At the beginning of October, Stellantis had announced its plans for the Melfi plant where 5 new models are arriving with DS, Jeep, Lancia and Opel brands. In particular, the car from the Italian car manufacturer will enter the in production in 2026. Now, Luca Napolitano, CEO of Lancia, wanted to provide some further details on this new car.
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The model that will be produced in Melfi will be the new Lancia flagship which will be called Range and will have of a 100% electric powertrain. The car will be characterized by for fastback lines and will be almost 4.7 meters long. Furthermore, it will rest on the new STLA Medium platform of the Stellantis Group.
The number one of the Italian car manufacturer adds that the new flagship, thanks to the new STLA Medium platform, will be able to have an autonomy of over 700 km. In fact, as we saw on the Peugeot e-3008, models based on this architecture can use batteries with a capacity of up to 98 kWh.
Lancia is focusing heavily on this model for its growth in Europegiven that it estimates that almost 50% of the volumes will be sold outside Italy. Luca Napolitano explains:
The flagship of Casa Lancia will be a beautiful and elegant Italian car, beautiful outside and beautiful inside, where it will seem really like feeling in the living room of an Italian house. A car that will bring Italianness in Europe, because almost 50% of its volumes will be sold outside Italy. The STLA Medium platform will be perfect for Lancia, as it is native BEV it will be very efficient and will guarantee high levels of comfort, offering both a front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive version. Thanks to this platform, the car will be capable of offering overall performance at the highest levels, both in terms of efficiency and autonomy with over 700 km.
Before the new flagship, however, Lancia will bring its new Ypsilon on the market which, as already we know, it will be offered in both hybrid and 100% electric versions. The debut is expected next year. Finally, in 2028, the the new Delta which will be an electric-only model. In fact, from 2028 the car manufacturer will sell only battery-powered cars.
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