The car published here is one of the most iconic automobiles of postwar Italian production: the Lancia Aurelia B20 GT Coupé, in its first series from 1951, of which only 499 units were built. The Aurelia was a revolutionary model for its time: designed under Vittorio Jano and launched in 1950, it was the first… Read More The first V6: 1951 Lancia Aurelia B20 Coupé
We’re not Lancia experts to the point of being able to state definitively whether this is a B50, B51, or B52, so we’ve made an assumption based on the year provided by the seller. The seller—well known to many of you—Joop Stolze, is currently liquidating his entire collection (though we’re quite sure he’ll be keeping… Read More Chalk white: 1953 Lancia Aurelia B52 Cabriolet
This may not be the most famous Lancia in the minds of Italian car collectors, but those who know it understand the level of technical and build sophistication that defined this luxury sedan—an automobile that, at the time, very few could afford. In fact, when new in 1952, this car cost 2,200,000 Italian lire—adjusted for… Read More Italian luxury: 1952 Lancia Aurelia B21
When we see examples like this, we get emotional because they are true time machines, the kind of which there are very few, if any, left. Clearly, examples like this no longer have mirror-like paintwork or gleaming chrome, yet they shine with an intense light: the light of history that they carry with them and… Read More One only: 1951 Lancia Aurelia B50 “Vittoria” by Bertone
Everything is possible in life, but it is highly unlikely that someone wouldn’t appreciate the sleek and elegant lines of an Aurelia B24S, especially if we’re talking about a first-series example like this one. An example (chassis B24S-1040) that, by the way, is said to be preserved, so we assume that the seller means it… Read More White car, black plate: 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider
This Lancia Aurelia B53 has a special coupé body built on commission by Alemanno, a historic Turin company that many of you have likely heard of at least once. It is practically impossible to know for certain how many similar cars were built, and when we say “similar,” we do not mean “identical” because, in… Read More Two tone special: 1952 Lancia Aurelia B53 Coupé By Allemano
The trend of “Woody” cars was not exclusive to North America; Italians were already embracing it in the 1930s with the Fiat 500B and later with cars like this splendid Aurelia B53. By the early 1950s, this trend was on the decline, yet some nostalgics continued to commission cars with wooden body parts from carrozzerie.… Read More Woody style: 1952 Lancia Aurelia B53 Giardinetta by Viotti
If you want to get an idea of what this car might have looked like in 1950, try searching for other foreign cars produced in the same year, and you will realize how advanced cars like this were in terms of design. Even now, this car shows its age, yet its proportions are still perfect… Read More One of very few: 1950 Lancia Aurelia B50 Coupé by Vignale
If we were to condense the history of this car, we could simply write: a very special car for two very special clients. In fact, it seems that this version of the Lancia Aurelia, called “Roso d’Oro” (Gold Rose), already extremely rare in itself (we saw a second example in person, dark green in color,… Read More Arabic coffee: 1952 Lancia Aurelia B52 “Rosa d’Oro” by Pininfarina
When we say the word “rare”, we are certainly not referring to this car which, in fact, is unique. It is a one-off commissioned in 1950 to Stabilimenti Farina, the same ones who, together with Vignale (the latter in the last period), built the Cisitalia 202: the resemblance is there and it can be clearly… Read More One-off: 1950 Lancia Aurelia B10 by Farina
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