Lancia Lambda

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The Lancia Lambda is an innovative early 1920s Italian automobile renowned for pioneering unitary body construction and independent front suspension in mass-produced cars.

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instanceOf Lancia vehicle
automobile model
assemblyLocation Turin, Italy NERFINISHED
bodyMaterial steel
bodyStyle saloon
touring car
brakeType mechanical drum brakes
category veteran and vintage car
chassisType integral chassis-body structure
class passenger car
constructionType unitary body
countryOfOrigin Italy
designer Vincenzo Lancia NERFINISHED
displacementRange 2.1–2.6 litres
doorConfiguration front-hinged doors
driveType rear-wheel drive
engineConfiguration narrow-angle V4 engine
enginePosition front-mounted engine
engineType Lancia V4 petrol engine
era interwar period
firstShown 1922 Paris Motor Show NERFINISHED
fuelType petrol
historicalSignificance milestone in automotive engineering
influenced later unibody car designs worldwide
innovation elimination of separate ladder frame
use of stressed body shell for rigidity
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
manufacturer Lancia NERFINISHED
marketSegment upper-middle-class car
notableFor pioneering independent front suspension in a mass-produced car
pioneering unitary body construction in a production car
numberOfGears 3-speed manual
numberOfSeries 9 series
period early 1920s automobile
predecessor Lancia Kappa NERFINISHED
productionEnd 1931
productionStart 1922
productionYears 1922–1931
recognition considered one of the most advanced cars of its time
seatingCapacity 4
steering worm-and-sector steering
successor Lancia Artena NERFINISHED
suspensionFront independent sliding pillar suspension
topSpeedRange 110–120 km/h depending on series
transmission manual gearbox
usedIn touring and long-distance travel
valvetrain single overhead camshaft
wheelbaseVariants multiple wheelbase lengths across series

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Vincenzo Lancia designed Lancia Lambda