• Known post-war ownership • Fitted with double carburettor Nardi kit • Registered in Italy • Proprietari dopo guerra conosciuti • Kit Nardi con doppio carburatore • Immatricolata in italia One of the most gifted automobile engineers of all time, Vincenzo Lancia did not live long enough to see his final creation enter production, although the exacting parameters he set out would shape what many consider to be the true ancestor of the modern motor car.

Launched in 1937, two months after his death, the Aprilia set new standards in production car design.

Presaging post-war developments, the saloon broke away from the traditional 'three-box' layout and incorporated all-independent suspension and hydraulic braking, while the unitary construction bodyshell and overhead-camshaft narrow-angle V4 engine were advances Lancia devotees had enjoyed for many years.

Rather than being merely a styling device, the Aprilia's streamlined shape had been determined by wind tunnel experimentation, one of...