Lancia Flaminia GTL 3C 2.8 - sporty touring bellezza

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Lancia Flaminia GTL 3C 2.8 - sporty touring bellezza

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Created on September 16, 2022

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Bruno von Rotz

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - ran over 190 km/h

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - classic Lancia radiator face

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - even today you can still be on the move in a coupé

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - combined B- and C-pillar

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - sporty coupé with classic proportions

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - immediately recognizable as a Lancia

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - elegant coupé in a classic Italian color scheme

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - lots of glass = good all-round visibility

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - the roof is higher on the GTL, the rear window has a different shape

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - the 2+2 coupé was around two thumb-widths higher than the 2-seater version

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - what a Porsche 993 was in the nineties, the Flaminia was thirty years earlier

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - the picture is deceptive, the Lancia is fast enough not to stop the Porsche

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - bright cockpit, two large round instruments

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - elegant wooden steering wheel

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - Speedometer with additional displays

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - Rev counter with time display

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - unlabeled switches

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - spacious glove compartment

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - straight gear stick

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - three (Weber) carburetors for the most powerful versions

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - Lancia specialty - V6 engine

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - even the details give the car away

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - twin headlights, but somehow the outer lights could have been larger

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - Twin front headlights

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - the classic Lancia badge on the radiator

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - the Lancia trademark

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - six cylinders, three carburetors - artistically presented

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - time has already taken its toll on the Touring Superleggera badge

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - built in the so-called "Superleggera" version

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - each Lancia Coupé had its own rear lights

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - clear separation of functions at the rear light

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - characteristically shaped rear lights

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Lancia Flaminia (1956) - one of the last pre-series versions

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Lancia Flaminia (1956) - Salon Turin 1956 - the solid chassis construction

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Lancia Flaminia (1956) - Salon Turin 1956 - Chassis without bodywork

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Lancia Flaminia (1956) - the last prototype, shown at the Turin Motor Show, came very close to the production version except for the rear-hinged doors

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Lancia Flaminia (1957) - production version of the four-door saloon shown for the first time - Geneva Motor Show 1957

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Lancia Flaminia (1957) - the four-door sedan in series production - Geneva Motor Show 1957

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Lancia Flaminia Coupé - one of the most beautiful cars at the Salon (Pinin Farina) - Geneva Motor Show 1959

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Lancia Flaminia Coupé Pininfarina (1959) - early Coupé Pininfarina

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Lancia Flaminia Coupé Pininfarina (1959) - Presentation in front of the Pininfarina factory

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Lancia Flaminia Coupé Pininfarina (1958) - photographed at the Pininfarina factory

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Lancia Flaminia Gran Turiscmo 2.5 (1960) - Presentation in Geneva

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Lancia Flaminia Gran Turismo 3C 2.8 (1963) - Convertible with hardtop

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Lancia Flaminia Gran Turismo 3C 2.8 (1965) - the two-seater version

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Lancia Flaminia Gran Turismo 3C 2.8 (1966) - the 2+2-seater

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Lancia Flaminia Gran Turismo 3C 2.8 (1966) - with 2+2 seats

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Lancia Flaminia Touring (1963) - Production of the Flaminia Coupé at Touring Superleggera, side by side with the Maserati 3500 GT

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Lancia Flaminia Gran Turismo (1959) - still with 2.5 liter V6

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Lancia Flaminia GT Coupé Superleggera, Touring (1959) - early example of this elegant line

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Lancia Flaminia Gran Turismo (1962) - Two-seater

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Lancia Flaminia GT Coupé Touring Superleggera (1963) - exhibited at the 1963 Turin Motor Show

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Lancia Flaminia Gran Turismo (1963) - as a two-seater

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Lancia Flaminia GT (1959) - a touring coupé in the snow - hardly conceivable today

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Lancia Flaminia GT (1959) - the Touring Coupé in the winter landscape

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Lancia Flaminia GT Coupé Touring Superleggera (1959) - the Touring Coupé appeared more compact and 'lighter'

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Lancia Flaminia GT 2+2 Touring (1965) - with basic shape unchanged for years - Geneva Motor Show 1965

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Lancia Flaminia GT 2.8 3C (1964) - two-seater coupé

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Lancia Flaminia GTL (1964) - as 2+2-seater

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Lancia Flaminia Gran Turismo 3C Convertible (1963) - the attractive convertible

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Lancia Flaminia GT Cabriolet Touring (1960) - View of the interior - Geneva Motor Show 1960

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Lancia Flaminia GT Convertibile (1960) - sketch, with hardtop

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Lancia Flaminia GT Convertibile (1962) - Advertising - 2.5-liter, three carburetors

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Lancia Flaminia Sport (1959) - all Zagato versions had the double bubble in the roof

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1959) - later sports versions had open headlights positioned towards the front

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Praho (1960) at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2011

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Praho Touring (1960) - in the special exhibition of the Lopresto Collection - Rétromobile 2015

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Lancia Flaminia 2.8 Coupé Pininfarina (1963) - one-off, drawn by Tom Tjaarda

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Lancia Marica Ghia (1969) - belated modern lines for the Flaminia GT - shown at the 1969 Turin Motor Show

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - klassisches Lancia-Kühlergesicht

Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - auch heute kann man im Coupé noch flott unterwegs sein

Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - kombinierte B- und C-Säule

Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - sportliches Coupé mit klassischen Proportionen

Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - sofort als Lancia erkennbar

Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - elegantes Coupé in klassisch-italienischer Farbgebung

Summary

From 1959 to 1965, Touring produced the Lancia Flaminia as an attractive coupé. The V6 engine under the hood gave the car sporty performance. Despite its many qualities, the coupé remained a rarity, and the 2+2-seater version is even rarer. This driving report is about the Flaminia GTL with a 2.8-liter engine and three carburetors and shows the coupé in current and historical pictures, as well as in the sales literature.

This article contains the following chapters

Innovation with charisma
Difficult times for Lancia
Expansion of the model range with versions of Touring and Zagato
Sporty temperament with good travel comfort
More power
More engine capacity
Slightly longer and more spacious
Rare species
Elegant Granturismo

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

If you wanted to cover long distances quickly at the end of the 1950s, you bought a Granturismo sports car, which had to be able to conquer mountain passes quickly and take fast bends at high speeds. After all, they wanted to drive from Stuttgart to Milan in just a few hours. A lot of engine power alone was not enough, a good chassis and acceptable comfort characteristics were just as important. The Lancia Flaminia GT was a well-balanced vehicle that offered a good combination of these features. The Lancia Flaminia was unveiled as a surprise at the Turin Motor Show in April 1956. The Lancia Florida by Pinin Farina, the basic features of which were adopted by the Flaminia, had already provided some visual foreshadowing.

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Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - klassisches Lancia-Kühlergesicht

Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - auch heute kann man im Coupé noch flott unterwegs sein

Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - kombinierte B- und C-Säule

Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - sportliches Coupé mit klassischen Proportionen

Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - sofort als Lancia erkennbar

Lancia Flaminia GT 3C 2.8 (1963) - elegantes Coupé in klassisch-italienischer Farbgebung

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