Lancia di Lancia: 1120HP Motor Launch is the Most Powerful Lancia Yet
Lancia di Lancia – Click above for high-res image gallery
What's the most powerful Lancia ever made? The Ferrari-powered Stratos? The rally-forged Delta HF Integrale? Forget street legal, even the famous Group B type 037 pales by comparison to the vehicle you see here: the Lancia di Lancia.
Following hot in the wake of the recently announced Powershore Abarth SP speed boat, the Lancia di Lancia is a second collaboration between Italian shipyard SACS and Fiat. Rather than turning to Yamaha for propulsion, the Italian automaker kept it in-house with a pair of 6.7-liter, 24-valve, common-rail direct injection inline-six turbodiesels from Fiat Powertrain Technologies – each generating a whopping 560 horsepower for a total combined output of (carry the two, divide by Pi) 1120 sea-horses. That's enough to propel the 8.5-ton speedboat to 48 knots – the maritime equivalent of 55 miles per hour.
Like the Abarth SP, the Lancia speedboat is a Rigid Inflatable Boat, or in other words a solid hull with an inflatable surround. Unlike its sister-ship, though, the engines are mounted on-board in a stern-drive layout. The boat also features a closed cockpit with a retractable windscreen for access, can carry 11 people and features a dinette that can be converted into a bed. And just in case you needed another reason to take to the waves, Lancia has reached back into its roots to revive the partnership with Martini for those iconic racing stripes. The Lancia di Lancia – whose handle draws on the company's nautical name – will debut at the Grand Hotel Excelsior in Venice (where else?) during the upcoming international film festival next month. Press release after the jump and images in the gallery below.
Gallery: Lancia di Lancia
[Source: Lancia via Italiaspeed]
PRESS RELEASE:
Get ready for the first 1120 HP Lancia...
It's the biggest, most powerful Lancia ever built.
It doesn't have to stick to the speed limit. It moves in a boundary-free dimension.
Not having to stick to any road, it gives you the freedom you want.
It's how the other half live, something which only Lancia, among all car manufacturers, can show you.
Its body and heart are thoroughbred Italian.
The 1120 HP engine delivers superb reliability, power and lightweight lightweight construction, is guaranteed to be a race winner like countless other Fiat engines. Modern, quiet-running, clean.
Shed-loads of power for pure excitement, while safety is taken care of, too. The Lancia, or "Motor Launch", protects you, conceals you and at the same time puts itself on show, drawing attention to itself and to you. Lancia outside, FPT underneath.
All to be revealed, but only to a privileged few.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Stan Man 8:11AM (8/19/2009)
I thought this was "Autoblog", not "Boatblog".
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Affalterbach 8:13AM (8/19/2009)
Now look: they also put posts regarding Camry/Accord/90% of all modern cars, so it makes no difference.
Affalterbach 8:12AM (8/19/2009)
And sadly this is the only Lancia in the past so many years that can catch an enthusiast's eye.
does Fiat really know what they want to do with Lancia? Do they really care? They should've been the Mercedes/BMW/Audi-like Luxury wing of Fiat. Instead look where they are now.
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RSVDon 8:19AM (8/19/2009)
55 mph? That's it? Seriously?....
That's slow even by maritime standards. I know of 200 hp V6 gas engines in 18 ft boats that can do that. The powerful cigarette v hull boats reach in excess of 110 mph nowadays. Come back when Lancia builds a boat that can at least do the legal limit on a highway.
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rar 9:20AM (8/19/2009)
RSVDon, you are correct, that is slow. The world speed record for a v-bottom boat is over 171 mph.
http://www.fountainpowerboats.com/racing/records/speed_records.html
This boat seems lame when you compare it to Fountian, Outerlimits, or other top US powerboat manufactures. If any of you live in the Midwest and want to see some fast and good looking boats, here is the place to go the weekend of the 28th.
http://www.powerboatmag.com/lake-of-the-ozarks-shootout-turns-21.html
hashiryu 11:35AM (8/19/2009)
Exactly this. It is no doubt sexy, but this is weak sauce and SLOW for a power boat.
BoneHeadOtto 8:32AM (8/19/2009)
55mph? That is fast for a windsurfer not a boat.
http://www.boardseekermag.com/special_features/speed/windsurfing-speed-record_061.htm
Windsurfing rocks btw. There is nothing quite like harnessing the wind and rocketing across chop at speeds that shame all other sailing craft!
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Wayno-san 9:16AM (8/19/2009)
All that horsepower just to drive 55.... I think I could find a better home for those engines.
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mcintyre2000 9:33AM (8/19/2009)
Has to be a typo, wave runners and jet skis do 60 plus.
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Quan 2:24AM (8/20/2009)
Let's hope so. I recently did 70 mph on a Sea Doo with significantly less than 1120 horsepower.
jrhmobile 9:37AM (8/19/2009)
Yeah, but that's 55 mph for twin diesels that can go run hundreds and maybe a thousand miles with big tanks in open sea before refueling.
Maybe your cousin Billy Bob's bass boat with the 350 Mercruiser or your buddy's Sea Ray with the twin 454s boxed in its dry berth on Thunder Alley can sprint faster, but can it hang with this 28- to 30-footer cabin cruiser carrying a family or a few tons of, uh, express freight for a few hundred miles on open water? And the rigid inflatable hull and retractable top makes this a solid high-speed cruiser in foul weather too. This is a pretty rugged tool.
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hashiryu 11:36AM (8/19/2009)
S. T. F. U.
Do you know anything about powerboats?
Kaveh 3:18PM (8/19/2009)
I like the paint job
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kuprienko 4:43PM (8/19/2009)
It probably means "speeds in excess of 55 mph" or something... It's got over 1K hp and surface drives... cmon...
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