Lancia Trikappa

Lancia Trikappa
Lancia Trikappa coupé de ville
Overview
Manufacturer	Lancia
Production	1922–1925
Body and chassis
Class	Luxury car
Body style	Torpedo Coupé de ville
Layout	Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Powertrain
Engine	4,594 cc V8
Transmission	4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	3,385 mm (133.3 in)
Curb weight	1,360 kg (2,998 lb) (chassis)
Chronology
Successor	Lancia Dilambda

The Lancia Trikappa is a passenger car produced by Lancia between 1922 and 1925. It was a luxury car, the flagship of Lancia's production. With only 14 degrees between the banks, the Trikappa 4.5-litre V8 was the first of Lancia's typical narrow V engines. In total 847 were manufactured.^[1]

Lancia had been experimenting with V engines since the First World War, even showcasing a chassis with a narrow V 12-cylinder engine at the the 1919 Paris Motor Show. In the end V12 engined cars were estimated to be too expensive to produce and a V8 was used instead.

Specifications

The Trikappa was powered by a 4,594 cc Tipo 68 14° V8, with a single overhead camshaft and two parallel valves per cylinder.^[1] It produced 98 hp at 2,500 rpm, allowing the Trikappa to reach a top speed of 130 km/h (81 mph).^[1] In addition to the narrow V engine, another first for Lancia were brakes on all four wheels. The first examples produced left the factory with rear wheel brakes only and were upgraded later.^[1]

The rest of the mechanicals were as on the other Lancia models: ladder frame, solid axles front and rear on semi-elliptic springs, and a 4-speed gearbox with a triple-plate dry clutch.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Amatori 1992.

Bibliography

Frostick, Michael (1976). Lancia. ISBN 0-901564-22-2.
Amatori, Franco et al. (1992). Storia della Lancia — Impresa Tecnologie Mercati 1906–1969. Milan: Fabbri Editori. pp. 352–353.

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Type	1900s				1910s										1920s										1930s
Type	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
V4																												Augusta						Ardea
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
						20/30 HP Delta										Dikappa
						30/50 HP Eta
I6			18 HP Dialfa
V8																										Astura
V8																	Trikappa						Dilambda