Lancia Aprilia

Infobox Automobile


name=Lancia Aprilia
production=1937–1949
layout = FR layout
manufacturer=Lancia
body_style=Berlina
engine=1352 cc "V4"
1486 cc "V4"
length = Auto mm|3960|1
width = Auto mm|1470|1
wheelbase = Auto mm|2750
height =
weight = Auto kg|900|0

Lancia Aprilia (1937 - 1949) were automobiles manufactured by Lancia, one ofthe first designed using wind tunnel in collaboration with Battista Farinaand Politecnico di Torino, achieving a record low drag coefficient of 0.47.The "berlinetta aerodinamica" was first shown 1936.Cite web|url=http://www.pininfarina.com/index/storiaModelli/timeline/1930|title=Timeline 1930|accessdate=2008-02-18|work=pininfarina.com]

Production commenced in February 1937, the month in which the firm's founder died: this was the last of Vincenzo Lancia's designs, featuring four pillarless doors.The first series (mod. 238, 10,354 units, 1937-39) featured a 1352 cc V4 motor providing Auto bhp|47|0. The second series (mod. 438, 9,728 units, 1939-49) had its engine capacity increased to 1486 cc which provided Auto bhp|48|0. A "Lusso" model of this second series was also offered as well as a "lungo" (lengthened) version (706 made, 1946-49).A total of 20,082 cars and 7,554 additional chassis for coach built bodies were produced in Turin along with about 700 in France.

With the Aprilia Lancia followed their tradition of offering cars with the steering wheel on the right even in markets seen by other manufacturers as left hand drive markets.cite book |last=Gloor |first=Roger |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Alle Autos der 50er Jahre 1945 - 1960|year=1. Auflage 2007 |publisher=Motorbuch Verlag |location=Stuttgart |id=ISBN 978-3-613-02808-1] Cite web|url=http://www.ritzsite.net/Lancia/02_LanciaCC.htm|title=Lancia and left hand drive|accessdate=2008-02-18|work=ritzsite.net] Outside the UK and Sweden customers increasingly picked the optional left had drive versions, however.

Special designs include Ugo Zagato (1938),Cite web|url=http://news.windingroad.com/auto-news/zagato-recreates-lancia-aprilia-masterpiece-from-faded-photos/|title=Zagato Recreates Lancia Aprilia Masterpiece From Faded Photos|accessdate=2008-02-18|work=windingroad.com] a Carrozzeria Touring convertible,Cite web|url=http://www.negri.it/touring/27.htm|title=Lancia Aprilia 1300|accessdate=2008-02-18|work=negri.it] the army's "Torpedo militare" (World War II),Cite web|url=http://www.miniatures.de/int/reviresco-AC19-lancia-aprilia.html|title=Torpedo Militare Lancia Aprilia|accessdate=2008-02-18|work=miniatures.de] a Luigi Pagani-built barchetta bodied by Riva di Merate (1946),Cite web|url=http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z11720/Lancia_Aprilia%20Pagani%20Barchetta%20Corsa/default.aspx|title=1946 Lancia Aprilia Pagani Barchetta Corsa|accessdate=2008-02-18|work=conceptcarz.com] a Bertone convertible (1947),Cite web|url=http://www.bertone.it/User/en/scheda_40_lanciaapriliacab49_en.htm|title=Lancia Aprilia Cabriolet|accessdate=2008-02-18|work=bertone.it] one of Michelotti's first, while at Vignale (1949).

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ee also

*Lancia Augusta

External links

* [http://www.lancisti.net/ Lancisti.net - An Information Exchange and Support Community for Lancia Owners and Enthusiasts]

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