{"id":55149,"date":"2020-11-18T09:14:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T09:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=55149"},"modified":"2020-11-24T08:13:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T08:13:34","slug":"60-years-of-lancia-flavia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/60-years-of-lancia-flavia\/","title":{"rendered":"60 Years of Lancia Flavia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In November 1960 Lancia presented the Flavia for the first time at the Turin Motor Show. Two years later three further body variants were added next to the sedan christened Berlina. All four versions were aimed at customers in the upper middle class segment and offered the luxury and comfort to which Lancia was accustomed. At the same time, the Flavia heralded the introduction of front wheel drive in all subsequent models of the brand until 2012. For the first time since 1919, there was an engine under the hood where the cylinders weren’t arranged in V-format. Instead of a classic inline engine it was a four-cylinder boxer engine. In the course of production, this engine had between 76 and 125 hp from 1.5, 1.8 or two liters of displacement (the latter available from 1969).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservative design at the beginning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The technical concept of the Flavia, like that of the Fulvia presented three years later, was for the last time developed internally at Lancia. All successors and parallel model series were created with the support of the Fiat group after they took over Lancia in 1969. Engine and drive concept were developed by Dr.-Ing. Antonio Fessia, the then technical director of Lancia. He had already presented the F11 sedan with very similar technical features at the 1947 Paris Motor Show while working for CEMSA Caproni. However, this vehicle never went into series production. Meanwhile, the Lancia Flavia Berlina was given a body design that was already described as ‘old-fashioned’ and ‘conservative’ at its world premiere. Similarly, the continuous front seat bench and shift lever, which was moved to the steering column, as well as the chassis with leaf springs were also outdated. In May 1967 the Flavia Series 2 was released with a completely redesigned bodywork and new interior.<\/p>\n\n\n

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