Race For Glory: Movie About Audi and Lancia's Rally Racing Rivalry Coming to the Big Screen

Michael Mann's Ferrari isn't the only movie about special moments in automotive history in the pipeline. A new movie titled Race for Glory tells one of the greatest racing stories of all time, the one of Lancia's battle against Audi for the World Rally Championship in 1983.

To recap, Audi blew the WRC scene up in 1982 with its four-wheel-drive Audi Quattro. It was a well-funded, factory team that featured a roster of incredible drivers, such as Michèle Mouton, Hannu Mikkola, and Stig Blomqvist. But for the 1983 season, Lancia decided it wanted to take on the dominant Audi with a rear-wheel drive Lancia 037. The Italian squad wasn't nearly as well-funded as Audi but it had a great chassis and brilliant drivers, such as now-legend Walter Rohrl.

The battle between Lancia and Audi was one of the best in racing history. At the time, rally racing was far more dangerous than it is today and both Audi and Lancia cars were sensational. But what made the rivalry more special were the big personalities of many of the drivers.