New Lancia Delta

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New Lancia Delta

Great. But I hate how it looks, like an Astra on a diet. I can't see anything that curvy winning rallies. If it was like the original but a little rounded I would have loved it :(
 
It hasnt growen on me yet but Im sure it will, I was under the impression it was the new Beta replacement.
 
is it just me or did lancia hire the same guy who designed the seat leon, and then gave him the same platform as well. man he must be laughing his ass off, 2 birds with 1 stone (again).

i know i say this every time a new car is released but lets be honest here, its ugly, boring and very much the same as everything else in its class. yawn yawn yawn. if you consider the fact thats its a lancia, then all of a sudden a seat leon or even an astra becomes more desireable, whats the point of an ugly pointless car that looks like its competitors but falls apart twice as fast. it has no place on the market.

make it sexy, make it italian. make it deserving of its delta name. lancia should be trying to sell a sportier alternative to fiat/alfa, if they cant do that then go bloody bust with dignity. the delta name deserves better, much much better. the old delta hf intergrale was far better looking, why not re-release that but make it a bit better and modernise it a little bit. i'd want an old delta if they used modern technology and manufacturing to make it more reliable well built, but retained the mad handling, scary performance and rally car looks. that would be a car that could sell, that would be desireable, WTF is an ugly leon copy going to do?

is anyone even trying to be original or competitive any more. i dont think we need another vw clone on the market. its getting to the point where you dont choose a car, just a class, then it makes no difference what you choose they're all the same platform in that class and almost the same bloody design. whats the point!!! do these people even understand basic economics?
 
Alfa is fiats "sporty" outlet.

Lancia is now supposed to be their "Luxury" outlet.

Its a crying shame.
 
that is so backwards!

alfa should be aiming for the executive luxury market, they have been for a good while now (e.g. 156 was a firm exec market competitor for years)

lancia should be the sporty alternative. the hf intergrale alone gives them that right. i remeber my first ever experience in an hf. it still makes me smile to think about it.

i dont know who's making these decisions but i have one very good question for them

why why why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I feel your pain,

My old HF Turbo ie is still the fastest and most fun car I have ever driven.
 
The back reminds me of a Maybach 57/62

I think car designers are at too "Futurestic(?)"

Every car ends up looking the same!
Its the whole "the light has to be 2.5 feet from the floor" malarkey
 
jug said:
the hf intergrale alone gives them that right.

And let us not forget the stratos :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:

That thing is SSSSSOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo ugly, someone tell them to go sit in a corner and have a quite word with themselves
 
oh yeah the stratos. a great machine (y) if you were a rally diver in the mid 70s the last thing you wanted to race against was a stratos. with a heritage like that lancia should really be given the chance to release fiat's sportier models.
 
Has anyone else noticed it's like the Bravo/Stilo spyshots that are floating about ?

It even has the door handles under the crease that runs the full length of the car, is this going to be a new design feature ? Kinda like fiats version of the hoffmeister kink !
 
I am a Delta... Honest ;)
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Seriously lacking in the agression front. Should do a thread of 'what the car is thinking' captions.
 
wow the rear suspension setup in that pic is like nothing i've ever seen. it looks like a mcpherson strut with an extra pair of shocks, one on each side. whats that all about?
 
jug said:
wow the rear suspension setup in that pic is like nothing i've ever seen. it looks like a mcpherson strut with an extra pair of shocks, one on each side. whats that all about?

S4, note the twin calipers on the rear disc. It had a turbo and a supercharger.

Not based on the delta platform though, only shares the name.
 
maybe it had something to do with this-

In the autumn of 1972, Sandro Munari and Mario Mannucci started the Tour De Corse in the second Stratos ever built. The car retired with rear suspension failure, and the same problem was to occur again on the Costa Del Sol rally only a month later.


so i guess they thought "weld a couple of extra shocks on, that'll sort it".
 
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