Lancia is one 1906 in Turin as Lancia & C. Fabbrica Automobili of Vincenzo Lancia and Claudio Fogolin created automobile enterprise, which belongs since 1969 to the Fiat company. On the one hand is the mark admits for many trailblazing innovations within the automobile range (among other things by the first self-supporting body), on the other hand one can this manufacturer to a long tradition within the range of the Rallye sport refer. Like most other Italian automobile companies Lancia built commercial motor vehicles of each kind and size until 1972 also. In the year 1975 the truck section of Lancia in that came up likewise to Fiat belonging IVECO.

History

General information

On 29 November 1906 the enterprise Lancia of Vincenzo Lancia and his friend, the former Fiat attempt driver Claudio Fogolin was created. Lancia belongs thus to the oldest car manufacturers.

Like most Italian vehicle manufacturers Lancia did not only build passenger car. The mark was also on the sector of the commercial motor vehicles a recognized size and built truck and penalty of each kind and size like also Obusse and military vehicles. Today Lancia manufactures only passenger car, the truck section came up after running out the last model 1972 starting from the year 1975 in that likewise to Fiat belonging IVECO.

Vehicle designations

The first vehicle, the type 12 HP, later also alpha mentioned, was presented 1908, whereby this already existed to 1907 as prototype. To 1919 all vehicles were designated after engine performance. - Also retroactively - model designations were added only later after the Greek alphabet. The vehicles were designated from 1931 to 1972 after well-known roads in Rome: Appia, Aurelia, Fulvia, Flavia. Starting from 1972 partly again the old designations were then used after the Greek alphabet: Beta, delta, gamma, in addition, Trevi or Stratos. Beginning of the 80's was the letter phase again by and it published that topic and Dedra. The delta remained, only no more was not used the Greek letter, but "delta" was written out. The successor topic was the Lancia k, whereby the "k" represents the Greek letter Kappa. As a successor of the Dedra the Lybra appeared. The today's vehicles are called Thesis, Musa and Phedra. On that Geneva autosalon was introduced to 2005 the prototype Lancia Kandahar. A study for a modern interpretation of the Fulvia will not be realized unfortunately.

Firmenlogo

The Lancia Logo was sketched to 1911 by the Italian designerdesigner designer count Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia (* 1879 in Turin, "† 1959 in Pisa). It shows sign with lance and flag. Biscaretti created 1957 the automobile museum Museo dell'automobile Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia designated after it (it).

Today's situation

Lancia has an eventful history behind itself, of a once independent, hochpreisigen and technical-oriented mark, which could obtain large Rallyerfolge, to a mark, which found today Unterschlupf under the roof of the Fiat company. There it plays today, together with Alfa Romeo and Fiat, the role of the daughter mark for somewhat better equipped and optically extravagantere models. Usually these have equipment characteristics, which are offered otherwise only in higher classes and against surcharge. For this among other things the exclusive reference material Alcantara and the system of sound of Bose contained in many models count. Apart from individual equipment of the models are today's Lancias become above all the external Design concise: It quotes elements of classical authors like the Aurelia and the Fulvia. A further characteristic of the mark is the concentration on the segment of the small and compact class, different than with Premiumherstellern such as Mercedes Benz, BMW or Audi, which discovered this segment only in recent time for itself. This refers to the fact that today's Lancias (technical) represents counterparts to individual Fiat models - although with independent outside and interior Design. To that extent Lancia understands itself as volume manufacturers, whose model pallet of the small car, Vans reaches up to the own upper class.

Lancia in the engine haven

The cars of the company Lancia were very often used in the Rallyesport. The Scuderia Lancia could celebrate some successes with Lancia D24 and its driver Juan Manuel Fangio 1953. The Scuderia Lancia was then also short time with the Lancia D50 in the formula 1 active. When its driver Alberto Ascari died however 1955 due to a heavy Crashs in Monza, Lancia gave away its six cars to the Scuderia Ferrari, which became 1956 with the Ferrari Lancia D50 world champion. Since 1970 there was then the official Rallye WM. There the Lancia Fulvia was used, which got 1972 the first world champion title.

Also the Lancia Stratos, which won 1974-1976 the mark WM, became famous. One of the most well-known drivers was Sandro Munari. It brought 13 victories in and got to 1977 the world champion title. The Lancia beta Montecarlo was used in the group 5 under 2000 ccm and became 1980 and 1981 world champions. Thereupon one revised the model and it originated in the Lancia rally to 037. Drivers such as walter got some victories to 1982-1985 in the Rallye WM and 1983 could one the marks WM title celebrate. Besides for the group 6 the Lancia LC1 with 450 HP was used and for the group C of the Lancia LC2 with 800 HP. Drivers such as Ricardo Patrese brought here with the Martini Racing team some victories in, Porsche could one strike only rarely, yet successes represented an extremely respectable achievement.

Then the time of the Lancia delta came. In different versions (S4, until 1986; 4WD until 1987; integrals until 1988; integrals 16V until 1989) were brought in some titles. The Lancia delta S4 got the world champion title 1986 in the group of B. the group B monsters in such a way specified had 400 to 550 HP, could by some few Top pilots at the frontier be however only moved. The Finnish Lancia Werksfahrer Henri Toivonen and its copilot had an accident in a delta S4 at the Korsika Rallye 1986 deadly. The group of B was then banished due to further heavy accidents also by the FIA the Rallyesport. In the group of A it ran then again better and the Lancia delta held itself until 1992 in the business. 1987-1992 were won the mark WM. World champions became Juha Kankkunen (1987 and 1991) and Massimo Biasion (1988 and 1989).

One can state with good reason that Lancia played an extremely meaning role in the Rallyesport. However the Rallye Monte Carlo was won since 1973 eleven times with a Lancia. In the Rallye WM were there since 1970 nine world champions with a car of the mark Lancia. The Lancia delta of integrals is considered than the most successful Rallyeauto at all. It won the mark WM six times one behind the other. With no other vehicle a such success could be so far repeated.

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