Lancia Ypsilon Elefantino Rosso

"Schaefft" (Schaefft) 06/14/2015 at 16:04 • Filed to: Lanica, Ypsilon, Elefantino, Rosso, hatch, Italian

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Whats Oppo’s opinion about the Lancia Ypsilon 1.2 16v Elefantino Rosso? I find it strangely appealing even though I am generally not a big fan of most hatchbacks. I can imagine them being quite fun to drive with the 16 Valve 1.2 and you can buy one with the change found under you car seat. Probably extremely cheap to run and maintain as well.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Schaefft 06/14/2015 at 16:08

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Styling-wise, they’re quite ugly imo. That front end looks like it sat in an oven too long.

duurtlang > Schaefft 06/14/2015 at 16:11

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The interior is, supposedly, rather nice as well for the age and segment.

Schaefft > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 06/14/2015 at 16:15

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I dunno, its pretty distinctive which makes it interesting to me.

My citroen won't start > Schaefft 06/14/2015 at 16:16

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I think you’d be better of with an Alfa 145 Quadrifoglio.

Schaefft > My citroen won't start 06/14/2015 at 16:20

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Yup, I was thinking about whether the 145 might be the better choice, larger, quicker, still very unique design and just as cheap. But then you could say why not get a 156 instead, and if that was the case, why not a 166 and so on.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Schaefft 06/14/2015 at 16:21

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I like it. Although I drive a small 1.2 European hatchback so I’m a little biased.

duurtlang > Schaefft 06/14/2015 at 16:24

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Depends on what you want. The Ypsilon is a citycar, the 145 a compact, the 156 a midsizer and the 166 a barge. Short trips and canyon carving: smaller is better. Long distance highway cruising: larger is better. Size will affect fuel economy as well.

My citroen won't start > Schaefft 06/14/2015 at 16:27

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Haha well, it depends on what size car you want, you can buy whatever car you fancy, I just think the 145 is a better city car than the Ypsilon.

Schaefft > duurtlang 06/14/2015 at 16:33

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If I was to buy an Ypsilon or 145 or even a 156, it would be out of curiosity how ownership with these somewhat left field and thus interesting to me cars would be like. No other requirements lol.

Schaefft > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 06/14/2015 at 16:37

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Well, if I was forced to buy a small engine’d, cheap to insure car for whatever reason, the Ypsilon might be my choice (if you ignore cars like the Honda Beat or Suzuki Cappuccino). Its nice to have a car in pretty much any segment that you’d actually want to own, even though I usually tend to lean to the other end of the market.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Schaefft 06/14/2015 at 16:45

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Elefantino Rosso = Elephant Red? Is this like “Swedish Racing Green”?

Schaefft > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 06/14/2015 at 16:47

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Well, its the top trim/sports model. No idea how an elephant would be a synonym to sporty or agile but that how Lancia sold them.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Schaefft 06/14/2015 at 16:48

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I wanted a larger car at first until I realised how much itd cost to run so I do prefer them. A small car makes driving easier where I live though.

It’s hard to beat a small car for shear fun on a budget though. There’s plenty of great stuff to choose from.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Schaefft 06/14/2015 at 16:57

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Why? Because Lancia.

Schaefft > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 06/14/2015 at 16:59

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A small car makes driving easier where I live though.

I live in the same town as you and own a 17 foot Lincoln lol. But if you mean easier to live with it might be true.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Schaefft 06/14/2015 at 17:03

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I dont mean you cant drive a larger car here, it wouldn’t be an issue. It’s just nice being able to thread a small car through gaps you usually couldnt and such.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Schaefft 06/14/2015 at 19:32

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It was just a mascot for the HF racers back in the day. No different to the Alfa cloverleaf or Abarth scorpion.

Schaefft > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 06/15/2015 at 21:14

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Ah yeah, that makes sense. Still not sure why you would chose a baby elephant though.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Schaefft 06/15/2015 at 21:53

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Some competing theories being thrown around(!): http://www.lancia.myzen.co.uk/forum/index.ph…

Schaefft > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 06/17/2015 at 19:09

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Thanks for the info!