# Sergio Limone

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Italian automobile engineer

Sergio Limone Born Sergio Limone (1948-07-24) 24 July 1948 (age 77) Turin, Italy. Alma mater Polytechnic University of Turin Occupation Automotive engineer Known for Automotive project manager and engineer for Abarth, Lancia and Alfa Romeo.

**Sergio Limone** (born 24 July 1948 in [Turin](/source/Turin)) is an Italian automobile engineer. He has carried out numerous sports car projects for the [Fiat Group](/source/Fiat_Group), including the [Lancia Rally 037](/source/Lancia_Rally_037),[1] [Lancia Delta S4](/source/Lancia_Delta_S4) and [Lancia Delta](/source/Lancia_Delta_Group_A) for [FIA](/source/FIA) [World Rally Championship](/source/World_Rally_Championship), and the [Alfa Romeo 155](/source/Alfa_Romeo_155) and [Alfa Romeo 156](/source/Alfa_Romeo_156) [Touring cars](/source/Touring_cars).[2][3][4]

## Career

Mechanical expert, he graduated in engineering at the [Polytechnic of Turin](/source/Polytechnic_of_Turin) with a thesis on a Formula Monza car, a never finished car with its coachwork; in 1972 he joined [Abarth](/source/Abarth), a brand that had just entered the orbit of the [Fiat Group](/source/Fiat_Group), working until 1975 on engines and applications relating to [Group 2](/source/Group_2_(racing)), [Group 4](/source/Group_4_(racing)) and [Group 5](/source/Group_5_(racing)) cars. In 1975 he began his work as a chassis builder taking care of the [Fiat 131](/source/Fiat_131) and other prototypes, alongside Mario Colucci, who was then responsible for the car chassis; in collaboration with Giorgio Pianta also conducts tests on various rally cars. He worked on the [Fiat 131 Abarth Rally](/source/Fiat_131#Fiat_131_Abarth_Rally), set by Colucci as regards the chassis, taking it to the end of his career, which arrived in 1979. At the end of 1978, following a clash with the engineer [Aurelio Lampredi](/source/Aurelio_Lampredi), Colucci resigned so that Limone was promoted to head of vehicle design and testing, in relation to the experience department. In those months Limone took care of the development of the [Fiat Group](/source/Fiat_Group) car for the [World Rally Championship](/source/World_Rally_Championship), choosing as the winning idea the [Lancia Rally 037](/source/Lancia_Rally_037), an evolution of the [Lancia Montecarlo](/source/Lancia_Montecarlo) and profoundly revisited to fight against the increasingly competitive [four-wheel drive](/source/Four-wheel_drive) cars: the Rally 037, with its rear-wheel drive, will be the last [2WD](/source/2WD) car to win the [World Rally Championship](/source/World_Rally_Championship) in 1983.[5] He then participated in the development of the [Lancia Delta S4](/source/Lancia_Delta_S4) of [Group B](/source/Group_B) as well as in subsequent evolutions, such as the [Lancia ECV](/source/Lancia_ECV), which never raced in rallies after the abolition of [Group S](/source/Group_S). With the creation of [Group A](/source/Group_A), he therefore participated in the development and evolution of the [Lancia Delta](/source/Lancia_Delta_Group_A) ( [Lancia Delta HF 4WD](/source/Lancia_Delta_HF_4WD) and [Lancia Delta HF Integrale](/source/Lancia_Delta_HF_Integrale) ) for subsequent and multi-victorious participations in rallies until 1991, when [Lancia](/source/Lancia) retired from the [FIA](/source/FIA) [World Rally Championship](/source/World_Rally_Championship).[5] In the meantime, he takes part in the development of a [Group C](/source/Group_C) car, the [Alfa Romeo Sport Prototipo](/source/Alfa_Romeo_SE_048SP), derived from the [Lancia LC2](/source/Lancia_LC2) and updated with all its contents to make it a winner, which, however, will never race on the track due to the management decisions of the [Fiat Group](/source/Fiat_Group) managers.[6] He moved with the entire [Lancia rally](/source/Lancia_in_rallying) development team to [Alfa Corse](/source/Alfa_Corse), in 1991 Limone began his first development for a new Alfa Romeo car for [touring car racing](/source/Touring_car_racing); specifically we are talking about a sedan car with the mechanics of the [Lancia Delta HF Integrale](/source/Lancia_Delta_HF_Integrale) and the [Alfa Romeo 155](/source/Alfa_Romeo_155) coachwork in the racing version. In addition to the cars developed for track racing, he developed the [Alfa Romeo 155 GTA Stradale](/source/Alfa_Romeo_155#155_GTA_Stradale), produced in a single model with the aim of stimulating the interest of the [Alfa Romeo](/source/Alfa_Romeo) management in series production but this car will never have a productive following.[6] Finally, he participated in the development of the racing version of the [Alfa Romeo 156](/source/Alfa_Romeo_156), designed for the [ETCC](/source/ETCC) and [WTCC](/source/World_Touring_Car_Championship) championships of the early 2000s.

		- [Lancia Rally 037](/source/Lancia_Rally_037)

		- [Lancia Delta S4](/source/Lancia_Delta_S4)

		- [Lancia ECV](/source/Lancia_ECV) The car originally produced over 600 [horsepower](/source/Horsepower) (448 kW) from a 1759 cc [twin-turbocharged](/source/Twin-turbocharged) engine.

		- [Lancia Delta HF Integrale](/source/Lancia_Delta_Group_A). [Lancia](/source/Lancia) is the manufacturer with the most wins in the WRC: 11 world Championship for Manufacturers, with 6 consecutives.

		- [Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI DTM](/source/Alfa_Romeo_155#155_V6_TI) of 1993 champion [Nicola Larini](/source/Nicola_Larini). The 155 holds the all-time record of 38 victories in DTM.

		- [Alfa Romeo Sport Prototipo](/source/Alfa_Romeo_SE_048SP)

		- [Alfa Romeo 155 GTA Stradale](/source/Alfa_Romeo_155#155_GTA_Stradale)

		- [Alfa Romeo 156 GTA Super 2000](/source/Alfa_Romeo_156#Motorsport), [Gabriele Tarquini](/source/Gabriele_Tarquini) in [Donington Park](/source/Donington_Park) 2003 [ETCC](/source/ETCC)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mondiale Rally, Limone: "Così nacque la leggenda Lancia 037""](https://www.gazzetta.it/Auto/rally/20-07-2022/mondiale-rally-limone-cosi-nacque-leggenda-lancia-037.shtml). gazzetta.it. gazzetta.it. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Quattro chiacchiere con Sergio Limone (video esclusivo)"](https://ruoteclassiche.quattroruote.it/quattro-chiacchiere-con-sergio-limone-video-esclusivo/). *ruoteclassiche.quattroruote.it*. quattroruote.it. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Intervista all' Ing. Sergio Limone"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100712223603/http://www.alfasport.net/webPage/View.asp?id=432). *Club Alfa Sport Italia*. alfasport.net. Archived from [the original](http://www.alfasport.net/webPage/View.asp?id=432) on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Limone Racconta: La verità sul motore Alfa 155 V6 Ti + 156 e Fulvia Concept"](https://www.driveexperience.it/limone-racconta-la-verita-sul-motore-alfa-155-v6-ti-dtm-itc/). *driveexperience.it*. driveexperience.it. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DX2_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DX2_5-1) ["Limone Racconta: Perché Lancia abbandonò i Rally quando era all'apice"](https://www.driveexperience.it/limone-racconta-perche-lancia-abbandono-i-rally/). *driveexperience.it*. driveexperience.it. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DX1_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DX1_6-1) ["Limone Racconta: I Rallysti della Delta vanno a salvare Alfa Corse"](https://www.driveexperience.it/limone-racconta-i-rallysti-della-delta-vanno-a-salvare-alfa-corse/). *www.driveexperience.it*. driveexperience.it. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

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