You can be forgiven for questioning whether or not Lancia nonetheless exists. It’s been a lengthy time because the heydays of Delta Integrales flying throughout tv screens; the model has been confined to Italy since 2017 and the one automotive it has bought from 2015 onwards has been the aged 12-year-old Ypsilon. We’re now seeing the primary inexperienced shoots of its rebirth, nonetheless, with the introduction of the brand new Ypsilon.
This newest fourth-generation mannequin is a contact bigger than the bijou metropolis vehicles of years previous, now an everyday five-door B-segment hatchback that shares its Widespread Modular Platform (CMP) with the Peugeot 208. It’s additionally – for now, a minimum of – a fully-electric car that makes use of the operating gear from the e-208.
All meaning the Ypsilon has the identical headline figures because the facelifted zero-emissions Pug – its single entrance motor produces 156 PS (115 kW) and 260 Nm of torque, whereas its 51 kWh battery delivers a variety of as much as 403km on the WLTP cycle.
Lancia hasn’t mentioned how a lot DC quick charging energy it could possibly help (solely that it could possibly cost from 20 to 80% in 24 minutes and supply a further 100 km of vary in ten minutes), however we will safely assume it’s the identical 100 kW most because the e-208. We are able to additionally fairly assume the Ypsilon will probably be out there with the Peugeot’s 11 kW onboard charger, permitting AC cost instances of round 4 hours and 40 minutes.
Whereas the underpinnings are very acquainted, Lancia has a minimum of tried its hardest to decorate them in typical Italian type. The aggressive entrance finish has been lifted straight from the Pu+Ra HPE idea and options an illuminated gloss black “chalice” grille (impressed by the Beta Montecarlo, apparently) and spherical headlights which might be purported to call to mind the long-lasting Stratos – though these ones clearly don’t pop up.
The delicate spherical types, then again, are supposed to hark again to the basic Aurelia and Flaminia sedans, whereas the gloss black remedy continues on the C-pillars (housing the Lancia emblem) and the tailgate trim linking the spherical headlights. Just like the earlier Ypsilon, the brand new mannequin sports activities hidden rear door handles.
Inside, the Ypsilon evokes a trendy Italian front room, not least by way of the identify Lancia selected for the infotainment system SALA (which, by the best way, stands for Sound Air Mild Augmentation). It consists of dual 10.25-inch shows for the instrument cluster and centre touchscreen, the latter of which additionally homes the air-con controls – though there are fortunately bodily buttons beneath the centre air vents.
On high of the sprint sits a spherical “hub” that lights up when utilizing the “Hey SALA” voice management. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto come as commonplace, as are adaptive cruise management with cease and go and lane centring help for Degree 2 semi-autonomous driving. The Ypsilon is the one automotive in its class to return with such a system as commonplace, Lancia claims.
The “front room” idea is taken a step additional by way of a collaboration with Italian furnishings firm Cassina, which has resulted within the Edizione Limitata Cassina launch particular, restricted to 1906 items (in celebration of Lancia’s founding 12 months). It’s resplendent in blue, a hue that’s carried into the double-stitched ribbed velvet upholstery in addition to the distinctive tavolino (or “small desk”).
This round leather-covered panel sits above the centre console and homes the wi-fi charging pad. As but it’s unclear whether or not the tavolino will probably be supplied throughout the vary (minus the leather-based, presumably) or restricted to the Cassina variant.
The Ypsilon is the primary of three fashions in Lancia’s strategic plan, and it’ll spearhead the model’s return to the remainder of Europe, beginning with Belgium and the Netherlands in mid-2024 and adopted by France and Spain, then Germany in 2025. It gained’t be low cost, although – the Edizione Limitata Cassina will probably be priced at €39,999 (RM205,700), though that does as least embody an AC wallbox charger.
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