1959 Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato
When Lancia added the Sport to the Flaminia range in 1959, the coachwork went to Carrozzeria Zagato rather than the comfort-oriented Touring or Pininfarina.
The result, shaped by a young Ercole Spada, was among the more visually striking Italian GTs of its day: flush covered headlamps, a central bonnet scoop, pop-out door handles, and Zagato’s characteristic double-bubble roofline. It was all formed in lightweight aluminium over a shortened 2,520mm wheelbase.
Mechanically, the Sport used the same 2,458cc aluminium V6 carried across the Flaminia range, though competition-specification cars received three Weber carburettors lifting output to 140bhp.
The rear-mounted transaxle (carried over from the Aurelia) concentrated weight over the driven wheels, paired with double-wishbone front suspension and four-wheel servo-assisted disc brakes.
Just 99 pre-series examples were built with the covered headlamps (a detail later outlawed in Italy and dropped from subsequent cars). A 2.8-liter Supersport version followed, producing 150bhp through three 40mm Webers and capable of over 210km/h.
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