Lancia Model History

Italy · founded 1906

Turin's most inventive marque — pioneer of the unibody chassis, the production V6 engine, and the most decorated constructor in World Rally Championship history.

Models

Lambda

The world's first production car with a unibody (monocoque) chassis and independent front suspension — a quantum leap in 1922.

Sedan · 1922–1931
Aprilia

Vincenzo Lancia's final design — a pillarless, wind-tunnel-shaped saloon that was aerodynamically ahead of its era.

Sedan · 1937–1949
Aurelia

The world's first production V6 engine, a rear transaxle, and a Pinin Farina GT coupé — the Aurelia remains one of the most technically advanced cars of the 1950s.

Sports car · 1950–1958
Flaminia

Lancia's prestige flagship of the late 1950s and 1960s — a V6-powered luxury saloon with coachbuilt coupe and convertible variants by Touring, Zagato, and Pininfarina.

Full-size car · 1957–1970
Fulvia

A front-wheel-drive compact with a narrow-angle V4 — best known as the Fulvia Coupé HF, which won the International Rally Championship in 1972.

Compact car · 1963–1976
Stratos

A purpose-built, Ferrari-engined mid-engine rally weapon — three consecutive WRC manufacturers' titles (1974–1976) and one of the most dramatic road cars ever made.

Sports car · 1973–1978
Beta

Lancia's volume family car of the 1970s — a front-wheel-drive range spanning saloon, coupé, spider, and HPE estate, undermined by corrosion problems in export markets.

Compact car · 1972–1984
Gamma

Lancia's luxury flagship in the late 1970s — a flat-four-powered saloon and Pininfarina coupé, technically ambitious but commercially limited.

Mid-size car · 1976–1984
Delta

The most decorated car in WRC history — six consecutive manufacturers' championships from 1987 to 1992 in HF Integrale form, from a humble Giugiaro-designed hatchback.

Compact car · 1979–1994
Thema

Lancia's executive saloon on the shared Tipo Quattro platform (also Saab 9000, Alfa 164, Fiat Croma) — including the extraordinary Ferrari V8-engined Thema 8·32.

Executive car · 1984–1994
Kappa

Lancia's flagship in the mid-1990s — a front-wheel-drive executive saloon and coupé that succeeded the Thema.

Executive car · 1994–2001
Thesis

Lancia's last truly Italian flagship sedan — an ambitious, lavishly equipped executive car that struggled to find buyers outside Italy.

Executive car · 2002–2009
Ypsilon

Lancia's small-car mainstay and today its only model — four generations from the 1985 Y10 to the 2024 electric Ypsilon, Italy's consistently popular premium supermini.

Subcompact car · 1985–present

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