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7 CABRIOLET CARLTON, 1930
italiani più prestigiosi. Nel Lancia is among the most prestigious of Italian brands.
e innovazione tecnologica, Over time it has managed to combine technological
usta misura nella scelta dei innovation, quality construction and the right balance
sua clientela era di impron- in its choice of coachbuilders. In the 1920s, its clientele,
va apprezzare la tecnologia although rather conservative, certainly appreciated the
ozzeria a struttura portante, technology of the time, like the unitary bodywork struc-
retto e le sospensioni indi- ture, narrow-angle V engine design and independent
a nel mondo anglosassone, suspensions. With the brand already popular in Great
1929, Lancia decide di voler Britain and in the USA, Lancia, just before the economic
el mercato USA creando un crisis of 1929, decided to try exploiting the potential of the
telaio con passo di 3,475 m US market by creating a suitable vehicle. It therefore de-
nale, grazie anche al serba- signed a chassis, 3.475 meters long, that guaranteed high
lo anima con un motore V8 torsional stiffness, thanks, in part, to the integrated fuel
co angolo di 24° gradi, che tank. This was combined with a lively 3960 cc V8 engine,
ova vettura viene chiamata with a distinctive 24° angle, that delivered an impressive
dopo Lambda) ed è ricono- 100 HP. The new car was called the Dilambda (the name
a forma di scudetto Lancia. of the Greek letter that comes after Lambda) and it was
no prodotte 700, così come characterized by its Lancia shield-shaped headlights.
al 1930. In Gran Bretagna le The first series was built in 700 units, as was the second,
ate e la Dilambda non passa which went into production in 1930. As mentioned, Lan-
prestigiosi telai viene alle- cia cars were already much appreciated in the UK, and
e di Willesden, nel nord di the Dilambda did not go unnoticed there. One of these
alizzato una cinquantina di prestigious chassis was dressed by Carlton Carriage of
e ad una speciale Daimler Willesden, North London, a company known for having
chill. Poco si sa della storia made about fifty Rolls-Royces and Bentleys, as well as
esemplare offerto, una due a special Daimler for Winston Churchill. Little is known
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