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As the Ardea resembled a scaled-down Aprilia, the Appia mimicked the Aurelia's appearance, substituting its exotic parts with more cost-effective ones, such as a solid axle and a four-speed gearbox in block with the engine. At little over 10Р’В°, the new V4 had the narrowest angle of any V4 engine, and used solutions unprecedented at Lancia, like dual in-block camshafts in place of overhead ones. Initially an updated version of the Ardea's 17Р’В° V4 engine was considered, but a clean-sheet design was ultimately chosen. The new small Lancia was designed under engineer Vittorio Jano. Alongside it Lancia was still producing the Lancia Ardea, a pre-war design that although once innovative was in need of replacement.

In 1950 Lancia had introduced its first all-new postwar model, the Lancia Aurelia, a small but expensive luxury car with sophisticated engineering features like the first ever V6 engine, inboard rear brakes and a transaxle gearbox. In all 107,000 Appia were built: 98,000 saloons, 3,863 commercial vehicles, and 5,161 chassis supplied to coachbuilders. In addition to the saloon, a number of special bodied Appias were produced, including a coupР“В© by Pinin Farina, a convertible and 2-door saloon by Vignale and an aluminium-bodied GT by Zagato, as well as light commercial vehicle variants.

GT LEGENDS LANCIA SERIES

All three series produced had a Lancia V4 engine of 1089Р’В cc. The Appia was the last in a long line of Lancia production cars dating back to the Lancia Lambda (introduced in 1922) to use the famous sliding pillar front suspension.

The Lancia Appia was a passenger car introduced in 1953 by Italian car manufacturer Lancia as a replacement for the Ardea, and which remained in production for ten years.

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