Its Toivonen said the way its written
saw the title, instant click.
S4 time yeahhh 😎😎
John! Thank you for sharing your babies! I agree that they have to be driven, shared and shown to new generations! They were beasts, and they still are!
RIP John Campion, a true legend to keeping the memories of historic rally alive.
2:24 Haha I love how he's called John Campion so he's had a "Champion" sticker made up that says "Campion" instead. Nice personal touch!
Rest in Peace John Campion
Very lovely chap, I love it when succesful people remain humble like that :)
Legend, John Campion has the taste and love deserving of owning these car. That Martini Lancia 037 in the background is a dream.
Group B were bettter than the F1 drivers!
Did he say they got 1000 hp out of a 1.7 litre engine? 0-60 in a bit over 2 seconds? In 1987? That right there people, is fucking engineering for you.
great vid, thanx! nice to see Italian cars from back then are so cherished around the planet!
All my dream cars in one garage. Jesus, what a beautiful car collection. Props to you.
HE HAS MY DREAM GARAGE!! Except the non-italian cars. And i would have a few more Integrales. I want to work towards this......
Thomas Andersen....yeah, except that the Shelby Mustang GT350 is most kickass ride he owns....
To see it driven with tarmac sets on gravel, even it's smooth, makes my heart bleed.
Gawd knows what damage hard asphalt springing was doing to the car - not to mention the low suspension settings. Makes one weep.
Incredible collection! So much rally history for one person to own, and I love the fact he takes the S4 out on gravel still!
Fantastic Video and it brings the right feelings to real Car Guys. Thank you!
Henri Toivonen, he did take all that HP RIP
Way he pronounces Henri Toivonen's name made me laugh :D Toivalainen or something like that
For me it was like: "Tovlanen"
If you can't drive them properly, one shouldn't own them. Like a Stradivari - if one can't play the fiddle, one shouldn't be allowed near them. IF (as he says) he loves GpB, how come he doesn't know the names of the legends that drove them? I'd love to own a GpB car, but (forgetting the money for a moment), my driving could never do it justice. The car would need to go to a decent rally driver with the skills to use the car properly. To see this actual car driven in a hillclimb by Peruggini in 2009, on home territory, followed by the present footage just made me weep. The car just NEEDS to come home. Just my own twopence worth!
Probably Mixed Toivonen and Mikkola in his mind and Toivola was the result :)
Toivolainen...what a joke... The guy is REALLY slow with his rocket.... :(
Found "notes" in the car.. what a surprise You should see the Pirelli videlo
with Alen & Kankkunen really pushing the car to its limits.
Even though the Lancia team boss Cesare Fiorio said himself that Toivonen was the only one that could drive the S4 at it's full potential...
Just imagining John's mile seeing this hitting one million views. I had the privilege to know John and visited his garage many times. The 599 in my pic is his. RIP John
This guy knows cars, good taste.... The man likes the finer things in life, vintage rally cars and air cooled Porsches. Great video!
Questa è la Lancia della innovazione!!!,su tutti i punti di vista...sia di studio motoristico e di materiali leggeri applicato al Automotive!!!.La Lancia Delta S4,un mito!!!!,altri costruttori hanno solo copiato da lei...vedi motore volumex-turbo.I furbachionni,copiatori della VW dopo vent'anni hanno vinto il premio piu volte come motore dell'anno.Esempio lampante che il Made in Italy era avanti anni luce in confronto ad altri marchi.Onore ai tecnici ed ingegneri del Reparto sviluppo e competizione del Abarth-Lancia!!!!!
Giovanni G.t......ummmmm, what? I mean, some huh? Wtf were you babbling about?
nice gravel slicks lol
SuperLitherland not uncommon on some rallycross circuits, the problem is that expensive wheel blades are vulnerable on gravel
What a garage in itself plus the cars. Stunning.
Please have a video of this guy walking us around his garage. Never have I seen a private collection of cars that is so perfect and I would want to own more than the one he has.
Now this is car porn to the max!
yes with bruno ianniello on "bergrennen" races
LANSIA delta s4. As an italian guy I'm really dying inside....the name is LANCIA!!!
SAITZERO dai per loro è molto difficile pronunciare all'italiana perché le lettere si pronunciano differentemente, è come quando noi italiani andiamo all'estero e la nostra pronuncia è completamente sbagliata
SAITZERO dai dai poche storie. Rallegriamoci del fatto che ci sono questi bellissimi video, ringraziamo i proprietari che vogliono condividere le loro auto con noi, e basta. As another italian i'd say lets quit whining, enjoy the clips and just celebrate the cars.
matteovrizzi No, it's not a Porsche story. It's mainly about Lancia. Didn't you bother watching it?
Duncan Harris: obviously.
Fanno incazzare 😂
I never thought I'd see these magnificent cars of my teen years ever again... It brought a tear to my eye.
Nice to find another European having my same passion. Most already forgot...
I'm in Australia now and most don't even know what's an S4!
(let alone a Stratos)
Brilliant collection. Thank you so much for sharing it made my day :)
4 cylinder, twin charged producing 1000hp. Are you kidding me? Holy smokes! I want that as my daily driver. Nice job in having these cars.
IL NOSTRO ORGOGLIO ITALIANO
"Came to America with $26 in my pocket"
But had £25,000 sewed into my jacket lining........
Hands down one of the best channels around.
Being Irish myself, I know how passionate and knowledgeable we are about rallying, the guy is very cool, really knows his cars and wants to share his passion with others. This particularJolly Club Totip Delta S4 was always my favourite, it was 2nd in the 1986 Rally Sanremo. It’s so good to see the car preserved and more importantly used. It’s still in its tarmac spec because it only raced once in San Remo which is a Tarmac Rally and he obviously wants it to remain as it was when raced!
So much about the owner, so little about the car.
Yes, I find these videos enjoyable but they tend to serve the egos of the owners rather than let us enjoy watching the cars.
true, I hate this gay ass hipster view, I need MORE ABOUT THE CARS less about the keeper
You can find details about the car anywhere in google but this is the only place that you can find somethink about his collection and himself.
CAR GUY not!
ZeBatata ....He needs help!
7:06 "You're Miki Bastion, you're Henri Tovalaien" ..........oh dear. Maybe I'm just being a jerk but if you actually own these priceless rally legends you should at least know the names of who drove them.
And didnt mention Mr. Maximum Attack.
Markku Alen if you dont know.
Agreed. Cringe worthy...
northerntrucker Of course!
Yeah, pretty painful. In his Road to Amelia video he mispronounces "Fulvia" a number of times.
Congratulations on a beautiful collection of cars. Thanks for sharing them.
Great video, Petrolicious! Thank you for sharing, Mr. Campion!
Best Rally car in the world. Look at Abarth logo... Italians do it simply better! ♥ Look at the rare S4 road version. Simply beautiful!
Great car and great story. This person is Very humile.
@ILUV2SK8 504 they are the most successful rally manufacturer in the world... group B wasn't even lancia's biggest success, Delta Integrale is the actual most successful rally car of all time, while delta s4 is the best rally car of all time
Fu così,che Fiat rovinò un nome Glorioso😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💙🇮🇹💙🇮🇹💙🇮🇹💙
This guy is fantastic. He has the utmost respect for those cars, and still drives them as they were intended.
I do hope he has a rally beater though. He doesn't drive the S4 at 100% because he doesn't want to damage it, but I hope he has something he can go balls to the wall in!
Keep up the good work, and keep spreading the joy!
Lancia delta evo 2 its the most beautiful car off all time for me. Small but respectful its just well size car, well designed. Its the car of my dreams
Nice, but a bit silly to show off the S4 driving on a dirt road wearing asphalt slicks.
you're entirely right, it could have had the contemporary wheels on it as these were AVON slicks. i've heard though certain rally communities are switching over to slick tires on smooth GRAVEL, which goes against everything i've learned about mechanical grip on dirt but whatever, it seems to work on AWD cars quite well!
it's ok, it definitely wasn't being driven like a group b car.
It doesn't matter, as he said, he's never going to push it to that speed and if crazy hicks were doing slick races in dirt and gravel roads with heavier, madder cars, he's ok.
The rims and tires were hold at customs on the way from Italy, so two options were: cancel the shoot or do it on slicks.
Why don't you take out your own S4 and do it better, oh wait you drive a '81 Starlet.
7:10 dont you mean henri toivonen not henri toilovon or however you said it 🤣😂
this is great. when i was 17 i would follow the rally from forest to forest. the S4 was amazing
Aboslutely love his story. Being from Kildare, where the car culture is very strong it would lovely to hear his back round and a success story.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joseph_Campion
That garage is just porn....
YAY! Another Porsche............oh wait, no it's not............what happened?.....Did ya Run out of Porsche's?
You mister, achieved to put in some frames the most iconic magestic beautiful winning cars from lancia and (pardon me) italy. Lancia has the most iconic winers and here they are. Amo a Lancia sou português e obrigado pelo video
This guy knew the cars to buy wow what a lineup that is amazing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Fiero della mia italia motoristica anche se adesso ha un po perso la retta via!
7:06 Henri Toivonen.. Has all the car's history but doesn't know the name of the driver who died in one of the sister cars.
Fantastic video. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your passion.
Bla bla bla bla bla SHOWWWWWWWWW THE LANCIA!!!!
Typical Irish man, like myself. I don't have his money but we are salt of the earth here!
but he has character though!
@@baklapperb.v.1584 or at least enough money to buy the trappings of character
The enthusiasm that John had towards these rally cars. RIP John.
kudos man...keep up the good work. a car that isn't driven, is a paperweight. a thousand years of insight and dreams were put into the design, in order to make them fly. caging them, does a disservice to the ideas, and the people who made such vehicles, a reality. great video.
Seriously couldn't put proper tires on?
tarmac spec, that's why
its not even in proper tarmac spec. John has now fitted the P7's
Maybe he likes sliding around without the crazy speed.
Long story short, correct wheels and tires were supposed to arrive from Italy for the shoot, the location was set, the crew was set and wheels and tires didnt arrive... got caught up in US customs so rather than cancel the shoot we went ahead on slicks
Great car and extremely happy you're the kind of "drive or sell it" guy! Good for you! Keep going down that road! Cheers Dr.C.
What a superb collection! Wolnderful cars!
This guy is the consummate petrolhead, an amazing collection, and an amazing man (from an amazing country hello my fellow Irish). Was so sad to heard he passed away but these cars are a pretty good legacy if you ask me, I take my hat off to him
Appart from saying their names wrong i have a lot of respect for this man. His collection is amazing!