Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile - for the finer things in life

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile - for the finer things in life

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Created on June 16, 2017

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Bruno von Rotz

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1956) - the all-round visibility couldn't be much better

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - classic proportions

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - ready for the big drive

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - one of the most beautiful Pininfarina designs ever

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - 4.23 meters long, 1.56 meters wide

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - pure two-seater, the roof is folded up behind the crew

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - the rear is also a chocolate page

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - compared to the Spider Ameria, the rear lights and mudguards have been designed slightly higher

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - front view - he seems to be smiling happily

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - from this perspective you can see that the steering wheel is quite large

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - from a single mold

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - the continuous bumper was only available with the Cariolet version from 1956 onwards

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - low waistline

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1956) - a typical Lancia

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1956) - you almost feel like you're in Italy as soon as you set off

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1956) - a lot of driving pleasure

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1956) - well ventilated

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1956) - the open-top version ran at over 175 km/h, today you don't even want to try it anymore

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - can life offer anything more?

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - the V6 engine feels at home at 2500 rpm

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - four gears are enough

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - like Vittoria Gassmann at the wheel in the past

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - large steering wheel with thin wooden rim

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - Main instruments behind the steering wheel

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - even then - integrated instruments-_IMG_9387

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - comfortable seats, although they don't promise too much lateral support

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - longitudinally mounted V6 engine with 60-degree angle and 2.5 liters displacement

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - the carburetor system on the Nardi intake manifold

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - with Nardi refinements

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - with two Weber carburetors

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - completely restored engine compartment

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - Chassis badge

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - the classic Lancia radiator grille

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - the hood scoop was wider than it was on the Spider America

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - Air for the engine

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - clearly a Lancia

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - with chrome hubcaps

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - the filigree rear lights

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Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertibile (1958) - spacious trunk

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

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Lancia Aurelia B10 Berlina (1951 - the limousine with the counter-rotating doors

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Lancia Aurelia - designed by Pinin-Farina as a spacious and elongated coach - shown at the 1951 Geneva Motor Show

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1954 Monte Carlo Rally - Chiron/Basadonna in a Lancia Aurelia GT at the Col des Leques (first special stage)

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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 America (1955) - at the Brussels Motor Show in the winter of 1955

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

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Spider (1955) - Cockpit

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Convertible (1956) - Sketch

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

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Convertible (1957) - Brochure photo

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Convertibie (1956) - with more or less wild animals

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Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 Convertible (1957) - with mounted hardtop

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

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Summary

Only 521 of them were built and yet the Lancia Aurelia B24S Cabriolet is well known, not least from countless films in which stars and starlets have soaked up the sun in its two seats. Technically brilliant and visually timeless and elegant, the Lancia B24S became one of the Turin-based manufacturer's most valuable classics. This driving report describes the history of the model, portrays a B24S from 1956 and shows it in historical and current images as well as in the sales brochure.

This article contains the following chapters

Advanced design
Open with and without panoramic windshield
Almost completely new
Rare and beautiful
Where is the Via Aurelia?
Further information

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Of course, you can open the door to get into the convertible version of the Lancia Aurelia, but Vittorio Gassmann didn't seem to care in the movie "Il Sorpasso". He almost consistently put his leg over the low waistline to board the car. In fact, the light-colored 1958 B24S played a major role in the film during the two-day road trip, which so appropriately begins on the Via Aurelia. The car could hardly have been better chosen. The Lancia Aurelia can be seen as a joint design by Vittorio Jano and Francesco De Virgilio. The first prototypes were already in production before the Second World War, but it was only after the interruption caused by the war that the saloon, which was presented in 1950, took on its final shape in terms of form and technology.

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