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==Hybrid Models==
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==Top Gear appearance==


[[Jeremy Clarkson]] chose to buy a 1981 Lancia Beta Coupé for £1500, the only Lancia of any sort in Botswana, on a 1000-mile journey for a [[Top Gear (current format)|Top Gear]] special<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series10episode4.shtml Top Gear Episode 4 Series 10, 04.11.2007</ref>.  The Beta had only done 29,000 miles, but due to poor maintenance and harsh conditions it was in extremely poor shape at the outset, and virtually died several times due to mechanical failures.  Remarkably, it survived to the end, proving that cheap 2WD cars can deal with rough conditions successfully.  Much of the bodywork was removed to save weight on the salt flats, and Clarkson renamed it the Lancia Beta Coupé [[Superleggera]].


===Second generation (YYYY–YYYY)===
Photos of the Botswana Lancia Beta Coupe and Top Gear filming at Stanford Hall(Auto Italia Italian car day) [http://www.flickr.com/search/?ss=2&w=88589821%40N00&q=top+gear&m=text]
 
 
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==Awards==
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==See Also==
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Lancia Beta
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Jeremy Clarkson chose to buy a 1981 Lancia Beta Coupé for £1500, the only Lancia of any sort in Botswana, on a 1000-mile journey for a Top Gear special<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series10episode4.shtml Top Gear Episode 4 Series 10, 04.11.2007</ref>. The Beta had only done 29,000 miles, but due to poor maintenance and harsh conditions it was in extremely poor shape at the outset, and virtually died several times due to mechanical failures. Remarkably, it survived to the end, proving that cheap 2WD cars can deal with rough conditions successfully. Much of the bodywork was removed to save weight on the salt flats, and Clarkson renamed it the Lancia Beta Coupé Superleggera.

Photos of the Botswana Lancia Beta Coupe and Top Gear filming at Stanford Hall(Auto Italia Italian car day) [1]

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LANCIA

The Fiat Group


Abarth | Alfa Romeo | Autobianchi | Ferrari | Fiat | Lancia | Innocenti | Maserati | Iveco | Chrysler | Dodge | Ram | Jeep


1907–1918: Alfa-12HP · Dialfa-18HP · Beta-15/20HP · Delta-20/30HP · Epsilon · Eta-30/50HP · Gamma-20HP · Theta-35HP · Zeta-12/15HP

1918-1945: Aprilia · Ardea · Artena · Astura · Augusta · Dilambda · Kappa · Dikappa · Lambda · Trikappa

1945-1980: Appia · Aurelia · Beta · D20 · D23 · D24 · D25 · D50 · Flaminia · Flavia · 2000 · Fulvia · Gamma · Montecarlo · Stratos HF

1980-2006: Dedra · Delta S4 · Kappa · LC1 · LC2 · Lybra · Prisma · Thema · Thema 8.32 · Trevi · Y10 · Ypsilon · Zeta · 037 (Group B)

Current models: Musa · Phedra · Thesis · Ypsilon · Delta

Rally cars: 037 · Stratos Rally Car · Delta HF Integrale Rally Car

Concept: Fulvia Concept · Delta HPE Concept · Stratos Zero Concept


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Vincenzo Lancia Corporate website A brand of the Fiat group


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