Lancia
(1913 - today)
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Founded by Vincenzo Lancia in November 1906, the company was known as the ‘brand of engineers’ due to its unconventional and progressive designs as well as its technical sophistication. Long before most of its competitors, Lancia cars offered self-supporting bodies, independent suspension - and self-cleaning ashtrays. In the pursuit of perfection, however, the company lost sight of development costs. From the 1960s onwards, Lancia teetered on the brink of insolvency and was finally taken over by Fiat in 1969. Lancia is still famous today for its successes in rallying in the eighties and nineties. After that, the brand went quiet. But: it still exists!
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In addition to the already rare production sports cars of the Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato and Super Sport Zagato types, Elio Zagato also built a small number of "preparata" models optimized for racing and two factory racing cars between 1960 and 1962. These were lighter and, thanks to increased performance, also faster and won many a class victory at events such as the Targa Florio and the Mille Miglia Rally. This report portrays the class winner of the 1961 Mille Miglia and traces its history as far as is known.
The Lancia Flaminia Super Sport Zagato is one of the most attractive sports cars of the sixties, functional beauty in perfection. Expensive and only built in homeopathic doses, it remained a rarity then as it is today. This report goes into the history of the Zagato coupé and portrays a late example with the help of many illustrations, historical photos and several rare sales brochures.
The Lancia Flaminia saloon was built for almost 13 years and owed its shape to one of the most famous styling studies of all time. Six seats and Granturismo-capable performance spoke in favor of the four-door model, although the two-door versions were built more frequently. One of the rare Berlina variants belonged to the famous actress Audrey Hepburn. This article tells the story of the Flaminia Berlina and its association with the Hollywood star.
Forty years old, the Lancia Beta series has matured into a classic. This applies to the now rare saloon as well as the pretty coupé, the open Spider variant, the practical HPE and the sporty Montecarlo. This report briefly introduces the reader to the model series and shows the different variants in old and new pictures, supplemented by sales brochures from the time.
The Lancia Stratos is perhaps the most famous rally car of all and certainly one of the few cars that were created precisely for this purpose. No wonder, then, that the well-known rally documentary filmmaker Helmut Deimel also fulfilled his wish to own one of the almost 500 vehicles. This report tells how Deimel came across the Lancia Stratos and shows the Group 4 car in all its facets, supplemented by many archive photos from the time.
Lancia and rally - two terms that are inextricably linked. And one of the most beautiful love stories in automotive history. The Lancia Fulvia HF, Lancia Stratos, Lancia 037 and Lancia Delta Integrale models have written rally history. Lancia has won more World Rally Championship titles than any other brand.
Actually, the Lancia Stratos HF Turbo was not originally planned at all. The Lancia Stratos HF was built exclusively for rallying. When the Fiat Group then decided to use the Fiat 131 in rallying instead of the Lancia Stratos HF, Lancia got creative and ventured into Group 5 circuit racing on asphalt. With turbochargers, they hoped to achieve additional victories away from the gravel tracks. Our racing car article sheds light on the history of the turbocharged version of the Lancia Stratos HF and shows the car in absolutely rare pictures that you won't find anywhere else, neither in books nor on the internet.
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.
In 1986, Lancia introduced the Thema 8.32, the top of its range. The saloon was around twice as expensive as the "simpler" Thema models and featured a Ferrari V8 engine with 32 valves and four overhead camshafts. The cars, which can be recognized from the outside by an electrically extending rear spoiler, have remained correspondingly rare. This driving report describes the history of the Lancia Thema 8.32 and invites you to take a test drive, supplemented by historical photographs and a sound sample.
When Peter Pentell bought an ordinary 1992 Lancia Delta Evolution in 2001, nobody could have guessed that this car would become a beast that would one day race at Goodwood. Over the years, Pentell continued to rebuild the car, adding parts and replacing what he could. Our article takes a look at the history of this unique car and shows some pictures of it.
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