Lancia Fulvia

The Lancia Fulvia is a Automobile manufactured by the manufacturer Italy N Lancia starting from 1963 and until in 1976.

Lancia Fulvia truck

Presented in 1963, Lancia Fulvia was an average truck and was the second Lancia car equipped with front traction.

Equipped with a traditional body drawn by Piero Castagnero, like wanted it the tradition of luxurious elegance Lancia, it hid a technological revolution under its cap. During many years she was considered the most elegant truck of Europe. Its engine was one 4 cylinders out of V narrow developing 60 ch.

Lancia Fulvia succeeded the Lancia Appia and was one of the most sold Lancia trucks.

It was equipped with a fantastic Gear box, of 4 brakes disc and of a comfort without equal, it outclassed during years all its competitors of the time.

After ten years of a career filled very well it yielded its place in 1972 to be replaced by the news Lancia Beta, car very original.

Lancia Fulvia cut

As the tradition of the Lancia house wanted it, it was presented a cut derivative of the truck. In 1965, Lancia Fulvia Coupé made its appearance. This car will become one of greatest business successes among the sporting cars of the moment, it will mark its time thanks to the victories obtained in Rally with in particular the World Championnat Rally of 1972.

Fulvia Coupé had a body very low and slipping by, approved as 2+2 its length was of 3,975 m, its width of 1,555 m and its height 1,3 m with a footing of 2,33 Mr.

In its first series, the engine was one 4 cylinders supplied with 2 carburettors twin spool, out of V narrow 13° and inclined with 45° to reduce the overall length, a cubic capacity of 1.216 cm, power of 80 ch with 6000 tr/min and a couple of 106 Nm with 4000 tr/min. 4 brakes discs and a speed of 160 km/h with an acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h of 14 seconds.

During years which followed, of new versions been driven by engines of higher cubic capacities appeared: 1300 Cm3 and 91 ch with an acceleration 0-100 km/h in 11,2 dryness.

An special attention must be brought to the baptized versions HF equipped with sporting characteristics with more powerful motorizations and reduced body.

In 1969 a new version Fulvia Rallye 1.6 HF is presented. It is been driven by a new engine of 1584 Cm3 developing 115 ch (which will pass to 160 cv in the version competition of Corsica Squadra) and a couple of 156 Nm and a box with 5 reports/ratios, quartz halogen lamps, light alloy rims, tires cuts low and a autobloquant differential.

This version is recognizable outside by its headlights of size more important than those of the preceding series.

Manufacture of this model, which knew light a restyling in 1970, which gave rise to the 2nd series, stopped definitively in 1976 after a production of 170.000 built specimens of the Coupé version. It will remain in the Lancia history like the half-compartment more sold in the absolute.

Lancia Fulvia Coupè was replaced by the news Lancia Beta Crosses, for the version general public and by Stratos in its Rallye version and competition.

Competitions of Lancia Fulvia cut and Corsica Squadra HF

When one evokes Lancia Fulvia Coupé and in particular it versions HF one cannot forget that these sporting versions transfer the day only thanks to the insistence of Cesare Fiorio and its team created " in a corner of workshop of a hangard Lancia" who had become the team with the 100 victories which became the " Corsica Squadra HF Lancia". With few means, it gained first Fulvia cut to the uncontested victory. Worked out by engineer Zaccone Mina, nla Fulvia Coupè obtained very quickly such results in rally that even the leaders of Lnacia, Ing. Fessia, which had always been reserved to make officially take part the mark in the competitions, had to pleir itself to accept what will become best alive publicity for the Lancia mark, the return in international competitions.

Thanks to an impressive series of victories over the tracks of the whole world, Lancia Fulvia Coupé very quickly became the most titrated mass-production car and also most coveted by the motorists so that this version crossed failed to be more asked than the truck from which it derived.

It followed extraordinary from there will have of Corsica Squadra Lancia de Cesare Fiorio, which was then taken again by FIAT and continued until the participation in race of the last Lancia Delta Integral, while passing by Stratos, Rally 037, Beta Montecarlo Turbo, LC1 E LC2, S4.

Lancia is still to date the mark which one finds in first place in the number of victories in competition and championship of the world whereas Corsica Squadra Lancia did not take part any more in the least race since the beginning of the years 1990.

Lancia Fulvia Zagato Sport

As it was the case for the preceding models, Lancia Flavia and Flaminia, Lancia entrusted to the Zagato carriage-builder the responsibility of carry out the version Fulvia Sport. Drawn by Ercole Spada Lancia Fulvia Sport have, like always for these versions, an exceptionally aerodynamic and very personal line. Its body, worthy of the large Masters carriage-builders was out of aluminum.

The mechanical part and its motorizations were identical to the Coupè versions.

Lancia prepared also a disaine of Zagato for the race called " competizione" for competitions on track and of the hill climbs and obtained good performances in international competitions.

On the whole they will be 338.996 specimens of this family of cars which will be built in the factories Lancia de Chivasso, in the East of Turin.

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