1962 Lancia Flaminia Coupe 2.5

The first Lancia designed entirely by the Turin company’s new technical supreme, Professor Antonio Fessia, the Flaminia was the flagship of the Lancia range when launched in 1957. The initial four-door Berlina, with mold-breaking Pininfarina styling, evolved from the Florida show cars, combining the best of American trends with the ultimate in high class European engineering and good taste. Though a few early cars had drums, Lancia soon adopted the latest Dunlop disc brakes, mounted inboard at the rear, adding to the Flaminia’s reputation as a highly agile saloon.

This Pininfarina two-door coupe Flaminia (actually built as well as styled by Pininfarina) was constructed in steel on a slightly shorter wheelbase than the saloon. The general lines of the Coupe announced at Turin in 1957 were developed from the “Florida II” show car of that same year, a styling landmark that was the favored personal transport of Battista Pininfarina, founder of the company....