lancia announced it will launch three new electric vehicle (EV) models starting in 2024, before switching to all-electricity in 2028, as part of its 10-year strategic plan.
While the Stellantis subsidiary hasn’t revealed what any of these three upcoming EVs will look like, it has revealed styling that looks like a spaceship. Pu+Ra Zero concept “three-dimensional manifesto” previews the design of its cars.
The first of these cars confirmed is a new version of the Ypsilon city car, due out in 2024, with Stratos-inspired round taillights and a sustainable interior with at least 50% contact points. Touch is “ecological”. .
It is expected that this new Lancia Ypsilon will be based on Stellantis’ STLA small electric vehicle platform, the platform for Peugeot e-208 and Opel Corsa-e.
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The second EV is an unnamed flagship, which was previously reported to launch in 2026 and is the “end of the crossover segment,” according to Lancia CEO Luca Napolitano in April of this year.
The third EV is confirmed to be a new Delta, which was previously reported to launch in 2028 and will be “muscular, geometric and sturdy”. It is unclear whether a sporty HF variant will be part of the range.
All three of these new Lancia EVs will share the brand’s new logo marking the brand’s shift to all-electric models.
They will all also feature a new version of the Lancia lettering, as well as a “reinterpretation” of Lancia’s cup-shaped grille.
As previously reported, Lancia is currently one of Stellantis’ ‘Premium’ tier brands alongside Alfa Romeo and DS, and will sell its cars in Europe using a dealership sales model from 2024.
This means that Lancia is expanding beyond Italy, which is currently the only market where Lancia sells cars.
It withdrew from the rest of Europe in 2017, and after a flurry of new products – many of which were renamed Chryslers in a failed attempt to “twin” the two brands – had difficulty in the market.
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Current Lancia Ypsilon
It plans to open 100 dealerships in 60 European cities, but plans to sell 50% of its cars online.
Napolitano said late last year that Lancia’s 10-year plan currently does not involve an expansion beyond Europe or a return to motorsport as Lancia tries to restore its credibility.
“But next year, if all goes well, why not try bringing right-hand drive (Lancia models) to Japan, South Africa or Australia?” he said Reuters in December 2021.
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Lancia Beta
Lancia was last seen in Australia in the mid-1980s with the Beta family.
There were plans put in place to bring the first-generation Delta here, along with bigger fare like Thema, but these never happened. That is despite said models offered on ponds in New Zealand.
Lancia is far from the only Stellantis brand currently in the process of going all-electric. DS is set to be an electric-only brand from 2024, Abarth by 2024, Alfa Romeo from 2027, Fiat by 2030, Maserati by 2030 and outside China Opel/Vauxhall will only sell vehicles electricity by 2028.
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