Lancia says it is eyeing the South African market for a relaunch

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Lancia says it is eyeing the South African market for a relaunch

Lancia will be introducing an all-new Ypsilon in 2024 which will be offered in hybrid and full-electric versions. With this product, the Italian heritage brand, now operating under the Stellantis group, has expressed its desire to benchmark the likes of Mercedes-Benz and rapidly expand into right-hand drive markets such as South Africa.

Based on information sourced by Automotive News Europe, company boss Luca Napolitano put forward a 10-year plan to Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares for the relaunch of the iconic Lancia. As previously reported, this will consist of a new Ypsilon in 2024 and a compact crossover expected in 2026. This will be rounded off by a fully electric compact hatchback which is expected to arrive in 2028.

In an interview on Friday, Napolitano said “Clearly volumes are important, but our targets are about profitability,”

“We still need to work and need to look at a benchmark … which for us is Mercedes,” Napolitano said. “I don’t mean we want to fight against Mercedes, that would be naive, but that is an example of what we look at.”

While Alfa Romeo and DS are global brands, Lancia’s target is to move to Europe, initially targeting Germany and France, where electrification is moving faster, then adding countries including Spain, Belgium, Austria and the Nordics, he said.

“We initially target to make 25 per cent to 30 per cent of our sales abroad, to reach 50-50,” he said. “Our aggressive electrification strategy and our focus on market segments which are very strong in Europe will help us.”

Napolitano added that Lancia has been aimed to be the brand within Stellantis with the highest share of recycled materials. “We would like to build cars with a significant portion of recycled materials,” he said.

Lancia’s 10-year plan does not include getting back in-touch with its motorsport roots but it does have the intent to expand outside Europe. It will need to do this to grow credibility in the premium segment and to focus on priorities.

“However, in the coming year, if things go well, why not trying to bring (Lancia models with) right-hand drive also in Japan, South Africa or Australia?” he said.

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Lancia says it is eyeing the South African market for a relaunch

Lancia will be introducing an all-new Ypsilon in 2024 which will be offered in hybrid and full-electric versions. With this product, the Italian heritage brand, now operating under the Stellantis group, has expressed its desire to benchmark the likes of Mercedes-Benz.
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I always liked Mitsubishis. The earlier Lancias were great.

Edit... confusing em with the 'Lancer'. Carry on.
 
Lancia Delta HF Integrale: Classic Drive

Specifications

Model: 1989 Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V
Engine: 2.0-litre, four-cylinder, turbopetrol
Power: 147 kW at 5 500 rpm
Torque: 298 N.m at 3 000 rpm
Transmission: 5-speed manual, AWD
Weight: 1 291 kg
0-100 kph: 6.1 sec (claimed)
Top speed: 212 kph (claimed)

Summary

From my limited time with this car, it was evident that it had been well looked after. Therefore, it didn’t come as a surprise when I learnt that this example, supplied by Moto Village, quickly found a new owner.

After all, the Lancia Delta HF Integrale shares a bloodline with immensely memorable rally car versions that the Italian marque campaigned in the WRC. This is a hero you won’t be disappointed to meet!


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Lancia's new Ypsilon has more range

Lancia is refreshing its Ypsilon EV, the brand has just revealed. The new model is already available from today with no alterations to its price.

It does however come with a 54 kWh battery and a 115 kW / 156 hp electric motor that will let you go up to 425 km, which is around 6% or 22 km more than with the previous model.

The range improvement comes from using an NMC battery with enhanced chemistry and a more efficient powertrain. Average consumption is now stated to be 14.3 kWh per 100 km.

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Lancia's new Ypsilon has more range

It's a mild refresh, but a welcome one nevertheless.
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Lancia: the brand that refused to die

Lancia has at last launched a new car. We drive it to find out whether that odds-defying revival is a success

Until recently, Lancia was withering away on death row, reduced since 2017 to a single model in a single market. One could almost sense hard-headed FCA chief Sergio Marchionne’s irritation as the Fiat 500-based Ypsilon continued to sell in droves.

It’s thanks only to Italian drivers’ patriotism and indifference to needless expense and the latest tech that Lancia survived for long enough to be saved by Stellantis.

Credit must go to founding Stellantis boss Carlos Tavares for appreciating Lancia’s value enough to hand the brand sufficient funding for a 10-year revival of its core model lines.

Precisely what is that inherent value, though? That’s what I’m hoping to discover, driving the new Ypsilon in Turin – home to the first factory that employed Vincenzo Lancia way back in 1898, the first site he opened under his own name and the famous Mirafiori plant, now also host to the Fiat and Lancia historic car collection.

The Ypsilon comes in Ibrida and Elettrica forms, and I’ve chosen the Elettrica, it being Lancia’s electric car. The former uses a 99bhp mild-hybrid 1.2-litre turbocharged petrol triple, the latter a 154bhp motor and a 51kWh battery.

Those specs feel very familiar because they are, from the many small cars based on Stellantis’s e-CMP platform.

www.autocar.co.uk

Lancia: the brand that refused to die | Autocar

Lancia has at last launched a new car. We drive it to find out whether that odds-defying revival is a success
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New Lancia Delta HF Integrale confirmed for 2026

It will arrive more than 30 years after the original rally-bred hatch went out of production

Lancia will launch a new Delta HF Integrale next year, more than 30 years since production of the legendary hot hatch ended.

As before, the Integrale name will adorn the Italian car maker’s top performance models, starting from 2026. Alongside the Delta, the new DS No8-twinned Gamma flagship, also due next year, will feature the logo in its most powerful form.

The news was confirmed as part of the launch of the Ypsilon Rally6 HF Racing on Tuesday, the second new rally car launched by Lancia since it returned to the motorsport with the Ypsilon Rally4 HF Racing last October.

In rally spec, the Ypsilon gets up to 209bhp from a 1.2-litre three-cylinder turbo petrol engine, which is paired with a five-speed manual gearbox. It also gets a limited-slip differential.

However, the road-going Ypsilon HF, launched last year, is powered by the same 278bhp, 254lb ft electric powertrain as the Peugeot e-208 GTi, Alfa Romeo Junior Veloce and Abarth 600e - which all use the Stellantis's e-CMP platform.

This points to the Delta - expected to be twinned with the Vauxhall Mokka – receiving the same treatment for the HF Integrale range-topper.

That electric set up includes a mechanical limited-slip diff, hydraulic bump stops and a rear anti-roll bar. The steering is also said to have been tuned for more direct responses.

www.autocar.co.uk

A new Lancia Delta HF Integrale is coming next year...! | Autocar

It will arrive more than 30 years after the original rally-bred hatch went out of production
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