A rare, left hand drive, U.K. sold Lancia Thema 8.32 which is owned by actor-comedian Rowan Atkinson will be offered without reserve by Silverstone Auctions during its “Race Retro Competition Car Sale 2018” which takes place on Friday

FCA Heritage is showcasing four highly signficant historical cars from four different legendary brands at the Rétromobile show in Paris this weekend: the Lancia Appia Coupé, Fiat Dino 2400 coupé, Abarth 2400 coupé and Alfa Romeo SZ

FCA Heritage is taking part in Automotoretrò - which opens today at Lingotto Fiere and runs until Sunday, the event being held together with Automotoracing - with models on show from Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Abarth, Lancia and Pininfarina

Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Abarth will all take part in Milano AutoClassica 2016, widely regarded as one of the most important events on the classic car calendar, with a comprehensive and exciting line-up of classic and current production models

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The Lancia Club Japan has celebrated its 20th anniversary in style, holding its annual Lancia Lunch, attended by several special guests who are a part of Lancia's rich history, at the Oiso Prince Hotel

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: On the road and interior close up views of the latest Chrysler Group model to be rebadged by Fiat Group Automobiles, the Sebring 200 Convertible, which is given the Flavia tag to join Lancia's range

Lancia and the Fiat Research Centre are taking part in the final event of the European euroFOT project, which is taking place in Brussels this week with Delta equipped with the "Driving Advisor" system being displayed

Fiat Group Automobiles and Europ Assistance are consolidating their partnership in the roadside rescue area with a new European agreement that covers Fiat, Fiat Professional, Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Jeep

Introduced at the Bologna Motor Show last December, the special "Black & Red" edition of Lancia's new Ypsilon has now arrived on sale in the UK where the two-colour inside and out themed model will wear a Chrysler badge

Fiat Group Automobiles will be pinning all the spotlights on the world preview of the forthcoming Fiat 500L in Geneva; Lancia and Alfa Romeo both miss out on showing anything new while Abarth will be trimming up a 500C in tribute to Maserati

One of the most exciting automotive projects of recent years, the stunning remake of Lancia’s legendary Stratos supercar, has been quietly shelved as Ferrari appears to have put a firm block on any chance of it entering production

Fiat Group Automobiles will find out on Monday if two of its newest models, the Fiat Panda and Lancia Ypsilon, have made it through to the final shortlist of seven cars bidding to be crowned the 2012 European Car of the Year

First presented at the 36th Bologna Motor Show earlier this month, Lancia is now selling a diverse range of Mopar accessories for its two rebadged Chrysler models, the Thema and Voyager, under its Lineaccessori name

Lancia is recycling the "Ecochic" label to denote the most environmentally efficient version of the new-generation Ypsilon, and to celebrate its arrival on the Italian market an "open house" is being held at dealers today and tomorrow

After more than four decades of assembling models such as Fiat's 126, Panda and Punto, the curtain has finally come down on Fiat Group production at Termini Imerese in Sicily, with the final car, a Lancia Ypsilon, having just rolled off the lines

ItaliaspeedTV: Chrysler Group Head of Transmission Powertrain and Driveline Engineering, Mircea Gradu, details the new ZF 8-speed transmission now being fitted to models including the Chrysler 300 and its rebadged sister, the Lancia Thema

EuroNCAP has released its latest crash test results which included three new Fiat Group Automobiles models: the Fiat Freemont and Lancia Thema both bagged a top 5-star score while the Lancia Voyager missed out and collected 4-stars

ItaliaspeedTV: In the latest EuroNCAP crash tests the Lancia Thema has collected 5 stars after it scored 83 percent for adult occupancy, 77 percent for child occupancy, 59 percent for pedestrian protection and 71 percent for safety assist

ItaliaspeedTV: In the latest EuroNCAP crash tests the Lancia Voyager has collected 4 stars after it scored 79 percent for adult occupancy, 67 percent for child occupancy, 49 percent for pedestrian protection and 71 percent for safety assist

ItaliaspeedTV: On the road dynamic video of the Lancia's new Thema which has been launched on the Italian market this week - visually the E-segment sedan gets a new grille and specific badging to differentiate it from Chrysler's 300 series

ItaliaspeedTV: On the road video of Chrysler's recently refreshed Town & Country which has now been rebadged by the Lancia brand to succeed its Phedra and handed the minivan's European market Voyager nametag for sale on mainland markets

New Model - Lancia Thema: The Fiat Group has embarked on a gamble with a new Lancia flagship sedan arriving in the Italian showrooms this week: a rebadged version of Chrysler’s 300 sedan, it comes equipped with a European market diesel engine option

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: On the road dynamic images of the Lancia's new Thema which has been launched on the Italian market this week - visually the E-segment sedan gets a new grille and specific badging to differentiate it from Chrysler's 300 series (II)

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: On the road dynamic images of the Lancia's new Thema which has been launched on the Italian market this week - visually the E-segment sedan gets a new grille and specific badging to differentiate it from Chrysler's 300 series (I)

The 'New Stratos' project made its international motor show debut in Frankfurt last week where the no-expense-spared supercar tribute to one of the models that defined Lancia's history has been a star attraction on the Brose stand

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lancia is showing off its trio of rebadged Chrysler models in Frankfurt - most significantly though there is no sign of the 200/Sebring sedan rebadged as the Flavia which was shown in Geneva confirming its cancellation

Following its official presentation at the Paul Ricard, rally outings on the Rally Isla Mallorca and Sachsen Rallye and track time at Spa-Francorchamps, the dramatic New Stratos project will be presented this week at the Frankfurt Motor Show

At the Frankfurt IAA Lancia is trotting out another showcar that typifies the use of some new trim materials and a more complex paint finish, the Ypsilon Diamond, which the brand says may be added to the production range in the future

Lancia's new Ypsilon is the latest Fiat Group model to incorporate bumper and dashboard materials from plastics manufacturer Borealis which aim to improve stiffness, impact performance, scratch resistance, lower costs and weight reduction

One of Lancia's most famous and significant historic gems, the Vittorio Jano-designed Aurelia B20 GT Coupe from more than half a century ago, will be the headlining 'barn find' at Brooklands next month during Historics' latest auction

ItaliaspeedTV: Promotional dynamic driving video the 'Model Year 2012' Lancia Delta which gains a new Chrysler-generic front grille, a realignment of specifications, and the 105 CV 1.6 Multijet to join the 120 CV version in the range

ItaliaspeedTV: For the fourth year in succession Lancia has rolled out its summer initiative in Riccione that has seen it providing a fleet of cars to whisk holidaymakers around the city centre - this year the fleet was made up of 80 new Ypsilons

ItaliaspeedTV: As Lancia attempts to arrest a decline in Delta sales in its domestic market, Lancia is rolling out a new TV advertising campaign across Italy, La bellezza dello Spazio, that places the model's attributes into a space setting

The much-needed new ZF sourced 8-speed auto transmission is set to make production debut on the Model Year 2012 Chrysler 300 and its platform sister, the Dodge Charger, as well as in Lancia's rebadged version of the former model

ItaliaspeedTV: With its European showroom debut due next month the new Lancia Thema (rebadged Chrysler 300 series) is playing the role of the "Official Car" at the 68th Venice International Film Festival which is taking place this week

Lancia will again show off its mishmash of rebadged Chrysler Group models in Frankfurt, this time they are gearing up for production, however the big news is the dumping of the Flavia sedan, a rebadged Chrysler 200/Sebring

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lancia will show off its three new rebadged Chrysler products - the Thema (300), Voyager (Town & Country) and Flavia Convertible (200/Sebring) in Frankfurt with the former two due in its showrooms in October

In what is likely to be an automotive novelty, the Chrysler-badged Lancia Delta has arrived in the UK – one of two European markets where the American brand name is being retained – with a range that kicks off at £16,695 for the 1.4 120 CV T-Jet

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: For the fourth year in succession Lancia has rolled out its initiative in Riccione that sees it providing a fleet of cars to whisk holidaymakers around the city centre - this year the fleet is made up of 80 new Ypsilons

For the sixth consecutive year, Lancia will be a sponsor of the International Film Festival organised by the Venice Biennial, which runs from August 31 to September 10, supplying a fleet of cars to whisk VIPs to and from the red carpet

When classic car broker, Philip Jones was asked to visit a family to look at a "couple of Lagondas", he didn't know he was going to uncover one of the most dramatic "barn finds" of his life, topped off by a remarkable Lancia Lambda

ItaliaspeedTV: Ben Winter, Chrysler Group Vehicle Line Executive for Minivans, explains the many changes that have been made to the refreshed Chrysler Town & Country which will also come to Europe shortly badged as the Lancia Voyager

Sports cars come and go, and Ferrari remains untouched at the top of the supercar tree and very rarely does a car pop up that is so breathtaking that it strikes fear at Maranello - but one has just done so, the New Stratos

Investor presentations come thick and fast in the new management era at Fiat, and the latest one offers more revised schedules for an array of proposed Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Fiat Professional and Chrysler Group models

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The new Lancia Ypsilon seen during the assembly process stages at Fiat Auto Poland's Tychy plant where the fourth-generation supermini which has just gone on sale is being built for the first time

ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia has rolled out a new TV advert in Italy to publicise the arrival in the showrooms of the new-generation Ypsilon, the campaign continuing the recent vein of trying to associate its models with the concept of 'luxury'

ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia has rolled out a new TV advert in Italy to publicise the arrival in the showrooms of the new-generation Ypsilon, the campaign continuing the recent vein of trying to associate its models with the concept of 'luxury'

The integration and reorganisation of the distribution activities of Fiat Group Automobiles and the Chrysler Group is now completed after one year; the new Lancia-Chrysler and Jeep sales networks officially started operations yesterday

The new Lancia Ypsilon's advertising campaign will go on air from Sunday; featuring actor Vincent Cassel it was created by the agency Armando Testa and will be shown across multimedia: TV, press, billboards, radio and the Internet

ItaliaspeedTV: New TV spot to publicise the arrival in the Italian showrooms of the tweaked 'Model Year' Lancia Delta; changes include the incorporation of a Chrysler-style front grille and a realignment of its trim and equipment levels

New Model: New Lancia Ypsilon: The new fourth-generation model has gone on sale in Italy after its première at the Geneva; dubbed a "small flagship" by Lancia, it is just 3.84 metres long and for the first time is being built in 5-door format

ItaliaspeedTV: Dynamic driving video of the new Lancia Ypsilon which goes on sale across key European markets from next month as the heir to three generations of subcompact that have amassed more than one and a half million sales

ItaliaspeedTV: Studio video walkaround of the new fourth-generation Lancia Ypsilon subcompact which is being offered in 5-door format for the first time, including close-up views of the interior

For the sixth year running Lancia will be a sponsor ands supply a fleet of cars to the 68th Venice International Film Festival, organised by the Venice Biennial Exhibition, which takes place from the 31st August to the 10th September

Chrysler and Lancia CEO Olivier François has confirmed that the new Lancia Ypsilon as well as the next generation C-segment model won't be going Stateside leading once more to speculation over the future plans of the two brands

Set to arrive in the Italian showrooms in June the fourth-generation Lancia Ypsilon, available for the first time with 5-doors, is now open for ordering at the dealerships with the comprehensive range kicking off at 12,400 euros

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Screenshots and behind-the-scenes images from the Lancia Delta MY2012's upcoming TV advert; the 'Model Year' Delta gets a new grille and the 105 CV 1.6 Multijet to join the 120 CV version in the range

RM Auctions will offer six very rare Lamborghini, Lancia and Chevrolet badged one-off design concept cars from the now-liquidated Bertone Museum collection at its inaugural Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este sale in May

The Lancia Lybra is set to live on in China: first official impression of the Zoyte L-Series which will be based on the Italian D-segment sedan after the Chinese carmaker bought the redundant production lines and IP

VITTORIO GHIDELLA 1931-2011: The news of the death last week of one of the Fiat Auto's most successful CEOs, whose almost decade in charge was quite simply transformational, has been greeted with much sadness

Magneti Marelli's know-how has been applied to many models being previewed at the 81st Geneva Motor Show this month with the both Ferrari's new FF and Lancia's new Ypsilon bristling with the Italian company's latest cutting-edge technology

ItaliaspeedTV: New set of official Lancia videos released to coincide with the world première of the new Ypsilon at the Geneva Motor Show this week take a close-up look at the supermini: (IV) "Interiors"

ItaliaspeedTV: The new Lancia Thema, a rebadged version of Chrysler's E-segment sedan which was launched this week in Geneva, seen in an official studio video that takes a close up look at the car's interior and exterior

ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia CEO Olivier François unveils new fourth-generation Ypsilon during a press conference that launches an optimistic strategy that will see the rebadging of Chrysler models to sell on mainland European markets (II)

ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia CEO Olivier François unveils new fourth-generation Ypsilon during a press conference that launches an optimistic strategy that will see the rebadging of Chrysler models to sell on mainland European markets (I)

ItaliaspeedTV: New set of official Lancia videos released to coincide with the world première of the new Ypsilon at the Geneva Motor Show this week take a close-up look at the supermini: (IV) "TwinAir"

ItaliaspeedTV: New set of official Lancia videos released to coincide with the world première of the new Ypsilon at the Geneva Motor Show this week take a close-up look at the supermini: (III) "Exteriors"

ItaliaspeedTV: New set of official Lancia videos released to coincide with the world première of the new Ypsilon at the Geneva Motor Show this week take a close-up look at the supermini: (II) "25 Years of Evolution"

ItaliaspeedTV: New set of official Lancia videos released to coincide with the world première of the new Ypsilon at the Geneva Motor Show this week take a close-up look at the supermini: (I) "Essence of Luxury"

ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia's new strategy of rebadging Chrysler models got into full swing today in Geneva and one of the key products of this strategy to be presented the Grand Voyager which replaces its current MPV offering, the Phedra

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lancia has released a series of sketches showing the styling evolution of the new fourth-generation Ypsilon which will debut next week in Geneva and which offer the best look yet at the interior design

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The timeline of Lancia's rich history was very much in evidence at Automotoretro: from the Aprilia and Appia to the 2000 sedan and Montecarlo along with niche gems such as the Fulvia Zagato and Stratos

ItaliaspeedTV: From just a set of sketches in July 1980 Abarth built the Lancia SE 037 in record time and before the year was up, the 'prototipo' for the proposed new rally project was in testing action on the former runways at Corso Marche

ItaliaspeedTV: From a heavily rusted Aprilia through to iconic cars such as the Fulvia, Stratos and Delta integrale: road and rally Lancias drawn from a century of tradition grabbed attention at every turn during Automotoretro

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: One of the most unusual sights around the booths at Automotoretro last weekend was the Lancia SE 037 'prototipo', the Abarth department's dramatic development car for the Group B 037 Rally project

ItaliaspeedTV: From three individual versions of Vincenzo Lancia's masterpiece, the Lambda, to the latest special series offshoots of the Ypsilon and Musa, Lancia presented an official stand at Automotoretro that evoked many memories

Lancia brought its latest two production special series to Automotoretro 2011, the Ypsilon Diva and Musa 5th Avenue, showcasing the cutomised pairing alongside a trio of versions of one of its most elegant pre-war tourers, the Lambda

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lancia presented five cars at Automotoretro: the Lambda series IX, 1931 (torpedo), Lambda series V, 1925 (torpedo lungo), Lambda series VI, 1926 (roadster), Ypsilon Diva and Musa 5th Avenue

Presented at the Geneva Motor Show three years ago in final production format, Lancia's Delta gets some model year improvements in time for this year's edition including the new Chrysler-derived grille and a new Multijet engine

Lancia has released first images and information of its trio new "badge engineered" models drawn from the Chrysler range - the 200 [Sebring], 300 and Grand Voyager - ahead of their world previews at next month's Geneva Motor Show

Lancia has this morning announced details of the new Ypsilon; its arrival coincides with the 25th anniversary of the model and it will go on sale from June in European and from September under the Chrysler badge in the UK and Ireland

Lancia will be a partner of the German Federal Television and Cinema Directors Association (BVR) and, for the first time, also of the Federal Casting Association at Berlinale 2011, one of the most renown film festivals in the world

MotorVillage, the flagship Fiat Group Automobiles' showroom on Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées, Paris, has become "MuseoVillage" as the flagship location is turned over to an emotional exhibition that traces the history of the carmaker

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: In a MotorVillage Paris exhibition historical Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Abarth, Lancia and Maserati models recall the history of the Fiat Group along with cult objects and 'haute couture' from the corresponding decades

Chrysler's facelifted 300, to be badged as a Lancia Thema, and its platform twin Dodge's Charger, have been named Top Safety Picks by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety marking the first time they have achieved the highest ratings

Lancia faces a mammoth task to reach management's targets of 10-15,000 units per year for its rebadged Chrysler 300; there are few positives to draw in customers, one however is ZF's new 8HP70 8-speed automatic transmission

ItaliaspeedTV: Shift comfort, reaction times and a direct engine link - on all these points, the new ZF 8HP70 8-speed automatic transmission stands up to comparison with the existing benchmark of sporty automatic transmissions

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: First look at the Chrysler 200 Convertible which follows the format of the refreshment meted out to the Sebring sedan and which has been confirmed is set to be sold in Europe badged as a Lancia 

Lancia has confirmed that it will rebadge Chrysler’s unloved Sebring sedan and convertible, known as the 200 since its recent makeover, adding it to the continental European range, and most likely reviving the historic Flavia name

The Fiat Group's flagship MotorVillage dealership on rond-point des Champs-Elysées in Paris has been transformed into a Christmas themed exhibition that will offer direct appeal to children and also raise money for charities

Chrysler has revealed the interior and exterior of the facelifted 300 through the release of a series of photographs: the revised-in-all-areas E-segment sedan is set to be rebadged as a Lancia in time for the Geneva Motor Show

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Chrysler previews the heavily reworked 300 sedan which features new front and rear styling and a new cabin and which will make it way to mainland Europe next spring badged as a Lancia Thema 

Lancia has unexpectedly released several "teaser" sketches showing the next-generation Ypsilon well ahead of its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show next March which offer the best look yet at the long-awaited new Supermini

Since the first blurry pictures of New Stratos appeared last summer, sports car enthusiasts and motorsport fans from around the world have been waiting for confirmation of whether the successor is as fast and agile as the original

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Michael and Maximilian Stoschek invited a select group of journalists, designers, engineers, race and rally drivers to the premiere in Le Castellet, so they could at last experience the New Stratos live and in action 

ItaliaspeedTV: Views from the New Stratos media presentation at the Paul Ricard Circuit where the reborn sports car made its public debut and was driven by a cast including former Stratos rally star Bernard Darniche

The "New Stratos" project continues to make waves, just as the first car is shown to the press in a special event at the Paul Ricard HTTT track in France, it has been revealed that a racing version is set to line up alongside

ItaliaspeedTV: Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo gets behind the wheel of the most exciting new sports car project of the year as he test drives a prototype New Stratos at the Fiorano circuit

The hand of history is joining up the dots: the reborn Stratos has just been given the ultimate seal of approval – powered by a Ferrari engine just like its predecessor, the new prototype has been caught lapping Ferrari's Fiorano test track

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The New Stratos is caught secretly lapping Ferrari's private test track, Fiorano, the dramatic Ferrari engined supercar cementing the link forged by the Dino-engined original forty years ago 

ItaliaspeedTV: Running footage of the facelifted Chrysler Town & Country minivan which was launched at the LA Auto Show last week; it will rebadged as a Lancia Phedra next spring and marketed on mainland European markets

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Chrysler brand has released official images of the restyled Sebring (200) sedan and Town & Country minivan with the latter set to be rebadged as a Lancia for Geneva and the former under consideration 

The final road-ready version of the recreated Lancia Stratos has been handed over to its owner during a ceremony held at the Pininfarina factory in Turin where the dramatic sports car project was developed and conceived

Lancia is continuing to follow a marketing path which has pushed it into the world of social issues and associated sponsorship and that continues with its backing for the World Summit of Peace Laureates this weekend in Hiroshima

The goal for the development of the Lancia Stratos HF’s successor was to once again create a mid-engine sports car with a short wheelbase, low weight and superior agility: more official detail of key areas of this ambitious project

The New Lancia Stratos project hasn't even been officially launched yet but one Japanese toy manufacturer has been very quick to get out of the blocks and creating a scale model of the boldly reinterpreted shape of the Italian icon

Fiat is once again tearing up its future model introduction plans and pushing back the arrival of a string of important new Fiat and Lancia cars including the former's long-awaited next-generation Panda and the latter's new Ypsilon

ItaliaspeedTV: Former Formula 1 and current World Touring Car Championship driver Tiago Monteiro seen in action fine-tuning the chassis of the New Lancia Stratos at the Fiat Group's Balocco test track in Italy

ItaliaspeedTV: The New Lancia Stratos prototype is seen during its final session in the wind tunnel at Pininfarina in Turin on 13 September as the dramatic new supercar counts down to its public debut at Paul Ricard next month

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: A series of sketches have come to light today offering an interpretation of the evolution of the design language of the New Lancia Stratos project as its stunning form took shape

More information has emerged detailing the extreme depth to the New Lancia Stratos project, revealing that the resulting machine is effectively a clean-sheet sportscar making 'intelligent use' of Maranello componentry

79th Paris Mondiale de l'Automobile Preview - Lancia: The new Delta 140 HP 1.4 MultiAir Turbo Euro 5 with Start&Stop system will be on show as well as the Ypsilon ELLE in LPG format and a special series of the Musa

ItaliaspeedTV: Former F1 driver Tiago Monteiro putting the New Lancia Stratos prototype through its paces at the Wächtersbach handling track in Germany, including interview with project founder Michael Stoschek

Fiat’s MultiAir technology has been rolled out into its first Lancia application, in the form of the Delta 1.4 MultiAir 140 CV, marking a significant improvement across all key areas compared to the TurboJet version it replaces

The ‘New Stratos’ project has taken another stride forward as it counts down to a launch date at Paul Ricard in November, with the reborn Lancia legend this time being put through its paces on a German handling course

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Further images of the dramatic New Lancia Stratos supercar project as well as from its latest test session a week ago in action at the Wächtersbach handling course in Germany (II)

The Lancia Café will be trotted out for the fourth consecutive year at the Venice Film Festival which gets underway today, the concept aiming to be meeting place set up on the terrace of Hotel Excelsior at the Venice Lido

Official detail of the new-generation Lancia Stratos project has been announced on a dedicated website which also reveals that the Ferrari V8-powered sports car will be officially presented at the Paul Ricard circuit in three months time

After a deluge of exterior shots in the last 24 hours the interior of the new-generation Lancia Stratos has finally been laid bare, revealling a minimalist, stark, purposeful cockpit that looks as if it is ready hit the next "special stage"

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Even more images of the new-generation Stratos prototype have broken cover today including the sight of the highly-finished sports car wearing the Lancia badge for the first time (I)

Less than a fortnight after the story broke the dramatic new Lancia Stratos project is revealled today totally undisguised with images taken during testing portraying a stunning supercar that is every bit in the mould of the original

Detail is beginning to emerge that the new-generation Lancia Stratos project was the result of a fierce design contest amongst Italy's big style houses and in a twist to history Stile Bertone and Jason Castriota emerged on top

One of the most legendary cars from the pages of automotive history is set to be reborn as a prototype, that mirrors a modern day reinterpretation of the Lancia Stratos, has been caught testing in secret at Fiat's Balocco test track

The greatest hot hatchback of all time according to the readers of Autocar is Lancia’s unforgettable Delta HF Integrale, a car bred from the factory's successful rally programme and which was the runaway winner in the magazine's voting

Lancia will receive a boost to its dealer network and gain a vital footprint in markets where it has struggled to make an impact, when its dealer network is combined with Chrysler’s and the U.S. brand is phased out of mainland Europe

Lancia has provided a fascinating insight into its thinking over the past few years: Lancisti have had little to sustain their enthusiasm in recent times but a series of design sketches just released offer a glimpse at an array of stillborn projects

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lancia Centro Stile - design project sketches (III)

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lancia Centro Stile - design project sketches (II)

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lancia Centro Stile - design project sketches (I)

For the fifth year running Lancia will be the main sponsor of the Venice International Film Festival, the 67th edition of which is due to run from the 1-11 September this year, and will supply a fleet of the new Delta "Hard Black"

The Signora del Vento, an 85 meters sailing vessel which has been plying the oceans since 1962, is now a feature at Cannes hosting an exclusive Lancia Café in the shade of its black sails, over 3,000 m2, bearing the Lancia logo

From today at Lancia dealerships across Europe customers can order the new Delta "Hard Black" which was presented for its première at the Geneva Motor Show and is now available as a special series with distinctive unique features

The future of Fiat Group Automobiles for the next five years was mapped to investors in Turin out today, and while Alfa Romeo and Lancia were both promised a meaningful future, there was a lack of bite in FGA's proposed model portfolio

From 22nd to 28th March, Turin will once again be the ice skating capital of the world with the Torino 2010 ISU World Figure Skating Championships; to be staged at the Palavela, the event will be supported by Lancia as an official sponsor

ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia and Chrysler CEO Olivier Francois presents the first ever joint press conference between the two brands at the 80th Geneva Motor Show where the Italian and American carmakers are sharing a 'jigsaw' themed stand

The 80th Geneva International Motor Show has kicked off and for the first time at a major motor show, the Chrysler brand has joined together with Lancia, the two combined on one overlapping showing on a "jigsaw" themed stand

TRW Automotive has launched its first Electronic Stability Control system with an integrated inertial measurement unit on the Lancia Delta to perform previously discrete sensor data acquisition directly within the ESC electronics module

80th Geneva Motor Show Preview - Lancia: Without any new products in sight, Lancia will instead again rely on special editions of the Delta, the Ypsilon and the Musa, that will be shown on its stand alongside several Chrysler vehicles

First presented as a show car at the Frankfurt IAA last autumn the Lancia Ypsilon ELLE will be back in Geneva this week, this time ready for a limited-edition production run to be marketed across major European markets

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lancia Ypsilon ELLE

In Geneva next week a Lancia Musa show car will debut which recalls high-end gem jewellery inside the vehicle through refined and luxurious upholstery materials and paint finishes, with brightened finishes on the trim, mouldings and on the dashboard

In Geneva next week Lancia will present a special series of the Delta which can be ordered from the spring in major European countries and is set apart by a special matt-black paint finish that takes 4 hours to apply and higher specifications levels

The Chrysler Group stand in Detroit, which features no new models from any of its brands, is however hosting an array of models from Fiat, Abarth, Lancia, Ferrari and Maserati, pointing towards the future overlap between the two companies

A special exhibition of historic Lancia cars has opened at the Pantheon Basel in Switzerland where more than forty of the marque's most evocative models that shaped its rich history can be admired by visitors in equally stunning surroundings

The FIA World Rally Championship is 30 years old this year, and the first place to see this anniversary celebrated in Europe will be at Autosport International being where naturally Lancia, the world's most famous rally brand, will take centre stage

The Fiat has outlined its 2010/11 product plan revealing that there will only be two new Fiat-based models during that period – the next-generation Fiat Panda and Lancia Ypsilon, outside the already-previewed Alfa Romeo Giulietta and Fiat Doblò

The Lancia Club Japan has just held its traditional year-ending Lancia Lunch; this year the two-day event was held at the Educational Training Center of the Fuji site, which allowed spectacular Mount Fuji to form an evocative background to the gathering

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lancia Club Japan - Lancia Lunch, Mt Fuji

With its new model cupboard bare Chrysler will attempt to spice up its stand at next month's Detroit Motor Show by showing Ferrari's latest two sports cars as well as a Lancia Delta that has been given a new nose to offer a Chrysler brand family feel

On the occasion of the Internazionale per la Sicurezza Stradale's Targa Blu awards, the Lancia Delta ECOCHIC has been honoured with Premio Q-Air 2009 for the characteristics of its ventilation system that ensures maximum well-being and safety

In a media interview Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has turned the screw further on the futures of Fiat Group Automobiles' two niche brands, Lancia and Alfa Romeo, emphasizing that their futures are no longer assured

It’s been a difficult week for Italian automotive enthusiasts who have firstly seen Alfa Romeo’s future direction questioned and now reports that the Lancia’s proposed revival could be scrapped in favour of rolling out the Chrysler name globally

Two of the Lancias road tested by Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond for a special edition of BBC Top Gear that aired last weekend, the Fulvia Coupe and Delta HF Inegrale, were provided by members of Club Lancia Sport

When BBC TV Top Gear needed a range of Lancias for a filming around the centre of London, ahead of tonight's airing of a Lancia focused edition of the popular motoring programme the Lancia Motor Club's members provided the cars

Forty teams, coming from other Italian regions, such as Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Latium and Calabria as well as Sicily; have celebrated Lancia's glorious sporting past with excursions around some of the most beautiful locations in Sicily

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Sicily Lancia Graffiti

ItaliaspeedTV: In the same way as it did last year Lancia has made a film in order to give a voice to the cause of Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Laureate in 1991, interpreting the collective desire to knock down the walls of her prison

Lancia, the main sponsor of the 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, has dedicated a film to Aung San Suu Kyi; the main theme of the Summit is "Knocking down new walls and building bridges for a world without violence"

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates; domino testifying Lancia's engagement during the "Festival of Freedom" in Berlin; Lancia Delta is the "Official Car" of the Berlin Wall 20th anniversary celebrations

Fresh from providing the cars used in the new season of BBC TV Top Gear, Club LanciaSport will be at the NEC MPH Show showing several of the most significant rally machines from Lancia's hugely successful motorsport history

Just months after it once again faced the axe, Lancia’s fortunes have abruptly turned around, and yesterday in Turin two new models were signed off that will put the 103-year-old marque on the pathway to becoming a full-range car company

This week the Italian capital city is playing host to H2Roma, the first Scientific Workshop with the Press born in 2002, and for this eighth edition the Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Fiat Professional brands are all playing a key role

Fiat's five-year plan for Chrysler Group is expected to see Chrysler and Dodge culled worldwide to retain only a North American presence, leaving Jeep as its sole representative overseas, a strategy that could benefit Lancia and Alfa Romeo

Following an agreement extension the Fiat, Fiat Professional, Abarth, Alfa Romeo and Lancia brands will now be offering Europ Assistance's roadside services to their customers to a total of nine European countries as well as India

On November 9 a fleet of Lancia Deltas will whisk the institutional guests along the streets to Brandenburg Gate where the spectacular celebration ceremony will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Fiat’s plans for the Chrysler Group brands are becoming clearer by the day; and while it was recently revealed that Dodge will be closely tied up with Alfa Romeo in the, it is now emerging how the Chrysler brand will link up with Lancia

Fiat Powertrain Technologies is to record another first in the technological arena, with the launch of the first factory-developed turbocharged dual-fuel petrol/LPG engine on the market, in the form of the 120bhp, 1.4-litre TurboJet

After a decade and a half of production, and with customers downsizing and the Chrysler alliance offering alternatives, Fiat is to end its MPV joint venture with PSA Peugeot-Citroën which turns out the Fiat Ulysse and Lancia Phedra

Lancia is once again, for the third consecutive time, the sponsor of the Gran Galà del Ghiaccio - Golden Skate Awards which is scheduled to take place on October 10 at the Palavela in Turin where international stars of skating will take part

Monaco Classic Week is being partnered by Lancia for the first time this year and the carmaker's guests have been benefiting from use of the sailing ship ‘Signora del Vento’ as an exclusive tribune from which to watch the various events

63rd Frankfurt IAA Preview - Lancia: Back to the Frankfurt IAA with the Delta, the Ypsilon and the Musa, prestigious cars that showcase the best of Italian style, and with its main attraction set to be the new Ypsilon ELLE showcar

Making its Lancia debut on the Musa in Frankfurt will be Fiat's new Start&Stop system that was developed by FPT, Bosch and Magneti Marelli, already introduced on the Fiat 500 it is set to also debut at the motor show on the new Punto Evo

Lancia will trot out another fashion inspired showcar at the Frankfurt IAA next week, this time the Ypsilon forms the basis of the ELLE show car, a version that has been created from a collaboration between Lancia and the ELLE brand

ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia di Lancia, Venice (IV) - The new boat has been developed jointly by four Italian companies each leader in its own sector: Lancia; luxury RIB maker Sacs; Fiat Powertrain provided the engines; and drinks firm Martini

ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia di Lancia, Venice (III) - The new boat has been developed jointly by four Italian companies each leader in its own sector: Lancia; luxury RIB maker Sacs; Fiat Powertrain provided the engines; and drinks firm Martini

ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia di Lancia, Venice (II) - The new boat has been developed jointly by four Italian companies each leader in its own sector: Lancia; luxury RIB maker Sacs; Fiat Powertrain provided the engines; and drinks firm Martini

Lancia’s first powerboat project which has been realised in conjunction with SACS Marine and delivers 1120 bhp from its Fiat Powertrain engines has made its debut in Venice a city where roads and cars are replaced by canals and boats

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lancia di Lancia, Venice

ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia di Lancia, Venice (I) - The new boat has been developed jointly by four Italian companies each leader in its own sector: Lancia; luxury RIB maker Sacs; Fiat Powertrain provided the engines; and drinks firm Martini

For the fourth year running Lancia will be the main sponsor of the 66th Venice International Film Festival which opens its doors mid next week and the Lancia Café which is always a focal point of the event is an effective symbol of this partnership

As part of its summer "Ecochic" tour Lancia has hosted a day and night's events on the sailing-ship Signora del Vento that focused on style and fused the ship's elegance with a fashion emphasis and the attendance of Italian sporting stars

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lancia Ecochic Promotional Tour - Signora del