There are moments in a manufacturer’s evolution when a car stops being just a product and becomes a signal. The Kimera K-39, unveiled at the 2026 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, is one of those moments. After building its reputation on deeply emotional reinterpretations of 1980s rally legends, Kimera Automobili has now done something more difficult — and arguably far more risky: it has stepped away from nostalgia entirely. This is no EVO-derived continuation. It is a clean-

The Kimera Automobili K39 is the car that moves Kimera beyond the restomod label. After building its name with the Lancia 037-inspired EVO37 and EVO38, Kimera used the K39 to step into full hypercar territory. The car debuted at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on the shores of Lake Como, with both a road-going Stradale version and a more extreme Pikes Peak configuration. Its shape still pulls from Lancia racing history, especially Group 5 and endurance-era cars, but the K39

Kimera Automobili has unveiled the K39, a new racing version of their "hyper-restomod" Lancia. Following the K37 and K38, the K39 boasts...