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The Lancia Aurelia is a car produced by Italian manufacturer Lancia from 1950 to the summer of 1958. It is noted for using one of the first series-production V6 engines.Several body styles were offered: 4-door saloon, 2-door GT coupé (B20), 2-door spider/convertible (B24), and a chassis to be custom bodied by external coachbuilders.
In 1950, Lancia introduced one of the world's first production V6 engines in the Lancia Aurelia. [1] The engine was the work of Francesco De Virgilio and was developed to solve the vibration problems Lancia had experienced with its V4 engines. This was achieved by setting the vee angle to 60 degrees. It remained in production through 1970.
The Lancia V6 engine was introduced in the 1950 Lancia Aurelia. Lancia had been producing V4 engines for approximately 30 years, and one of the key goals was to reduce the vibrations compared with the V4 engine. The V6 engine used a 60 degree V-angle and six crankpins, resulting in an evenly-spaced firing order to reduce vibrations. [12] [page ...
Lancia Lambda V4 engine. The first V4 was used in the Lambda from 1922 through 1931. It was a 20° narrow-angle aluminium design. All three engine displacements shared the same long 120 mm (4.72 in) stroke, and all were SOHC designs with a single camshaft serving both banks of cylinders.
English: 1951 Lancia Aurelia GT, first series car with 75hp 1991cc engine. One of the first 98 cars built, and one of only a handful with Viotti rather than Ghia bodywork, sadly resprayed red for deep pocketed numbskulls (before, it was a gorgeous Metallic Beige). Offered for sale for $219,000 at the 2018 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance.
The Lancia Flaminia (Tipo 813/823/824/826) is a luxury car produced by Italian automaker Lancia from 1957 until 1970. It was Lancia's flagship model at that time, replacing the Aurelia . It was available throughout its lifetime as in saloon , coupé and cabriolet body styles.
Jano's 60° design incorporated some of his ideas from the Lancia Aurelia, and were used in a number of Formula One, Formula Two, and Grand Prix cars from 1959 through the early 1960s. Appearing in 1958, it used a 77 mm × 71 mm (3.03 in × 2.80 in) bore and stroke for 1,984 cc (2.0 L) and produced 200 bhp (149 kW; 203 PS) in the 196 S .
The most powerful versions they built were in the Atlantique 300 at 207 kilowatts (281 PS; 278 bhp) from a turbocharged, 12-valve 3.0 L iteration, and they successfully raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the 600LM with a twin turbocharged, 24-valve 3.0-litre, pushing out over 450 kilowatts (610 hp) in race spec, and the road-going spin-off ...