1933 Lancia Astura Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton coachwork by Carrozzeria Castagna
The Lancia Astura was one of the most luxurious cars built in Italy during the 1930s.
This Third Series Astura has coachwork by Carrozzeria Castagna of Milan. One of the oldest established Italian coachbuilders, the Casatagna Company began building carriages in 1849. Ercole Castagna, the son of the company’s founder, bodied cars for movie stars, royalty and even the Pope. This Astura is one of his finest creations.
The engine is Lancia’s 2.9-liter, narrow-angle V-8 design with the single cylinder head first patented for the Lancia Dilambda.
A truly great man in automotive history, Vincenzo Lancia accomplished a fair deal more than many others who are far better known yet contributed far less to the accumulation of data and techniques shared by the whole world’s automotive community. Yet those who know great engineering design relish Lancia’s cars. In the early 1920s, they had independent front suspension, along with steering considered the best in the world — and all of it mounted on integrated body-chassis structures in 1922. Lancias were the first cars in Europe to have complete electrical systems, each with narrow-angle V engines, first V-4s, then V-8s.
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