Lancia is one of the greatest car brands of all and a personal favorite of mine, I love
Lancia as much I love Alfa, some time even more.
Cars like Lancia 037, Fulvia, LC2 or Stratos are some of their finest works and cars that
have written the car history.
Sadly Lancia now is compleatly obsilite, yeah I know that they are still making the Ypsilon,
but really.
Is just a rebadge Fiat 50
Hello Guys and welcome back to another video and here are 7 Of The Best Lancias Ever Made (Part 1).
Introduced for sale in 1961, Flavia Initially was as available only as a four-door saloon,
it featured a 1.5 L aluminum boxer engine, Dunlop disc brakes on all four wheels, front-wheel
drive and front suspension by unequal-length wishbones.
Later on a two-door coupe, designed by Pininfarina on a shortened platform, and a convertibile
version designed by Vignale was presented.
But probably the most ionic version of Flavia is the Zagato version.
In my opinion this is one of the most beautiful car of all time.
Only a small number of Flavia Sport Zagots where build because of the weird design, the
high price tag and because Fiat discontinued the car after they took over Lancia.
One of the last true great Lancias build for road use I mind the is Montecarlo.
Introduced for the first time in 1975 the Montecarlo was designed by Pininfarina and
came in two version coupe and targa.
Originally the Montecarlo was designed as Fiat X1/20 the successor of the X1/19 but
later on they decide to bandit as a Lancia so they could make more money.
The Montecarlo was sold with a 2.0-litre engine in Europe and with a 1.8L engine in America.
Originally MonteCarlo had problems with locking front brakes so the car dropped out of production
in 1979, Lancia fixed the faults, and returned the Montecarlo again for sale in 1981 this
time without servo.
Also, Lancia would achieve success also in racing with the Montecarlo Turbo Group 5 car.
The MonteCArlo turbo was introduced for the first time in 1979 and managed to win three
championships in arrow the 79/80/81.
The 8.32 is defentily one of the best Lancias ever but also one of the biggest mist oportunities
ever, a car tha could have change the name Lancia for ever.
Powered by 3L Ferrari V8 the 8.32 is propably on of the best sleepers ever made.
The engine was based on the unit used in the Ferrari 308 and in the Ferrari Mondial Quattrovalvole
and was assembled by Ducati.
The 8.32 was build as a M5 competitor and as Halo car to show the future of Lancia as
luxury brand.
Because of the FWD system and the high asking price of more than £40,000, the 8.32 was
a failur.
Only around 4000 cars were built making the 8.32 a rare car.
The Lancia Aurelia was way ahead of the opposition when it was launched in 1950.
It was powered by the world's first production V6; a 60-degree design that had been developed
during WW2.
It was an all-alloy single overhead cam pushrod design.
At the rear was an innovative transaxle that not only contained the gearbox, clutch and
differential, but also the inboard-mounted drum brakes.
The Aurelia was also one of the first cars to be fitted with radial tyres, which was
another reason why it had such phenomenal roadholding.
In 1952, the B20 GT was launched, significantly adding to the range's appeal.
It was styled by Ghia and built by Pininfarina.
In the 1951 Mille Miglia the 2-litre Aurelia, driven by Giovanni Bracco and Umberto Maglioli,
finished 2nd beaten only by the Ferrari America.
The same year it took first in class and 12th overall at LeMans.
If Lancia ruled the rally world this wasn't the same for endurance racing.
But this didn't stopped it to bring one of the most iconic Group C cars the LC2.
The LC2 was build as a replacement for the LC1.
The LC1 was an open-top prototype car build for the Group 6 and used the same turbocharge
straight 4 engine that the MonteCarlo Turbo used but was build on a new chassis.
But the LC1 died after FIA decide to cancel the Group 6 in 1982.
Which is a sad thing because the LC1 was a pretty good car.
The replacements for the Group 6 was the Group C. Since open-top cars weren't allowed to
compeat on Group C, Lancia build the LC2.
Lancia abandoned the 1.4L turbocharged MonteCarlo engine for a twin-turbo Ferrari V8 engine.
The LC2 was amazingly fast, almost always on pole position.
At the '84 Le Mans, a Lancia LC2 took pole a good 11 seconds faster than the next fastest
Porsche.
But the LC2 was very unreliable, with engine and transmission failures taking it often
out of the race which is sad thing because the LC2 was way faster than the Porsche 956
and was the only car that could compete with Peugeot 905.
The 037 is the best rally car of all time in my opinion.
I know that lots of you would say Quattro, Integrale or Impreza and Lancer but the fact
that this car managed to win the 1983 Group B rally championship despite being only RWD
is enough for me.
The 037 was the Stratos replacement and like Stratos was build with only one thing in mind
to win the rally championship.
The beautiful body was designed by Pininfarina this time.
The 037 ditched the Ferrari V6 engine for a Straight 4 Supercharged one, the same Straight
4 that the 131 Abarth used.
But the evolution of the Group B with the introduction of the 4wd cars in sort of way
killed the 037, but at least we got an even crazier car the Delta S4.
The Delta Integrale is one of the most beloved cars out there.
No matter if you are a Muscle Car Guy, Jdm or Supercar guy you probably would want this
car to be in your garage.
Introduced the year after Group B was banned, the four-wheel drive Lancia Delta proved to
be the perfect rally car for the new formula putting its short wheelbase and powerful turbocharged
engines to good use.
The Delta Integrale won the WRC championship six times in a row from 1987 to 1992 making
the Lancia Delta the most successful WRC car of all time.
Also, differently from its predecessor like 037 and Delta S4 the Integrale was also a
great road car, if fact probably one of the best hothatches and homologation ever made.
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