Lancia Trikappa

Lancia
Vittorio Emanuele III. in a Lancia Trikappa at the opening of the Autostrada dei Laghi (1924)
Tricappa
Production period:	1922-1925
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	Touring car
Engines:	Otto engine : 4.6 liters (72 kW)
Length:	4970 mm
Width:	1620 mm
Height:
Wheelbase :	3384 mm
Empty weight :	1350 kg
successor	Lancia Dilambda

The Lancia Trikappa is a car of Lancia , which was produced from 1922 to 1925.

The Trikappa is the first series of Lancia vehicle equipped with an eight-cylinder - V-type engine was equipped. The long-stroke (bore: 75 mm, stroke: 130 mm) engine has a displacement of 4594 cm³ and is very compact and short for its time. With a length of only 888 mm, it enables a short front end. It develops a maximum of 98 hp (72 kW) at 2500 rpm. The eight cylinders stand in two rows at an angle of only 22 degrees (other sources mention 14 degrees) and are covered by a common cylinder head. The valves are actuated by a camshaft located centrally in the cylinder head. The large car (wheelbase: 3384 mm) reaches a top speed of 130 km / h. The Trikappa is one of the first Lancias to have brakes on all four wheels.

827 pieces of the luxury automobile with torpedo body were produced.

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lancia Trikappa on The History of the Lancia Company