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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lancia vehicle ⓘ
automobile model ⓘ
assemblyLocation Turin, Italy ⓘ
linked to: Turin
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ