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It conquers however doesn’t shock: consolation, end and silence, and a little bit of Made in Italy style are the elements of the brand new Lancia Ypsilon. Which was born electrical and is, rightly, additionally thermal/hybrid. Launched final March, within the restricted Cassina model, with full electrical engine, the time has come to strive it, however first we have to take inventory of the traits and positioning of the brand new mannequin from the Italian Stellantis model
The new Ypsilon is the model’s first electrical and first mannequin since nearly a geological period in the past, automotively talking. The automotive was revealed after a collection of previews as a part of a singular communication marketing campaign. In reality, shapes and traits have been recognized for a while. Seen in individual, the automotive is fascinating and overtly declares that the Lancia model is again on the sphere. The New Ypsilon is predicated on the outdated, however up to date, CMP former Psa structure, and is due to this fact strongly associated to the Peugeot 208 and Opel Corsa. It shares many sheet steel elements with the latter, whereas the inside type is particular to the mannequin. It is in-built Zaragoza, Spain, however there isn’t a must argue about being made in Italy given the Italian growth of the product and the present one (which not too long ago ceased manufacturing) is made in Poland.
Yspilon represents, it’s value remembering, step one within the rebirth of a historic Italian model that Sergio Marchionne, the late primary at FCA, needed to extinguish. But as an alternative it resisted strenuously, solely in Italy and with only one mannequin: the 2011 Ypsilon, firmly on the rostrum of the best-selling within the Bel Paese. Now we flip the web page. Lancia, entrusted to Luca Napolitano, by the CEO of Stellantis, Carlos Taveres, begins once more from the brand new, third collection of Ypsilon and there’s a plan of recent fashions (Gamma and Delta on STLA MEDIUM structure) for the rebirth, in an electrical key , which may also contain the Italian manufacturing unit in Melfi.
Lancia Ypsilon, the engines within the vary
The Lancia Ypsilon within the electrical variant options the well-known 156 horsepower (115 kW) electrical motor and a 51 kWh battery with a variety of 403 km WLTP. it gives quick charging (solely 100 kW in DC) and, like its sisters Opel Corsa and Peugeot 208, was created to be electrical and thermal/hybrid. a hybrid may also be provided with PuteTech engines already seen on different “Cmp primarily based” vehicles of the group. The unit, as within the case of the brand new C2 and different B segments of the group, has been modified in distribution. Now there’s a chain as an alternative of the oil bathtub belt which has created fairly a number of issues. In explicit, the 48 volt gentle hybrid delivers 100 hp and boasts a twin clutch gearbox.
Ypsilon adjustments market place: it now absolutely belongs to the B section, whereas the outdated one, primarily based on the structure of the Fiat Panda, is the truth is a part of the A section, however as a consequence of a advertising fiction it was promoted to the upper one. The new mannequin is the truth is 20 cm longer (4.08 meters lengthy in comparison with 3.8 meters) than the mannequin that replaces the present one. The width has elevated by nearly 10 centimeters (from 1.67 to 1.76 metres), whereas the peak is diminished, making the automotive physique extra streamlined and proportionate.