On the face of it the Delta might just seem like a boxy hatchback – another exercise in angularity from the ruler of Mr Giugiaro, and one likely subject to the same rust worm that had blighted Lancia’s gorgeous Beta.
As an inveterate car-spotter, always on the lookout for old classics, one occasionally sees a Renault 4 or Vauxhall Viva sitting dented and unloved by the kerb, and it never fails to stir my preservationist instincts.
