Searching for information on specialized websites, we became aware that about 3 examples of the Aprilia were built by the Swiss Langenthal, but these are unverified data. Certainly, whether it’s 3, 5, or 10, these are ridiculously small numbers—so small that even if you spent a lifetime attending classic car shows, you might never see… Read More 1 of 3: 1947 Lancia Aprilia Cabriolet by Langenthal
Italian coachbuilders of the last century could be distinguished because each of them had its own imprinting: certainly, Pininfarina was the one who favored the balance of lines and proportions. An example of how Pininfarina’s style is expressed on a car is this beautiful convertible built on the base of a 1947 Lancia Aprilia, for… Read More Deco machine: 1947 Lancia Aprilia Speciale Cabriolet by Pininfarina
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
The fact that this “test” created by Boneschi coachbuilder for the 1961 Turin Motor Show remains a unique specimen speaks volumes about the reception it received from the public. The reception was rather lukewarm, if not chilly, and the reason isn’t hard to understand: the very sleek and even awkward and angular lines, especially in… Read More Firm price: 1961 Lancia Flaminia Spider Amalfi By Boneschi
Two in a row doesn’t refer to the make and model of the car, but rather to two convertibles, in a similar condition, with a very similar color both inside and outside. The one published yesterday is technically a running car, something that can certainly not be said about this Flavia Convertible 1800, whose restoration… Read More Two in a row: 1965 Lancia Flavia Convertibile 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
It doesn’t take too long before a special car built for racing emerges, typically crafted as a one-off by some obscure, more or less known coachbuilder. Generally, these special cars were built on a Fiat platform. In this specific case, they were based on the Fiat 500B, whose versatile chassis was widely used by street… Read More Blue cocktail: 1950 Fiat-Lancia Barchetta by Zabora
At the end of the Second World War, Italy had to get back on its feet, and this is one of the ways that helped it achieve that. Indeed, Lancia was primarily known before the pre-war period for the production of luxury vehicles that were technologically advanced and used exquisite materials. After the war, Lancia… Read More All together: 1951 Lancia Ardea “Promiscuetta” by Albanesi
When it comes to Lancias built before the Second World War, all enthusiasts of classic cars know what they are talking about. In fact, these are cars built with attention to finishes and technologies worthy, if not better, of brands such as Isotta Fraschini, Rolls-Royce or Cadillac. They were cars built on request in a… Read More One-Off: 1936 Lancia Astura Coupé by Pininfarina
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