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Lancia’s future model plans revealed

 
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Lancia’s future model plans revealed

Lancia’s future model plans revealed

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Lancia’s portfolio is set to expand over the next couple with several hot models supposedly making a return including a possible flagship sports car as well as the legendary Delta. Details about the cars were leaked recently by several Lancia managers, who revealed that the revitalized range will kick off later this year with the introduction of a next-generation Delta compact.

The new Delta will sport a five-door hatchback design and is based on the current Fiat Bravo, although it will feature a slightly longer wheelbase and a more upmarket interior. Customers will be able to opt from leather and Alcantara trim. Expect to see the new car at next month’s Geneva Motor Show, reports AutoTelegraaf. Other versions such as an SUV variant and new coupe-cabrio model are still being discussed but the final decision will be revealed later this year. Pictured above is the Lancia Delta HPE Concept from 2006.

Next year will see the launch of a next-generation Ypsilon minicar, which will be available in both three and five-door body styles. The Thesis sedan, meanwhile, will be discontinued from Lancia’s lineup after the 2010 model year, while the Musa MPV will get a replacement despite its donor car, Fiat’s Idea, being discontinued. As for the rumored flagship sports cars, the source revealed it will share much in common with Alfa Romeo’s stunning 8C Competitzione and could pick up the Aurelia name.



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  1. By HECTOR Posted: 2/3/2008 7:34am PST

    Lancia is a special car company. The Thesis is a profoundly gorgeous car that the Malibu (and the Camry and the Accord) wishes it looked like. The Ypsilon is the kind of small car GM wishes it could build and as minivans go there's none sweeter than the Phedra.

    Lancia would never survive in the USA, not in a million years. I am very sorry to say that their very beautiful cars would very likely be seen as European trash. I really don't know about their quality (but they're Italian so watch out for the occasional electrical fire) but aesthetically one could hardly wish for more striking cars.
     
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  2. By CK Posted: 2/3/2008 10:33am PST

    Even here in Europe Lancia cars are seen as trash. The design is just to special for most. There is no car with decent power in the lineup since the Delta HF Integrale and reliability is something like foreign word for italien cars. So what is the argument to buy one?
     
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  3. By Adam Posted: 2/3/2008 12:52pm PST

    My mom had a '76 Beta coupé. Beautiful car, with an incredible interior. However, it had never ending electrical problems, and the body rusted like nothing else. I was told that they fixed the rust issues (not enough rustproofing for the Northeast US winter climate), but unfortunately the image that they had built up in the states was of a beautiful car that fell apart within a few years.
     
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  4. By NaBUru38 Posted: 2/4/2008 3:30pm PST

    The Thesis is too Italian for most tastes, and the Ypsilon and Musa are too expensive compared with the related Fiats. The lack of C and D-segment cars and sports cars makes it nearly impossible to achieve good sales numbers. Since the current Lancia lineup is very narrow, these are all good news.
     
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  5. By djaferisp Posted: 5/27/2008 1:53pm PDT

    Lancias are now probably better built even thtn a Mercedes - this is true of the Thesis...however, for all the reasons that you have mentioned above, even Italians shun them (apart for the Musa, Y which sell like hot cakes); I think that the problem of the Thesis is the looks of the front part of the car which scares too many buyers becuase they don't want to be seen in an avante guard design, but rather in a boring Audi, Merc or BMW. I drive a Lancia Lybra, bought new in 2000 and has been the most reliable car I have ever known - as good as my father in laws Toyota...or better. Rust is no longer an issue for Italian cars - I previoulsy drove a Lancia Thema Turbo station wagon (1989-2000) and there was no speck of rust despite salt on our Swiss roads. Our current Lybra is just as good if not better as people still think its new even though its done 100000 miles. With good marketing, the right pricing, customer care and the right models Americans would buy anything...just like any other nationality. I wish I worked for them...
     
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  6. ma_Aurele avatar Aurele Posted: 10/22/2008 1:21am PDT

    Italian cars are as good as any these days; reliability is probably better than for most as is rust protection...we drive a Lancia and a Fiat and they run like clockwork...ok, the fit and finsih is not of Audi standard (apart for the Thesis which is probably superior) but then why pay thousands more for something that is irrelevant to every day living with a car...and how boring Audis look...ahhh....
     
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