Lancia Delta

So what is the new Delta really like? It certainly looks different from any rival. The nose is low, rounded, brought to a focal point via swept-back, slanty headlights to a remake of the 1950s Lancia front grille. The roof, in satin grey, seems to float above the tapering side windows, and the frameless rear window likewise seems to levitate above the surrounding bodywork, flanked by wrapover tail-lights. A name returns from the past. You will probably remember Lancia, for good and bad reasons. Some of the best are the company’s wonderfully original engineering features in the years before Fiat took it over in 1969, the era from which my own Fulvia Coupé originates. Lancia was the first in production with a unitary chassis/body construction and independent front suspension. It pioneered the V-engine design and was the first company to produce the V6.

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