Photo: Peter Collins Things were bad. There had been difficulties before for Lancia, but on both occasions the good guys...
Very few machines are more engaging than an Italian automobile built during the post war era. Literally every Italian manufacturer...
Built to comply with the 2,500cc class regulations, the Lancia Delta S4 Stradale prioritized a lightweight, all-wheel-drive platform, competing against the Peugeot 205 T16. Breaking from tradition, this Lancia model, entering the 890kg weight class, became the most potent Group B Rally car for the brand, winning its debut at...
The Stratos is considered one of the most successful rally cars of all time. Watch it in action as it...
The Lancia Stratos made an everlasting mark on the automotive world. By being the first uncompromisingly engineered WRC car and...
The Lancia Rally 037 was a Group B rally car produced by Lancia in cooperation with Abarth and Pininfarina. It used rear-wheel drive, which was a handicap compared to other four-wheel-drive cars, but still won the 1983 World Rally Championship. The car was based on the Beta Montecarlo’s frame cell...
The Beta Montecarlo was Lancia’s range-topping production model, powered by a 2.0-liter, twin-cam, four-cylinder unit designed by Aurelio Lampredi. The...
Watch the story of how Lancia created the iconic Stratos rally car while overcoming financial struggles and internal political challenges...
At the 1955 Brussels Motor Show, Lancia introduced the B24 Spider America, an open two-seater that is arguably the most iconic and sought-after variant of the series. The Spider embodied the charming and quintessentially Italian style, with a 2,451 mm wheelbase that was about 210 mm shorter than the main...
Without a doubt, the Lancia Stratos is one of the greatest rally cars ever. The glorious sound coming from its...
Following a promising year with the LC1 Group 6 prototype, Lancia wanted to continue being one of the frontrunners for...
900-horsepower 1984 Lancia LC2 goes full throttle at Brands Hatch in UK....
Car collector Corrado Lopresto has assembled the finest field of Italian automobiles in all of Italy (and possibly in the...
The Appia was introduced as Lancia’s new entry-level car in the 1950s. It started out as a passenger car in...
In the history of motoring, Royal families all over the world has always been associated with the finest motor cars. In the upcoming Zoute Sale, two examples will be on offer. The first is the Cadillac that King Baudouin used when he wed Queen Fabiola. The next royal motorcar is...
Auto Royale has today announced ten rare coachbuilt-bodied cars participating across the 11 traditional classes of its British International Concours...
Can a hatchback be as good as a supercar? If the hatchback in question is Lancia Delta S4, the answer...
It’s common knowledge that top-tier competition cars often have little to do with ones we see on the streets, yet there was rarely a car as specific as the Lancia Stratos HF. The wedge-shaped wonder was a continuation of decades of innovation and a forerunner of a new era in...
During October 26th-30th, Gooding & Company will be hosting its second Geared Online auction, where a collection of staggering exotic...
Fair disclosure, I’m a multiple Lancia owner. I love everything about them. Their wonderful engine sounds, the brash audacity of their...
FCA has opened its new Heritage HUB and museum in the newly renovated Mirafiori manufacturing complex, in Turin. The new Heritage HUB is set in the former Officina 81 site in Via Plava, part of the huge industrial area of Mirafiori, a historic mechanical manufacturing complex. The original building has...
RM Sotheby’s will host its biennial Villa Erba sale, May 25, during the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este weekend. As ever,...
RM Sotheby’s has announced the consignment of several legendary road-ready rally cars for its first-ever Essen, Germany sale, due to...
This past summer Dennis Gray had the opportunity to interview his longtime friend Giddings. Sadly, this would prove to be the last interview with one of sport’s truly great ambassadors. Peter Giddings and his cars will be missed. He was one of the best. Pre-war Alfa Romeos, Lancia D24 and...
Joe Ballengee was driving his ’65 Lancia Flavia Sport Zagato through the Santa Fe Arts District, during the Santa Fe...
If I were to ask you to name an innovative, Italian sports car manufacturer, chances are good you would instinctively...
[Click here to read the second installment] Sure enough, the more liberal formula of the 1949 Mille Miglia attracted a record number of 375 entries for the 1950 event. Many of the drivers simply regarded the race in their tiny, uncompetitive cars as a fun day out. But the seriously...
The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering has officially announced four featured classes for its 16th-anniversary celebration on Friday, August 24, 2018....
Only three of the world’s oldest motor races still take place. The most senior of them is the 500 Miles...
In the history of racing there have been formulae that quickly become popular and continue to grow, while others are launched, but for whatever reason, lack popular appeal and just fade away. Usually after a lot of money has been wasted on them! Who remembers F100, Formula Talbot, or even...