The Lancia D24 was a dominant sports racing car built with one purpose: to win. Its powerful V6 engine, lightweight construction, and advanced aerodynamics propelled it to numerous victories in the 1950s, including the grueling Carrera Panamericana endurance race.
Vincenzo Lancia (1881-1937) founded the Lancia Automobili S.p.A. motorcar company in 1906. He had been a successful racing driver of Fiat cars, but his Lancia company concentrated on innovative sports and touring cars.
The Theta of 1913 was the first European production car to feature a complete electrical system as standard equipment. Lancia's first car adopting a monocoque chassis – the Lambda, produced from 1922 to 1931 - featured "sliding pillar" independent front suspension that incorporated the spring and hydraulic damper into a single unit (a feature that would be employed in subsequent Lancia's, up to the Lancia Appia that was replaced in 1963).
