Lancia Trikappa | |
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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.
The Trikappa was powered by a 4,594 cc Tipo 68 V8, with a bore and stroke of 75 mm (3.0 in) and 130 mm (5.1 in). The engine featured a narrow 14° angle between the cylinder banks, and a single overhead camshaft and two parallel valves per cylinder. [2] Fed by a Zenith twin-choke carburettor, [1] it produced 98 hp at 2,500 rpm, allowing the Trikappa to reach a top speed of 130 km/h (81 mph). [2] The gearbox had four forward speeds and a triple-plate dry clutch.
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. [2] The brake pedal acted on the front brakes and transmission brake, while the rears were actuated via a hand lever. [1] The rest of the mechanicals were as on other coeval Lancia models: ladder frame, solid axles front and rear with semi-elliptic leaf springs and Hartford dampers. [1]
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