The Zagato Sport, which became famous as the “the beautiful girl” and that was presented in 1958 at the Turin motor show, was the third of 6 variants of the Lancia Flaminia. Prior to this, Pininfarina had contributed to the Flaminia models with a 4-door saloon and Messrs. Touring from Milan, first with a coupe, followed by a roadster with a ‘supperleggera’ Touring body.
Perhaps the most striking feature of the Zagato Flaminia Sport is the “double bubble” - the double-arched roof and hallmark of Zagato. The extremely aerodynamic appearance is created by its rounded aluminium body, the front headlights sunken into the wings, the rear end that slopes away and the round rear lights.
The first 99 units of the successor to the Lancia Aurelia left the Zagato factory near Milan with glass-covered front headlights. From 1960 onwards, the coupe was fitted with the vertical style headlights of the normal Flaminia models.
The Flaminia received one last and final modification from Zagato in 1964 in the form of the Lancia Flaminia 2800 Super Sport.
Ian Baedeker
IMHO this Series I variant has one of the greatest closed sports car designs EVER, along with its superb build quality- although it is somewhat underpowered in comparison with some other Italian sports cars of the era.
I once spoke at length with a major Italian car collector, whose collection includes a Ferrari 275 GTB4, a Maserati 300, and a Lancia B24 Spyder. He contends that the Lancias were the best built Italian cars of the era, as they were overconstructed and made fewer concessions for weight saving than the firms who had more serious racing asperations did.
I'd take one in a heartbeat.
Any other Lancia fans here ?
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