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Test Lancia Flavia from 1961 - car for 'gourmets'

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Created on April 1, 1961

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Heinz Kranz

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Lancia Flavia (1960) - von den Doppelscheinwerfern und dem Kühlergrill geprägt

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Lancia Flavia (1961) - wunderschöne Werbeillustration

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Lancia Flavia (1961) - Frontantrieb, Boxermotor und Scheibenbremsen

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Lancia Flavia (1960) - unauffällige, kompakte Limousine

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Lancia Flavia (1960) - etwas gewöhnungsbedürftiger Heckabschluss

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Lancia Flavia (1961) - kein Leichtgewicht, aber elegant

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Lancia Flavia (1961) - vier Türen beim sportlichen Flavia

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Lancia Flavia (1960) - sorgfältig gearbeitete Türen

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Lancia Flavia (1961) - vollendete Autoarchitektur - Durchsichtszeichnung

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Lancia Flavia (1960) - Lenkrad und Armaturenbrett

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Lancia Flavia (1961) - ungewohnter Anblick - Drucktasten in Reihe

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Lancia Flavia (1961) - der Boxermotor

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Summary

For Italy, the new Lancia Flavia 1961 contained many sensations: Front-wheel drive, boxer engine, disc brakes and four headlights. However, 'hobby' tester Kranz was not so enthusiastic, as similar features were already familiar from German vehicles. Nevertheless, he was able to report a few highlights. This article reproduces the restored original test report, supplemented by restored illustrations from the time and archive images from the period.

This article contains the following chapters

The tried and tested served Lancia style
Tamed Boxer
Well-stepped gearbox
Not a lightweight!
Light steering and excellent brakes
Beauty must mature
Tight six-seater
Fully equipped
Exceptionally economical
Good, but good enough?
Expensive!

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

All 'sensations' for Italy: front-wheel drive, boxer engine, disc brakes - four headlights! "The break with the past impressed me the most. What is abandoned always evokes a certain melancholy. The new attracts us enormously." So wrote the Italian automotive journalist Piero Casucci when he got to know the front-wheel drive Lancia Flavia ... For us, on the other hand, front-wheel drive is nothing new. We have even been familiar with the combination of front-wheel drive and a boxer engine from a Hanseatic car for some time. Here, as in France, front-wheel drive is as old as the oldest hat of Professor Fessia, who is Italy's front-wheel drive promoter and unfortunately found no favor with Fiat when he wanted to equip the epoch-making Fiat 600 with front-wheel drive. So the 'break with the past' in Italy only took place now - late, but not too late, to show the world what a truly highly sophisticated front-wheel drive car looks like.

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