Lancia Aurelia B24S America Spider - the oldest survivor of its kind

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Lancia Aurelia B24S America Spider - the oldest survivor of its kind

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Created on December 26, 2015

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Bruno von Rotz

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - with side windows fitted

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - without side windows

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - front view

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - by and large, the prototype corresponds to the series version

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - Cockpit of the second America Spider built

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - Design of the windshield

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - Side edge of the windshield

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - design of the inside of the door on the prototype

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - wheel cover design

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - Pininfarina sign on the flank

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - View into the engine compartment with the V6

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Lancia Aurelia (1950) - an early sedan of the first series

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Lancia Aurelia Cabriolet (1951) - Presentation in Turin 1951

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Lancia Aurelia Cabriolet (1951) - four-seater convertible

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Lancia Aurelia (1955) - 2nd series sedan

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 (1954) - one model played an important role in the movie "Il Sorpasso"

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Lancia Aurelia GT (1953) - the coupé that was also very successful in motor racing

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 (1953) - the V6 engine

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider America (1954) - the Pininfarina prototype in 1954

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - at the Brussels Motor Show

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider America (1955) - Premiere in Brussels

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider America (1955) - at the premiere in Brussels

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider America (1955) - at the Brussels Motor Show in the winter of 1955

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider America (1955) - at the premiere in Brussels at the first international motor show of the year

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - at the 1955 Geneva Motor Show

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - the second vehicle (B24S1002) was also used for brochure photography

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - side view, left-rear

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - with a closed roof, the side windows were fixed panes

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - View into the trunk

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - Interior

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - Cockpit

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider America (1955) - early dark example, but already with smooth wheel covers

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider America (1955) - standard version with flat hubcaps

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider America (1954) - the second pre-series Spyder, as it was subsequently exhibited in Brussels and Geneva

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider America (1954) - the second prototype shown in Brussels and Geneva

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - elevation and side view, dimensions

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider America (1955) - with completely lowered roof

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider America (1955) - For the US market

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Lancia Aurelia Convertible (1956) - the doors were higher and the windows could now be rolled down

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Lancia Aurelia Convertible (1956) - with a higher windshield, but hardly less attractive

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Lancia Aurelia GT Convertible (1957) - side view, left-front

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Lancia Aurelia GT Convertible (1957) - the convertible that followed the Spider was also much more comfortable in the interior

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Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider America (1955) - at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2014

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Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider America (1955) - at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2014

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Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider America (1955) - at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2014

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Lancia Aurelia B24 S America (1955) at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2011

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Lancia Aurelia B20 America Spider (1956) - highly coveted in the film world - Auto d'Epoca Padova 2015

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Spider America (1955) - as lot 044 at the Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction on August 14, 2015

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Spider America (1955) - as lot 044 at the Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction on August 14, 2015

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Spider America (1955) - as lot 044 at the Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction on August 14, 2015

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Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider Coachwork by Pinin Farina (1955) - sold at Bonhams' Goodwood-Chichester auction on September 15, 2012

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Summary

In 1954, Lancia presented the B24/B24S Spider, which was based on the successful Aurelia platform. The open and relatively purist Gran Turismo was replaced just two years later by a more comfortable convertible, with the result that only 240 America Spiders left the Pininfarina factory. While the prototype is said not to have survived, the second vehicle built still exists. This vehicle report describes the history of the Lancia B24S America Spider and shows it in many pictures and in the original brochure.

This article contains the following chapters

An open Gran Turismo
The number 2
Public presentation in Brussels and Geneva
Transition to series production
Modular technology
Rarity
Valuable
Further information

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

In 1950, Lancia presented its first post-war design, the Aurelia, and it was one that had it all. The engine was the first V6 engine ever produced in series, the gearbox was located at the rear of the differential for better weight distribution and the body of the saloon was semi-self-supporting. As early as 1951, Pinin Farina presented a four-seater convertible on the chassis of the Aurelia, which, however, was more suited to comfort than sporting requirements. For sporty customers, there was the coupé with a two-liter engine from 1951 and the faster version with a 2.5-liter engine from 1953.

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