About Lancia
Like Morgan, the Lancia Company was established very early in the twentieth century by Italian racing driver Vincenso Lancia. He quickly established a reputation for very high quality engineering and after World War 1, innovation. The Lancia Lambda of 1921 was the first proper monocoque (or chassis less) production car, but it also featured sliding pillar independent front suspension, four wheel brakes and an advanced overhead camshaft V4 engine, a concept used some 70 years later by VW for the VR6! Vincenso himself died in 1936 having signed off the design for the brilliant 1350cc Aprilia saloon. His principles lived on and post war Lancia produced some outstanding cars such as the Aurelia B20, Fulvia and most recently the iconic Integrale range, all of which enjoyed outstanding competition success.
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