Lancia Augusta

Lancia Augusta

Overview
Manufacturer	Lancia
Also called	Lancia Belna
Production	1933-1936 17 217 vehicles
Body and chassis
Body style	4-door saloon 2-door cabriolet
Layout	Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Powertrain
Engine	1,196 cc Lancia V4
Transmission	4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	265 cm (104.3 in)
Kerb weight	850 kg (1,874 lb)
Chronology
Successor	Lancia Ardea

The Lancia Augusta was a small passenger car produced by Italian car manufacturer Lancia between 1933 and 1936. It made its première at the 1932 Paris Motor Show.^[1] The car was powered by a 1196 cc Lancia V4 engine.

During the 1920s, Lancia had been known as producers of sports cars and middle sized sedans: the smaller Augusta represented a departure from that tradition, and contributed to a significant growth in Lancia's unit sales during the 1930s. Nevertheless, in terms of volumes sold, the Augusta was overwhelmed by Fiat's much more aggressively priced 508 Ballila.

Lancia Belna

Lancia started its French operations on October 1, 1931. At its first factory outside of Italy, at Bonneuil-sur-Marne, Lancia built the Augusta and later Aprilia models, although named them Belna and Ardennes. Approximately 3,000 Augusta/Belna and 1,500 Aprilia/Ardennes were built.

Of the approximately 3,000 Belnas built between 1934 and 1938, 2,500 were saloons and 500 bare chassis.

Georges Paulin had invented the retractable hardtop and subsequently sold it to French coachbuilder Marcel Pourtout. Carrosserie Pourtout built several models based on the French-built Lancia Belna.

Lancia Belna Cabriolet 1935 Pourtout

Lancia Belna Roadster Pourtout

Lancia Pourtout

References

↑ Farinelli, Aldo (6 October 1932). "Le nuove creazioni dell'industria italiana al XXVI Salon di Parigi". La Stampa (in Italian). p. 4. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

Bibliography

Frostick, Michael (1976). Lancia. ISBN 0-901564-22-2.

External links

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V4																	Lambda									Artena						Aprilia
I4							12 HP Zeta
			12 HP Alfa	15/20 HP Beta	20 HP Gamma	20/30 HP Epsilon		35 HP Theta						Kappa
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						30/50 HP Eta
I6			18 HP Dialfa
V8																										Astura
V8																	Trikappa						Dilambda