yes, know them well - the last in depth welding i did was on a Lada owned by the CAD manager where i worked - never again - sills etc full of rust (and dusty). Affected my eyes as much as anything. The 125 was an understated car wasn't it? "Ray" at another place i worked had his for many years until it gave in to corrosion and he had to let it go.
I had a mate who rolled an Alfa GT junior 1300cc 105 bhp. More of a Triumph fan myself. We all have our crosses to bear!
I wish it was as simple as that - they didn't actually go bankrupt. They hung on and "tried their best", better than Maserati for example. The marque/name was shelved in parts of the world as Fiat downsized. It was a toss-up between Alfa Romeo and Lancia as to which was shelved and the choice was obvious.
go back a bit further to 1969 and they no longer could continue on their own so Fiat bought them, the Fulvia was a big part of that
we don't know each other well, but when it comes to Lancia and particularly Fulvia - "grandma" and "eggs" come to mind - they still didn't go bankrupt .
Fair enough, I don't presume to be an expert... it's true they did not go bankrupt, but if Fiat (or someone else) hadn't bought Lancia then they almost certainly would have, so it is not far from true. The Fulvia wasn't the sole cause of the financial situation either, but Lancia prioritising engineering excellence over cost management exacerbated things and the over-engineering of the Fulvia didn't help. Not trying to claim expertise, but my fascination for and love for Lancia is deep and I'm always happy to learn more about anything to do with the marque, its history and cars. I've never had a Berlina but like them very much and they do look nice in the grey.
i'm glad you qualified it a bit better. Poor old Lancia have been stomped on over the years, even more so for something else that you will be well aware of, so to see them being criticised for something that they are not even in the top 5 for, in the last 60 years* (particularly when one "fact" was wrong!) - for me, is uncalled for. So many car manufacturers had to get bailed out by their corresponding "states" over the years due to operating uneconomically, but most of them did their upmost to keep this quiet. There is a sad story in the history of MV that has a particular irony with this in mind. The fact that Lancia continued manufacturing this terribly uneconomical vehicle for a further six years after the time you mentioned, is something that I will always be grateful for. * Depending on which statistics you trust, half of which cannot be corroborated anyway.
