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Clever, sporty, timeless - Lancia Aurelia in the (historic) test

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Created in 1955

Reading time 12min

Written by:

Dr. Ing. Rudolf Meyer

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Lancia / FCA Group / Werk

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Lancia Aurelia (1954) - Limousine der 2. Serie im Park

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Lancia Aurelia (1950) - eine frühe Limousine der ersten Serie

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Lancia Aurelia (1952) - Serie 1

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Lancia Aurelia B 21 (1952) - pfostenlose und selbsttragende Limousine

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Lancia Aurelia B10 Berlina (1951 - die Limousine mit den gegenläufigen Türen

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Lancia Aurelia (1950) - Blick auf den Lenkung am Turiner Autosalon 1950

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Lancia Aurelia (1952) - am Genfer Autosalon 1952

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Lancia Aurelia (1952) - mit gegenläufigen Türen

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Lancia Aurelia (1952) - Serien-Limousine

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - am Bergrennen Kandersteg-Mitholz 1955, Fahrer Albert Kyburz, Schweizermeister

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - am Bergrennen Kandersteg-Mitholz 1955, Fahrer Albert Kyburz, Tourenwagenmeister

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - auf dem Turiner Autosalon, mit drei Seitenfenstern, "tre luci"

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - der V6-Motor, 2. Serie

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Lancia Aurelia (1950) - der V6-Motor mit nicht ganz 1,8 Litern Hubraum

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - die Rückseite des V6-Motors

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Lancia Aurelia (1952) - der V6-Motor

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - Studium des V6-Motors

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Lancia Aurelia (1952) - die Stirnseite des Motors

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - Fahrgestell und Technik am Autosalon

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - Getriebeeinheit

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Lancia Aurelia (1954) - Getriebe an der Hinterachse

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Lancia Aurelia (1950) - Hinterachse mit verblocktem Getriebe und Differential

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - Musterung vor der Probefahrt

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - stolzer Testfahrer

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - Lenkrad für gute Kontrolle des Fahrzeugs ausgelegt - Platz für Radio und Handschuhfach

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - Türverankerung

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - Blick unter die Motorhaube

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - Blick auf den Motor

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - beleuchteter Motorraum mit interessanten Details

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - Blick "in" den Motor am Genfer Autosalon

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - eingeschränktes Nutzvolumen durch abfallende Karosserieform und Ersatzrad

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - kurz bauender V6-Motor

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - Lenkrad und Armaturenbrett

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - pfostenloser und deshalb guter Einstieg

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Lancia Aurelia (1953) - viertürige LImousine

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Lancia Aurelia (1954) - Limousine der 2. Serie

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Lancia Aurelia (1955) - Limousine der 2. Serie

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Lancia Aurelia (1954) - Limousine der 2. Serie

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Lancia Aurelia (1954) - mit Liegesitzen

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Lancia Aurelia (1954) - Limousine der 2. Serie

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Summary

The Lancia Aurelia was a progressive car in many respects. The many technically convincing ideas and the sportiness familiar from Lancia, coupled with a simple and timeless Pininfarina design, had the potential to become the blueprint for great success. This report reproduces the wording of the Motor-Rundschau test from 1950 and illustrates it with historical images and sales material.

This article contains the following chapters

Rating
Identification: Lancia "Aurelia" Series II
Inspection

Estimated reading time: 12min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The 1.7 L Lancia "Aurelia" is already known for its double-joint drive with independently suspended rear wheels, a design that Lancia used for the first time on its "Aprilia" model in 1938/39 and later modified on the Lancia "Aurelia", Series I. In both double-joint drives, the independently suspended rear wheels are driven by the differential located in the sprung part of the car via double-joint shafts and the rear wheels are guided by trailing arms. On the "Aprilia", these were trailing arms that acted on torsion bars for fine suspension and on a continuous transverse leaf spring for suspension of the self-supporting body. On the "Aurelia", Series I, these were wishbones which, mounted in silent blocks and supported on coil springs, acted in the sense of a negative toe-in of the rear wheels and thus gave the vehicle a centering effect around its longitudinal axis when the rear wheels deflected. Together with the telescopic guidance of the front wheels (DRP 390 590), which had been typical of Lancia since 1922, both rear wheel suspensions and suspension systems resulted in a unique road holding of the vehicles that has not yet been surpassed in series automobile construction.

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