Lancia Ypsilon 2024.
The management of the new automobile giant Stellantis (which includes Groupe PSA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) promised that it would give all of its brands a chance to survive, including the outright outsiders, i.e. Lancia.
The only surviving model of the once legendary brand — subcompact hatchback Ypsilon — has been updated once again, which means its career path in the native Italy will continue, despite its advanced age.
The current third generation Ypsilon has been produced since 2011 in the Polish city of Tychy along with the gasoline-powered Fiat 500 (not to be confused with the all-new electric Fiat 500e).
The press-service of the brand considers the present Ypsilon as the fourth generation, fairly pointing out that it is the ideological successor of Lancia Y10 — a hatchback, which in the mid-80s was the first in the world to introduce premium standards of comfort in an urban small car.
Modern Ypsilon is also positioned as a premium model, but the prices are quite democratic — from 9,500 euros with taking into account subsidies from the Italian government.
In contrast to the Fiat 500 to buy Lancia Ypsilon outside of Italy today is almost impossible, and for a mono-market model, its commercial success is quite decent: in Covid 2020, according to the resource CarSalesBase, sold 43,076 units, 26.8% less than in 2019.