Lancia Beta

The Lancia Beta is a car produced by Lancia. It was the first new model introduced by Lancia after it had been taken over by Fiat in 1969. The Beta was available in a number of different body styles: The first body style to appear, and the most common was the four-door berlina , with a wheelbase of 2,540 millimetres and 'fastback' styling giving the appearance of a hatchback, although in fact it had a conventional boot like a saloon. This practice was common in the industry at the time as manufacturers deemed that hatchback designs would not be accepted in this market sector. Late in the... Beta's life, with assistance from Pininfarina, a drastically reworked three-box saloon variant was released as the Beta Trevi; the Trevi also introduced a controversial new dashboard layout with deeply recessed displays, which was also later used in the third series Berlina. Number built: 194,914 Berlinas plus 36,784 Trevis. The second style to appear was a 2+2 two-door coupé with a 2,350 millimetres wheelbase. The bodywork was developed inhouse by a Lancia team led by Aldo Castagno, with Pietro Castagnero acting as styling consultant.
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