Kimera's EVO37 now carries a higher estimate than the Lancia 037
A five-year-old restomod from Cuneo is now valued above the Group B car it honours
Kimera Automobili's EVO37 number 18 will cross the block at Broad Arrow's Zoute Concours auction in Knokke-Heist on 9 October, estimated at €950,000 to €1,150,000. That is more than twice the €450,000 Kimera asked when it opened orders in 2021, and more than original Lancia 037 Stradales have made at recent auctions. A car built to honour a rally legend is now priced above it.
Broad Arrow's Zoute sale ranks EVO37 number 18 second only to a 300 SL
The EVO37 carries the second-highest estimate in Broad Arrow's Zoute catalogue, behind a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing at €1.7 to €2.0 million. The sale takes place at the Approach Golf club during Zoute Grand Prix week, in the same room as the carbon-tubbed MCA Centenaire. Chassis 018 was completed in early 2025 and is finished in Luci del Bosco, a metallic brown taken from the Lamborghini Miura, over bronze wheels and beige leather. Kimera says it will re-trim the car for a new owner who wants a different look.
Kimera opened EVO37 orders at €450,000 in 2021 and capped the run at 37
Kimera, founded in Cuneo by former rally driver Luca Betti, showed the EVO37 in May 2021 and gave it a public debut at Goodwood that July. The run was capped at 37 cars from €450,000, and orders closed soon after. The final car, 37/37, was delivered in July 2026, followed by a one-off 38th car for Top Gear. Kimera has since moved upmarket: each of its seven Martini-liveried cars costs €840,000, and its K-39 moves on to a Koenigsegg V8.
Original Lancia 037 Stradales have sold for €770,000 and $654,000
Lancia built a little over 200 road-going 037 Stradales in 1982 to homologate the car for Group B, and the rally version won the 1983 World Rally Championship for manufacturers. A 1982 Stradale with 3,500 km sold for €770,000 at RM Sotheby's in Essen in 2019, roughly double its top estimate. Another, with 3,300 km, made $654,000 in Monterey in 2023, about €600,000 at the time. Even the 2019 result sits €180,000 below the EVO37's low estimate.
The EVO37 twin-charges a 2.1-litre four for 505 hp and 550 Nm
The EVO37 keeps the passenger cell and chassis number of a Lancia Beta Montecarlo, as the original 037 did, which is why Broad Arrow catalogues it as a 1976 Lancia. Everything else is new: a carbon body, a 2,150 cc four-cylinder with both a supercharger and a turbocharger, 505 hp, 550 Nm, a six-speed manual and rear-wheel drive. At 1,100 kg it reaches 100 km/h in three seconds and 310 km/h flat out. Sergio Limone, who engineered the original 037, and Claudio Lombardi, Lancia's rally engine chief, advised on the project.
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Kimera has earned this estimate. Five years ago it was a start-up asking €450,000 for a tribute to a car Lancia built more than 200 of. Today an auction house ranks its EVO37 above everything in the Zoute catalogue bar a 300 SL Gullwing. Buyers are paying for three things no original offers together: 37 cars instead of 200, the blessing of the engineers who built the 037, and brakes, suspension and power that work in modern traffic.
Expect the hammer to fall inside the estimate on 9 October, and above the €770,000 an original Stradale made in 2019. If it does, Kimera will have shown on a public stage, not just in its own showroom, that a restomod can outprice the car it recreates. Every tribute builder planning its next short run will price it with that result in mind.
