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Lancia Flavia Coupé Pininfarina 1800 I Serie – 1965
Car totally restored and in excellent general condition, new leather interior, 1,800 cc engine, original 815,300 series carburettor, excellent mechanics, Italian papers ready for export
The Lancia Flavia is a high-end car, produced in various versions by the Turin car manufacturer Lancia from 1960 to 1971, which became the company's flagship after the cessation of production of the larger Lancia Flaminia. For the brand founded by Vincenzo Lancia, the Flavia represents the beginning of a second period of great innovation and productive creativity, after the design stasis following the departure of the founder's heirs from the company: Gianni, Anna Maria and Eleonora Lancia ( 1955). The project is by the engineer. Antonio Fessia, one of the major Italian designers who resigned from the management of the Fiat design office, due to his divergent ideas compared to the company management. As soon as Lancia was purchased by the financier Carlo Pesenti, he offered Fessia the technical direction of the brand, entrusting him with the onerous task of designing a model that could expand the range, filling the gap existing between the small Appia (1100 cm³) and the imposing Flaminia (2500 cm³). Fessia thus had the opportunity to put into practice his beliefs regarding the construction of front-wheel drive cars, beliefs that dated back to a previous project of a car with a 1100 cm³ opposed four-cylinder engine, cantilevered at the front in a longitudinal position, with traction on the front wheels: the CEMSA Caproni F.11 which, presented at the XXXIV Paris Motor Show (23 October - 5 November 1947), can be considered from the point of view of the technical solutions adopted, the progenitor of the Flavia (even if the series production never took place, due to the bankruptcy of Caproni). Fessia therefore got to work with the aim of building a totally new car that lived up to the company's traditions. In 1960, when the intermediate car destined to fit between the Appia and the Flaminia came out, the Lancia management chose a name that did not abandon the series of those of the consular roads (Aurelia, Appia and Flaminia) and baptized the new model with the name Flavia, ancient Roman road in the province of Venetia et Histria, which was built by the emperor Vespasian between 78 and 79 AD. The name "Esperia" was originally chosen, which changed shortly before the market launch to "Flavia". If the sedan could be criticized for its design, the coupé version, designed, like many Lancia coupés, by Pininfarina (who also took care of the assembly of the model), received much praise right from its debut. Presented at the 1961 Turin Motor Show, it is to be considered a perfect example of industrial creativity in its category and era. With a typically Italian 3-volume style, with a sloping roof associated with a low and streamlined line, the Flavia coupé, although having to take the place left in the range by the Aurelia B20, had strong similarities with the larger Ferrari 250 GT 2+2 by Pininfarina. That is, a perfect example of fusion of the concepts of elegance and sportiness without exceeding. With a typically Italian 3-volume style, with a sloping roof associated with a low and streamlined line, the Flavia coupé, although having to take the place left in the range by the Aurelia B20, had strong similarities with the larger Ferrari 250 GT 2+2 by Pininfarina. That is, a perfect example of fusion of the concepts of elegance and sportiness without exceeding. The mechanics were strictly derived from that of the sedan, therefore absolutely cutting-edge for the period with some power differentiations: for example, the first 1500 cm³ version was equipped with 2 double vertical Solex carburettors instead of the single double-body Solex or Weber carburettor in use on the sedan, which allowed it to deliver the 90 HP CUNA instead of the 78, with a higher engine torque at higher rpm and a maximum speed of 166 km/h (according to Quattroruote). The floorpan also derived from that of the sedan, compared to which it was 17 cm shorter[5]. The total length of the car was 4,485 mm and the weight 1,160 kg. Marketing began in July 1962, and ceased in 1964 after only 3,725 examples produced. At the 1963 Frankfurt Motor Show the Flavia coupé 1800 was presented: with a list price of 2,360,000 lire, it had a 1.8-litre single carburettor engine, reached a power of 92 HP CUNA and pushed the car, according to the test of of the Quattroruote era, up to 173 km/h, just over the same top speed as the previous versions, but achieved with a more homogeneous torque curve and therefore elasticity.
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