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Noble boxer - Lancia Gamma in the (historical) test

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Created on June 30, 1976

Reading time 4min

Written by:

Paul Simsa

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Lancia (FCA Group)

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) - noch mit dem traditionellen Kühlergrill

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – damals für 25'000 Mark zu bekommen

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – Silhouette

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – mit Leichtmetallrädern

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) - mit Schrägheck

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – den Erwartungen entsprechend

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) –

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – gute Sicht auch schräg rückwärts

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – Limousine war ab Februar 1977 in Deutschland erhältlich

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – niedrige Front für optimale Aerodynamik

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – mühelose Beherrschbarkeit

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – Gamma-Fahrwerk lässt keinen Wunsch offen

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – Schräghecklimousinen waren zu jener Zeit eher die Ausnahme in diesem Segment

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – am Hafen von Portofino

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – Luxus auf 4,58 Meter Länge

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – der Radstand von 2,67 Meter bürgt für komfortablen Innenraum

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) - verkaufstechnisch kein Volltreffer

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – Serie-1-Limousine

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – elegante Schräghecklimousine

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – grosszügig verglast

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – das schräge Heck trügt, eine grosse Heckklappe gibt es nicht

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – auf dem Genfer Autosalon 1976

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Lancia Gamma (1976) - Topmodell von Lancia, fünftürige Limousine, 2,5-Liter-Boxermotor - Genfer Autosalon 1976

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Lancia Gamma 2500 (1976) - Erbe der Baureihe Flaminia, Schrägheckaufbau Design Pininfarina - Genfer Autosalon 1976

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – auf dem Genfer Autosalon 1976

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – verborgenes Sichtfenster in der Gepäckklappe

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – bereit zur Losfahrt

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – Ladeklappe bis Stossstange

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – Cockpit

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – Lenkrad mit Höhenverstellung

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – reichhaltige Instrumente

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – Höhe des Fahrersitzes kann individuell angepasst werden

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – gute Raumnutzung

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – Komfort versprochen

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – Kopfstützen gibt es auch hinten

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Lancia Gamma Berlina (1976) – 2,5-Liter-Vierzylinder-Boxermotor

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Lancia Gamma (1977) - Herstellung der Limousine

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Lancia Gamma (1976) – Karosseriestruktur

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Lancia Gamma (1976) – Abmessungen

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Lancia Gamma (1976) – Rundumsicht

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Lancia Gamma (1976) – Durchsichtszeichnung

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Lancia Gamma (1976) – Armaturenbrett

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Lancia Gamma (1976) – Instrumente

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Summary

A six-cylinder Lancia was expected, but the new Gamma's 2.5-liter displacement was divided between just four cylinders, a disappointment for connoisseurs and the dedicated circle of buyers. However, on closer inspection and testing, the compact car proved to be the uncompromising realization of a technical philosophy. This test report from 1976 explains whether the Lancia Gamma achieved the status of a luxury car.

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

A six-cylinder Lancia was expected, but the new Gamma surprises with a 2.5 liter four-cylinder boxer engine and front-wheel drive. Is this the recipe for a luxury car? Disappointment was the first reaction among connoisseurs when they learned that the new Lancia's 2.5-liter displacement was divided between just four cylinders. The style, shaped by Pininfarina and the wind tunnel, takes no account of conventional German ideas. But the compact car, which at 4.58 meters in length is five centimeters shorter but four centimeters wider than the BMW 5 Series models, proves on closer inspection and testing to be the uncompromising realization of a technical philosophy: exactly what is expected of a Lancia, which in any case only appeals to a limited and very committed group of buyers.

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