| 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 | 3,384 mm (133.2 in)[1] |
| Curb weight | 1,360 kg (2,998 lb) (chassis)[2] |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Lancia Dilambda |
The Lancia Trikappa is an automobile produced by Lancia between 1922 and 1925. It was a luxury car, offered as the flagship of Lancia's production. The Trikappa 4.5-litre V8 is notable as the first of Lancia's narrow V engines, a distinguishing feature the manufacturer only abandoned in the 1970s. The car was offered as a bare rolling chassis, as torpedo or 6-seater coupé de ville.[1] In total 847 were manufactured.[2]
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 1919 Paris Motor Show. In the end V12 engined cars were estimated to be too expensive to produce and a V8 was used instead.
- ^ a b Lancia Trikappa (brochure) (in French). Lancia & C. Turin—fabbrica di automobili. 1926.
- ^ a b Amatori 1992.