Lancia Gamma

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The Lancia Gamma was an executive car from Italian Fiat Auto's up-scale Lancia marque. Presented in 1976 at the Geneva Motor Show as Lancia's new flagship, it filled the void in Lancia's lineup left by the demise of the Flavia. The Gamma was made until 1984 as a 4-door fastback (called Berlina) and 2-door coupé (presented in 1977), both designed by Pininfarina. There were only 15,272 berlinas and 6,789 coupés built. As with several other cars of the period, the fastback style had a conventional boot at the rear, and was not a hatchback, despite its appearance.

Gamma is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. Greek letters have been used to denote Lancia models before 1945, and this tradition was revived with the presentation of the FWD Lancia Beta in 1971, the first Lancia to be developed under Fiat supervision. The Gamma can be seen as a continuation, also being FWD and utilizing some suspension elements from the Beta[1], so the choice of the following Greek character (Beta is second) appears as logical. The Gamma sports the γ (lower case gamma) sign on several badges both inside and outside.

See Wikicars' comprehensive Lancia Gamma Review.

Tabla de contenidos 1 Recent Changes 2 Styles and Major Options 3 Pricing 4 Gas Mileage 5 Engine and Transmission 6 Performance 7 Reliability 8 Safety 9 Photos 10 Colors 11 Main Competitors 12 Hybrid Models 13 Unique Attributes 14 Interior 15 Resale Values 16 Criticisms 17 Generations 18 Current Generation: (YYYY–present) 18.1 Fifth generation (YYYY–YYYY) 18.2 Fourth generation (YYYY–YYYY) 18.3 Third generation (YYYY–YYYY) 18.4 Second generation (YYYY–YYYY) 18.5 First Generation/Origins (YYYY–YYYY) 19 Worldwide 20 Design quirks and oddities 21 Awards 22 See Also 23 External Links

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Engine and Transmission

The Lancia Gamma was a front-wheel drive car with longitudinally-mounted engines. It was available with either a 5-speed manual transmission or later a 4-speed automatic transmission. There were effectively two series of the Gamma, though Lancia referred to the change merely as a "face-lift". The main change was that the engines went from carburettors to Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection. At the same time a lot of cosmetic work was done; the cars got a new corporate grille, 15-inch "sunburst" alloy wheels, and a slightly upgraded interior, with new instrumentation and interior lighting, new badging, a new style handbrake and gear lever gaitor. The "FL1"s (as they were known at Lancia) were ready in 1980 and in fact had been on sale in Italy since late 1979; in the United Kingdom they were not released until late 1980, allegedly in order to allow dealers to shift stocks of the first series which had developed a poor reputation.

Lancia developed a unique flat-4 engine for the Gamma (an idea initially was to use a Fiat V6). Engine designer Di Virgilio also drew up an engine for the Gamma which was a V6 4-cam with either 3- or 4-litre displacement, but this never came to fruition. The Flat four engine finally chosen for the Gamma lacked the cachet afforded to luxury cars in this sector, which generally came with 6 or 8 cylinders. The 4-cylinder engine was unusually large for a modern 4-cylinder petrol engine, though Subaru EJ flat-4 engines matched it in volume and the Porsche 944 and 968 had 3L straight-4 engines. The "4" had certain engineering advantages, but more than anything it allowed Aldo Brovarone (Pininfarina chief stylist) to design a rakish looking coupé with a low bonnet line and a steeply raked windscreen. When launched at the Geneva show in 1979 there were crowds around the Lancia stand. Pressure cast in alloy with wet cylinder liners, the engine was also extremely light and though it only produced 140 bhp (104 kW), (120 bhp (89 kW) in 2.0-litre form) in line with traditional Lancia thinking it generated a huge amount of torque, most of which was available at just 2000 rpm.

Initially available with a displacement of 2.5 L (Gamma 2500), it was later joined by a 2.0 L version (Gamma 2000), which resulted from the Italian tax system (cars with engines larger than 2.0 L are subject to heavier tax burden). The displacement was lowered by decreasing the bore rather than the stroke of the engine. Both displacements were using Weber carburetors, and the 2.5 L also came in a version fitted with fuel injection (Gamma 2500 I.E.).

• 2.0 L carburetor 8v SOHC flat-4 - 1999 cc, 115 PS (85 kW)[2]
• 2.5 L carburetor 8v SOHC flat-4 - 2484 cc, 140 PS (103 kW)[2]
• 2.5 L I.E. 8v SOHC flat-4 - 2484 cc, 140 PS (103 kW)[2]

Ironically, it was the engine that caused the Gamma to have a poor name. It overheated far too easily, wore its cams, and leaked oil. The wishbone bushes wore out early, and, because the power steering was driven from the cam-belts, the car was prone to snapping the belts when steering was on full lock — with disastrous results. By the time the FL1 was launched most of these problems had been addressed, but the damage was done, and the car's poor reputation cemented. The whole marque suffered from similar reputation problems; compare with the Lancia Beta.

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See Also

• 1977 Pininfarina Gamma Spider — a targa top version of coupé.
• 1977 Giugiaro Megagamma — a short-nosed MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) hatchback-bodied variant.
• 1980 Pininfarina Gamma Scala — a saloon, based on the coupé but with a regular notchback boot.
• 1981 Saloon — a Berlina-based six-window notchback saloon variant.
• 1982 Pininfarina Gamma Olgiata — a three-door estate, based on the coupé; similar in concept to the Lancia Beta HPE.

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