• Left-hand drive • Present ownership since 2007 • Previously registered in the Netherlands Styled like its Aurelia B10 big brother, Lancia's new small car - the Appia - was premiered at the Turin Motor Show in 1953.

The Lancia tradition of innovation in automotive technology was exemplified by the Appia's ultra-compact engine: a narrow-angle (10 degrees), 1,089cc V4 whose inclined overhead-valves were set in hemispherical combustion chambers and operated by twin, block-mounted camshafts.

The unitary chassis construction adopted on the pre-war Aprilia was, naturally enough, continued, as was Lancia's traditional sliding-pillar independent front suspension.

Body styling was similar to that of the bigger Aurelia, and Series I cars featured aluminium doors, wings, and bumpers.

In a tradition inaugurated by the pre-war Augusta, the front doors were hinged forwards, the rears aft, and there was no central pillar.

'Notchback'-styled Series II cars came with a lengthened wheelbase and mo...