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8 unusual facts about Lancia


Adelaide del Vasto

Her brothers founded the lines of the Marquesses of Saluzzo, of Busca, of Lancia, of Ceva, and of Savona.

Auto-Saharan Companies

Companies were formed around expert soldiers (called "Arditi Camionettisti"), operating on board of armored cars AB41 and light trucks FIAT and Lancia customized to operate in desertic contexts; heavily armed with heavy machine guns, light 47 mm and 65 mm guns, and AA 20 mm Breda 35 guns.

Barton Transport

Barton imported Lancia chassis from Italy, which were lengthened and fitted with a patented tag-axle by Barton.

Barton scored a first by operating the first diesel-engined passenger-carrying road vehicle, a Lancia, in 1930.

Carlo Pesenti

Leader of the car manufacturer Lancia from 1955 to 1969.Carlo had relationships with one of the biggest Italian industrial families.

Henry del Vasto

His brothers founded the lines of the Marquesses of Saluzzo, of Busca, of Lancia, of Ceva, and of Savona.

Matchless Silver Arrow

The narrow angle of the V allowed the use of a one piece head, a practice utilised by Lancia in its early V4 automobile engines.The rear suspension was a cantilever design using two springs and friction dampers beneath the saddle, very similar to the 1928 Vincent HRD design.

Qubad Talabani

Throughout the mid-nineties, Qubad worked on and off as a car-mechanic for a dealership that specialized in Lancia, Suzuki and Maserati vehicles.


Alfa Romeo 164

In October 1978, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia and Saab came to an agreement to develop their own executive cars from the Type Four platform to compete with the likes of the Ford Granada and Opel Rekord (Vauxhall Carlton) as well as premium products from the likes of BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

Astura

The Lancia Astura, a passenger car produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Lancia between 1931 and 1939

Cesare Fiorio

Lancia was also involved in sportscar racing since 1979 with the Monte Carlo model, followed by the LC1 and LC2 prototypes; Lancia won the World Championship for Makes in 1981 and the program continued until 1985.

Chrysler Voyager

The Lancia version is offered with engines compliant with Euro V emission standards.

Citroën Jumpy

They share mechanicals and body structure with the Sevel Nord Eurovans vans: the Citroën Evasion (Synergie), Fiat Ulysse, Lancia Zeta, and Peugeot 806.

Eurovan

Eurovans, a family of large-MPVs from Citroën, Peugeot, Fiat and Lancia

Fiat C-platform

The C-platform was jointly designed by global team of Fiat engineers and small number of Lancia engineers in Fiat development center in Mirafiori, also engineers in Betim, Brazil took part of the development.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

FCA will serve as the parent company for a group whose product brands include Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Ferrari, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Ram Trucks and SRT.

Fiat Twin Cam engine

The engine was produced in a large number of displacements, ranging from 1,297 cc to 1,995 cc and was used in Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, SEAT and Morgan cars

Gianni Lancia

This, and the death of Lancia driver Alberto Ascari (May, 1955), caused him and his mother to sell off their shares in the Lancia company to Carlo Pesenti of Italcementi (June 1955).

Kugelfischer

In the late '60s and early '70s, it was fitted to a variety of production vehicles from BMW, Ford UK, Lancia, Peugeot, and others.

Lancia 3 RO

In North Africa and Sicily with the top of the cab cut away and lower sideboards the Lancia 3 Ro became well suited for desert warfare serving as a self-propelled gun porting the Cannone da 90/53 as well as the 100/17 howitzer.

Lancia Aprilia

Lancia had opened their first plant outside Italy at Bonneuil on the south side of Paris in 1931, and the Aprilia was assembled here between 1937 and 1939.

Lancia di Lancia

In 2009 Lancia launched the Lancia di Lancia speedboat at the Venice Film Festival.

Lancia ECV

The Lancia ECV (stands for Experimental Composite Vehicle) was a prototype Group S rally car developed by the Italian manufacturer Lancia to replace the Lancia Delta S4 in World Rally Championship competition for the 1988 season.

Lancia Eptaiota

Lancia Eptaiota was the first bus produced by the Italian manufacturer Lancia, not to be confused with the Eptajota truck, which appeared in 1927.

Lancia Flaminia

When in 1960 Queen Elizabeth II announced her visit to Italy the then President Giovanni Gronchi commissioned Pininfarina to deliver four stretched Lancia Flaminia limousines to appropriately service the visit, and also renew the dated presidential fleet.

Lancia IZM

Some Lancia IZ/IZM were sent to Spain during the Spanish Civil War and were used by the Italian Corps of Volunteer Troops (Corpo Truppe Volontarie Italia, or CTV).

Lancia LC1

With the LC1 already restricted the project was quickly abandoned in 1983, with Lancia building an all-new car to Group C regulations known as the LC2.

The Lancia LC1 was a sports car run by Lancia under the Group 6 regulations in the World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1982 to 1983.

Lancia LC2

Lancia turned their full attention instead to their efforts in the World Rally Championship.

Mitsubishi Astron engine

It followed the designs of Frederick Lanchester, whose original patents Mitsubishi had obtained, and proved influential as Fiat/Lancia, Saab and Porsche all licensed this technology.

Sliding pillar suspension

In around 1904, the New Jersey inventor J. Walter Christie introduced a sliding pillar suspension system with vertical coil springs, which would appear to be the inspiration for that used by Lancia on its Lambda from around 1922.

Thema

Lancia Thema, an executive car produced by Italian automaker Lancia

ZF 4HP20 transmission

Introduced in 1995, it remains in production, and has been used in a variety of cars from Citroën, Lancia, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot, and Renault.


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