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Tag Archives: Vincenzo Lancia

LANCIA D50 GRAND PRIX CAR

MODERN FORMULA One cars fit the technical term “hybrid” because of their complex interactive gasoline/electric powerplants. But hybrid also describes the corporate characteristics of an innovative mid-1950s Grand Prix car, … Continue reading

November 7, 2014 · 5 Comments

LANCIA LAMBDA

INDEPENDENT FRONT suspension, a stressed steel unitary chassis, a single overhead camshaft, light-alloy narrow-angle V-4 layout—all in 1922. The car was the Italian Lancia Lambda, built between 1922 and 1931. … Continue reading

October 11, 2013 · 1 Comment