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Lancia marks its centenary with a calendar

Aureilia GT Aurelia Spider

Lancia are celebrating their centenary with the launch of a special edition calendar featuring a number of their most famous models through the years, with a "fairy tale" theme.

"1906 - 2006: Once upon a time…". is the title of the calendar created by the Armando Testa agency and phptographed by Fulvio Bonavia, one of the best-known Italian photographers, and winner of several major international competitions.

The result is an extraordinary gallery of pictures in which the seductive Beta Torpedo challenges the beauty of Snow White, the Aurelia GT tells the story of Cinderella's dream, the Aurelia Spider dispatches Little Red Riding Hood's wolf, and the Fulvia flies with Hook and Peter Pan. Then there is the Delta Rally that receives the kiss of victory like the Frog Prince, and the Ypsilon enters the realm of Alice in Wonderland. On every page the magical styling of the Lancia cars combines with the fairy-tale characters and atmosphere, and the enchanted landscapes of the poetical narrative is interwoven with the legendary history of the cars and their designers, the races and the engines that have been milestones in technical progress and racing events of the 20th century.

Beta Torpedo Ypsilon

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