Lancia
Lancia is an
Italian automobile manufacturer founded in
1906 by
Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the
Fiat group in
1969.
It was the first company to produce a V6 engine and a V4 engine. However, these engines had extremely narrow angulation of less than 30 degrees, instead of the ideal of 60 degrees for a V6 and 90 degrees for a V4 (or V8). This meant that the banks of cylinders overlapped at the end near the crankshaft.
During the
1980s, the company cooperated with
Saab Automobile, with the
Lancia Delta being sold as the
Saab 600 in
Sweden. The
1985 Lancia Thema also shared a platform with the
Saab 9000,
Fiat Croma and the
Alfa Romeo 164.
One of the firm's trademarks is the use of letters of the Greek alphabet as the names of its models - other than "Alpha"; that's necessarily taken up by
Alfa Romeo.
In the
United Kingdom, Lancia increasingly suffered from image problems during the
1980s associated with rust (though in reality, the
Lancia Beta truly deserved this reputation, due to Fiat's infamous utilization of inferior
Russian steel), and pulled out of the UK market in
1994. Since then no
right hand drive models have been produced.
In the
United States, Lancias were sold from
1977 until
1984. It was withdrawn at the same time as Fiat. However, there is an American Lancia Club.
Lancia is famous for many innovations concerning the automobile sector. These include the first full-production
V6 engine, in the
1950 Aurelia, and earlier experiments with
V8 and
V12 engine configurations.
Measured in
WRC victories, Lancia is by far the most successful brand in rally cars.
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Lancia 037/
Lancia Rally*
Lancia Appia*
Lancia Aprilia*
Lancia Ardea*
Lancia Artena *
Lancia Astura *
Lancia Augusta (1932-1937)
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Lancia Aurelia*
Lancia Beta*
Lancia Dedra*
Lancia Delta (1979-1994)
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Lancia Dilamda (1928-1938)
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Lancia Fulvia Dunja (1971)
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Lancia Flaminia*
Lancia Flavia*
Lancia Fulvia (1963-1976)
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Lancia Gamma*
Lancia Hyena*
Lancia Kappa*
Lancia Lambda (1922-1931)
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Lancia Lybra*
Lancia Monte Carlo*
Lancia Prisma (1982-1990)
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Lancia Phedra*
Lancia Rally/
Lancia 037*
Lancia Stratos*
Lancia Thema*
Lancia Thesis (2001-)
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Lancia Ypsilon*
Lancia Y10*
Lancia Zagato*
Lancia Zeta*
Lancia V4 engine*
Lancia V6 engine*
Lancia Flat-4 engine*
Lancia*
DMOZ Category: Lancia*
Lancia Phedra Forum*
Viva Lancia fanpage!*
Information about the firm since 1881*
Lancia's and other Italian Cars (Wheels Of Italy)*
Italiancar.net
