The Lancia 15/20HP (Type 54, Beta) is an automobile which was produced by
Lancia
Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. () is an Italian car manufacturer and a subsidiary of Stellantis Europe, which is the European subsidiary of Stellantis. The present legal entity of Lancia was formed in January 2007 when its corporate parent reorganise ...
of
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
in 1909.
The 15/20HP replaced the earlier
12HP-Alfa and
18/24HP Dialfa models. Basically the car was a modernized version of the 12HP with the engine displacement
enlarged from 2.5 to 3.1 litres (from 28 hp to 34 hp) and the wheelbase increased from to . 150 examples were manufactured before it was replaced by the
Gamma-20HP model (type 55) in 1910.
References
*Lancia by Michael Frostick, 1976.
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Beta-15 20HP
Cars introduced in 1909
Brass Era vehicles