time since the heydays of Delta Integrales flying across television screens; the brand has been confined to Italy since 2017 and the only car it has sold from 2015 onwards has been the elderly 12-year-old Ypsilon.
While the underpinnings are very familiar, Lancia has at least tried its hardest to dress them in typical Italian style. The aggressive front end has been lifted straight from the Pu+Ra HPE concept and features an illuminated gloss black “chalice” grille and round headlights that are supposed to bring to mind the iconic Stratos – although these ones obviously don’t pop up.
Inside, the Ypsilon evokes a stylish Italian living room, not least through the name Lancia chose for the infotainment system SALA . It consists of twin 10.25-inch displays for the instrument cluster and centre touchscreen, the latter of which also houses the air-con controls – although there are thankfully physical buttons under the centre air vents.