Lancia Gamma Coupé - Four-cylinder boxer sports car of timeless beauty

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Lancia Gamma Coupé - Four-cylinder boxer sports car of timeless beauty

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Created on May 5, 2012

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Bruno von Rotz

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - the vehicles of the second series had a modified radiator grille.

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - one of the most elegant designs of the seventies

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - Rear looks powerful and elegant at the same time

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - straight lines and no frills

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - a pleasant car for long journeys

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - good performance for a four-cylinder car

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - Series 2 coupé with redesigned front end

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - Rear with concave upper end

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - looks good from every angle

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - took design cues from the Fiat 130 and earlier Ferrari models

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - the rear is the chocolate side of the coupé

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - Velour seats

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - lots of plastic inside - steering wheel is not standard equipment

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - the interior design breathes the spirit of the seventies

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - nothing left to chance - round and square instruments, round control knobs

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - unorthodox labeling of the trip counter

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - Solid door handles

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - the boxer engine lies low and in front of the front axle

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - the injection did not make the boxer engine any more visually attractive

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - beautifully designed aluminum wheels

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - the wheel arch merges into the bumper

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - Pininfarina signet points to the creator

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - beautifully fitted front blinker

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - Beading and straight lines

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - Lock to trunk arranged asymmetrically

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - flat rear light

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - Rubber trim strips as a design element

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - the two "cracks" in the boot lid are clearly visible

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - view from behind

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Lancia Gamma Coupé 2500 I.E. (1982) - indicated roll bar

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Fiat 130 Coupé (1971) - considered the forerunner of the Lancia Gamma Coupé in terms of both design and positioning

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Fiat 130 Coupé (1971) - very elegant coupé, designed by Pininfarina

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Fiat 130 'Opera' (1974) - prototype of an unproduced four-door version of the coupé by Pininfarina

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Lancia Gamma 20 HP (1910) - the namesake for the Gamma car of the 1970s

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) - still with the traditional radiator grille

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) - not a direct hit in terms of sales

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) - with hatchback

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Lancia Gamma Coupé (1977) - well-dressed even when pulling up in front of expensive restaurants

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Lancia Gamma Coupé (1977) - a masterly design

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Lancia Gamma Coupé (1977) - the lines remained unchanged during the transition from Series 1 to Series 2

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Lancia Gamma Coupé (1977) - in the first series, the trunk lock was integrated into the engine capacity designation

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Lancia Gamma Coupé (1977) - presented together with the saloon, but delivered with a delay

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Lancia Gamma Coupé (1977) - Radiator grille design for series 1

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Lancia Gamma Coupé (1977) - Series 1 - official press photo

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Lancia Gamma Coupé (1982) - Series 2 with modified radiator grille and fuel injection

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Lancia Gamma (1981) - Coupé and saloon combined, both from the same design house

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Lancia Gamma Pininfarina (1982) - All Pininfarina Gamma variants - Olgiata (1982), Scala (1980), Spider (1978) and Coupé (1976)

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Lancia Gamma Spider Pininfarina (1978) - no production chances for this concept car

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Lancia Gamma Scala Pininfarina (1980) - sedan based on the coupé, shown at the 1980 Paris Motor Show - this is what the sedan should have looked like

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Lancia Gamma Olgiata, Pininfarina (1982) - high-class elegance coupled with plenty of practical benefits

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Lancia Gamma Olgiata, Pininfarina (1982) - Pininfarina's proposal for an up-market HPE

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Lancia Gamma Olgiata, Pininfarina (1982) - practical, thanks to the rear combination

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Summary

In 1976, Lancia presented the Gamma series, consisting of a hatchback saloon and a stunningly designed notchback coupé. With a four-cylinder boxer engine, the vehicles were sufficiently motorized, but the competition offered six or more cylinders for less money in some cases. The luxury class Lancia thus remained a marginal phenomenon and was withdrawn from the range in 1984. This report looks back at the history of the Lancia Gamma Coupé and shows an example from 1982 in detail, supplemented by historical photographs and pictures of two concept cars based on the same model.

This article contains the following chapters

Elegance and lightness from the hand of a master
Classic proportions
Presentation at the same time as the saloon
Motorization with tradition
Modern concept
Built in two series
In tune with the times
Pleasant traveling
Beautiful special bodies and prototypes
Capricious technology? Too little prestige? Too expensive?
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

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A suit from "Brioni", as James Bond likes to wear it, is like many beautiful things in this world: it may be more beautiful, but it is not necessarily more comfortable and it does not necessarily last longer. And because beauty is more expensive, it is often also more exclusive. This is also true of the Lancia Gamma Coupé, masterfully designed by Pininfarina. It looked dazzling, was at the cutting edge of technology and remained a rarity, not least because of its price. But you were really well "dressed" with it. Aldo Brovarone, working for Pininfarina, was in charge when it came to building a sports car that would both replace the very elegant Fiat 130 Coupé and use the technical basis of the Gamma saloon designed by Pininfarina at the same time.

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