whats that car??? - harry m
hi everyone anybody watching the tour de france?the car following some of the riders at the finish of the time trial yesterday black with lots of chrome any ideas what it is.ugly or what.
whats that car??? - Gen
Didn't see it but lots of chrome and ugly suggest american. buick maybe?
whats that car??? - king arthur
Haven't seen it but could it have been a Lancia?
whats that car??? - henry k
Haven't seen it but could it have been a Lancia?

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There were certainly several Lancias following individual riders
in the prologue time trial.
whats that car??? - Marcos{P}
On the discussion of new cars I saw a Citroen today that looked very space age. Seemed to be a bit bigger than a C3 but looked really quite good.
whats that car??? - blank
Will that be the Pluriel?

www.citroen.co.uk
whats that car??? - henry k
hi everyone anybody watching the tour de france?the car
following some of the riders at the finish of the time
trial yesterday black with lots of chrome any ideas what it
is.ugly or what.

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As far as I can identify it - a Lancia Thesis.
See below for a photo
www.lancia.com/index.asp

www.lanciathesis.com
whats that car??? - Wally Zebon
Spot on Henry - Its a Lancia Thesis

You can view short video clips on www.letour.fr and it is clearly visible on one of those.

Got to say that it is one ugly motor car! From the front anyway.

whats that car??? - Altea Ego
Spot on Henry - Its a Lancia Thesis
You can view short video clips on www.letour.fr and it is
clearly visible on one of those.
Got to say that it is one ugly motor car!
From the front anyway.


Strewth, you are right, that sure is an ugly mug. Do they make paper bags for cars? its a two bag job that one.
whats that car??? - blank
Blimey! even worse than the Kia Magentis!
whats that car??? - Gen
Who/where makes lancia? I've vaguely heard of it but none in UK right?
whats that car??? - blank
Owned by Fiat, the hugely unprofitable Italian conglomerate you may have heard of ;-)

Used to be sold in the UK, before they decided the image was in terminal decline here and pulled out. Lancia is the 'Luxury' Fiat brand in Europe, much like Audi is VW's.

Can't see the Thesis selling very well anywhere!

Andy
whats that car??? - Altea Ego
Pity too, they used to make some cracking cars in the late 70's early 80's. Beta, HPE, Delta (HF integrale!! wooo) The cars rotted away badly in very short years. Brand image destroyed - pulled out of uk market.
whats that car??? - henry k
The cars rotted away badly in very short years. Brand image destroyed
- pulled out of uk market.


I seem to recall the engines dropped out of some of them due to the rot.
whats that car??? - harry m
thanks henry thats the one.
whats that car??? - peterb
Sad that they're so ugly now. The Beta Montecarlo was one of the prettiest cars ever.