Lancia Musa Getting Ready For a Facelift

Seen here undergoing testing in Italy, Lancia’s redesigned mini-MPV will be officially unveiled at the forthcoming Frankfurt Show in September. Like its Fiat Idea counterpart, Lancia’s Musa is exactly what we’d call a commercial success in Europe. The facelift comes about 3 ½ years since the Musa debuted at the 2004 Geneva Show and it’ll include an overhaul of both ends (bumpers & lights) along with a revised interior. According to our info Lancia is also considering adding Fiat’s new 120Hp 1.4 Turbo engine in the Musa’s range. –Continued after the jump

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Blast from the past: BMW M3 E30 & Lancia Delta Integrale

As interesting as all these new models and concepts from the Geneva Show can be, at some point, I’m sure you’d all appreciate a small break from all that “Swiss-fuss”. And what a better break than watching a video with two legendary sports cars of the late 80’s - early 90’s.

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Alfa Romeo unveils the first official glimpse of the Junior, CXover SUV and 169 - Prices Included!

During Fiat Group's two day investor and analyst event Alfa Romeo not only gave us the names of the 2008-2009 models with their images, but also kindly included their forcasted prices! Moreover, for all those watching the ticking clock until the next Alfa makes its trans-Atlantic journey, know that its U.S. launch was announced for the 3rd quarter in 2009 (models include the 169, 159, Brera and Spider). Let just hope that this time they're coming for certain. Teasers!

Junior: Set to compete with BMW's highly successful mini and Audi's future A2 successor, the Junior goes into production in 2008 with its price set to start at 16.000 EUR / 20.500 USD. Sources tell us that the Junior will be equipped with, among other engines, Fiat's new 1.4 turbo in 120 and 150 HP versions.

CXover: We might not have seen the beautiful Kamal SUV concept put into production however, its memory will live on through the CXover. According to Alfa this 5door crossover is something between an SUV and a Coupe with a length of 4.6 meters. Most possibly based on the 159 platform, the CXover will compete with BMW's X3 and Mercedes future MLK SUV's.

169: Blink a few times because this could be a poor man's Maserati Quattroporte. Hopefully they won't tweak the design too much because I think it's perfect. Judging from the prices the most logical expectation of the 169 is that it will be based on the 159/Brera platform. This means that no rear wheel drive thrills here. Instead there will be front and four wheel drive powertrains. Expect 4cylinder and V6 engines. And if we're really lucky, Alfa might through in some V8 power creating a postmodern Lancia Thema 8.32V (front wheel drive - Ferrari V8 powered!)

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Official: Fiat, Alfa Romeo & Lancia 2007 – 2010 product plan!

Ciao Italia! Fiat Group hosted a two-day event for the men with the purses (financial analysts and institutional investors) on November 8 & 9. Who cares right? Well, somewhere between the espresso and the Stromboli, Fiat Group announced the trios (Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Lancia) future product plan.

In fact, this product plan is so detailed that we are even told when the, yet to be unveiled, Fiat 500 (Trepiuno) will receive a facelift! Check it out for yourselves on the chart above -includes Fiat 500 Abarth, Grande Punto Abarth, Lancia 2009 Speciality model & Alfa Romeo 169, SUV & Junior debut dates.

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Show Girls - Fiat flashes it's new models at the Poland Motor Show...

Those of you that have visited a Fiat, Lancia or Alfa Romeo stand at any major European car show should know from first hand that when it comes to female models, the Italians get straight 'A's. Style over substance? Perhaps, but who cares! Watch a... very "juicy" video from the Fiat Group presentation at the 2006 Poland Auto Motor Show.

Official: Lancia Delta HPE Concept Car

Yesterday night I posted a couple of new Lancia Delta HPE Concept pics that where luring in the net, stating that I preferred the design of the car shown in the first set of pics. Unfortunately for me, the official Delta HPE is previewed in the second set of pics as Lancia's official press kit undoubtedly reveals. -Click here to read more: Lancia Delta HPE Concept

Despite the fact that I still have doubts for the rear end design, overall, the Delta HPE Concept proves that in terms of styling, the Italians are in a class of their own. A closer look at the concept reveals that, practically -with the exception of some minor details like the rear and front light clusters, we are looking at Lancia's new mid-sized model that, according to my information, will be revealed at the 2007 Geneva International Motor Show with sales commencing latter in the year.

Although the Italians are using the name Delta, this car will not actually substitute Lancia's homonymous Golf contender that went out of production a few years ago. The Delta HPE will try to fit in a more niche segment, competing not only against more upscale C-Segment models like the Audi A3 Sportback but it will try to draw attention from mid-size sedan buyers. Like Nissan's Qashqai which replaces the Almera (C-Segment) and Primera (D-Segment), the Delta HPE will fill in the space between the Delta and the Lybra (mid size sedan), both of whom are out of production.

That is more obvious from the Concepts dimensions: 4.5 metres long, 1.8 metres wide, 1.5 metres tall and 2.7 metres wheelbase. As for the engine range, according to Lancia's press release the Delta HPE Concept Car is designed to be equipped with a wide selection of petrol and diesel engines, all turbocharged and combined with 6 speed manual and robotised gearboxes with power ratings ranging from 120 hp to over 200 hp. That means that we it'll get Fiat Groups upcoming 1.4 turbo and 1.6 Turbo petrol and today's 1.9 JTD and 2.4 JDTM diesel engines.

Despite the fact that Lancia announced that it will make Delta HPE Concept's world premiere at The 63rd Venice International Film Festival (from August 30th to September 9th 2006) practically, the car will make its public debut at the Paris International Motor Show at the end of the month.

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New Lancia Delta HPE Concept pictures: Official or Photoshop?

The past few days I've seen a couple of hypothetically official, sketches of Lancia's Delta HPE Concept that'll be unveiled at the Paris International Motor Show this month. The later seem to have originated from an Italian site called "Autoinsight" (the last pair of photos).

Now, we've got another two "official" sketches of the Delta HPE Concept running around loose on the net (above photos). Besides having some differences in terms of front and rear end design, the two "official" sketches are very alike.

I'm not sure if either ones are official sketches or not -although both could very well be early stage designs, but if I had to pick one that I liked the most, I think I'd i preffer the first ones. I must add though that in my opinion, the rear end design in both sketches is a very big "no-no"...

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2007 Lancia Ypsilon FL Pictures

The first unmasked pictures of Lancia’s revised hatchback have surfaced on the net. Due to be presented at the upcoming Paris International Motor Show, the 2007 Yspilon has received a mild exterior facelift which includes new front and rear bumpers, a redesigned front mask with a honeymesh grille and new rear light crystal design. Although it is said that there will be no significant changes in the interior, we’ll have to wait for the official press release to be sure.

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Lancia IED Haizea Concept

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IED students design an ultra safe concept car with ultra hideous looks

More detailed images of the IED Lancia concept car, named Haizea, emerged today. Designed by IED students in Transportation Design, the Haizea, been developed around a frame devised in such a way as to provide the utmost level of both active and passive safety. A task I believe that could have been accomplished only by its looks as it is so hideous that people would probably steer away only by looking at it…

The mechanical parts of the rear wheel drive engine are housed in a central-rear position, and together with the addition of two electric motors placed above the front wheels, an excellent compromise in terms of distribution of weight, traction and mass has been reached.

The passenger compartment, designed around a central chassis developed lengthwise and to which the seats and the instrumentation panel are anchored, absorbs energy in case of a head on collision and provides the structure with both an aesthetic and a functional purpose, not just a load bearing one.

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Lancia Haizea Concept

IED- “Istituto Europeo di Design of Turin”, a well established car design school, will be presenting a concept car, for the third consecutive year, at the Geneva Motor Show. The Haizea concept is a car designed by its students in Transportation Design. The students, led by Hernan Charalambopoulos, Course Coordinator and Head of IED Automotive, came up with a concept car that highlights the brand's sporting essence
The full scale model (length 4.965 mm, width 1.935 mm, height 1.420mm & wheelbase 2.720 mm) has been developed around a frame devised in such a way as to provide the utmost level of both active and passive safety. The mechanical parts of the rear wheel drive engine are housed in a central-rear position, and together with the addition of two electric motors placed above the front wheels, an excellent compromise in terms of distribution of weight, traction and mass has been reached.
The passenger compartment, designed around a central chassis developed lengthwise and to which the seats and the instrumentation panel are anchored, absorbs energy in case of a head on collision and provides the structure with both an aesthetic and a functional purpose, not just a load bearing one. This particular chassis structure, “dressed” externally in such a way as to highlight the vehicles architectural values, plays on the asymmetrical disposition of the vehicle’s masses in order to induce a strong sense of movement in the viewer. This movement recreates a feeling of speed thus arousing the sensation of an encounter with a wind (Haizea: “wind”, in the Basque language).

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