FAMOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR LANCIA |
FOR HER DAILY TRANSPORT WHILE SHE LIVED IN SWITSERLAND, AUDREY HEPBURN DROVE HER DARK BLUE FLAMINIA SEDAN WHICH SHE USED FOR MORE THAN 7 YEARS! THE CAR IS NOW OWNED BY Mr. M�LLER (SWITSERLAND) WHO SENT US THESE PICTURES. |
BRIGITTE BARDOT AS WELL AS HER HUSBAND, ROGER VADIM, HAD SEVERAL AURELIA'S & FLAMNIA'S. Click here to see more pics. |
RITA HAYWORTH'S HUSBAND, PRINCE ALY AGA KHAN AND HIS FLAMINIA TOURING... (read details here) Porfirio Rubirosa drove the D24 at Sebring! |
WORLD FAMOUS RACING DRIVERS LOVED THE LANCIA'S HANDLING : , FANGIO , COLLINS , HAWTHORN, CASTELLOTTI & CUNNINGHAM - BEHRA - BROOKS & PERDISA HAD LANCIAS TOO... CLICK HERE |
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI HAD A TOURING, THEN A SUPERSPORTS WHICH HE SOLD LATER FOR A FERRARI... |
THE PARIS AUTO SHOW... DE GAULLE, THE SHAH OF IRAN AND FARAH DIBAH ON THE LANCIA STAND... |
THE QUEEN ELISABETH ON OFFICIAL VISIT IN ROME...THESE FLAMINIA'S ARE STILL USED TODAY BY THE QUIRINALE... |
PRINCE RAINIER DE MONACO |
RAF VALLONE IN THE B24S WHICH STILL EXISTS TODAY. HE HAD THE CAR FITTED WITH "POP OUT" ZAGATO DOOR HANDLES. |
TAZIO NUVOLARI, THE ONLY DRIVER WHO COULD MASTER THE DREADFUL AUTO UNION'S HANDLING, HAD A BELNA AND LOVED IT! |
GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A LANCIA TRIKAPPA. |
FAUSTO COPPI "CAMPIONE DEL MONDO" IN HIS B20 4th SERIES |
GRETA GARBO... IN HER LANCIA LAMBDA, THE FIRST "MONOCOCQUE" PRODUCTION CAR... |
GREGORY PECK NEXT TO AN AURELIA SEDAN. |
BATTISTA "PININ" FARINA IN HIS PERSONAL LANCIA FLORIDA WHICH HE USED TILL HIS DEATH. |
Franca Bettoia (Ugo Tognazzi's wife) with a Fulvia Coup� |
DEFINITELY NOT A HERBERT JOHNSON HELMET... ELIO ZAGATO PARTICIPATES IN THE MOBILGAS ECONOMY RUN IN 1959 AND WINS WITH HIS FLAMINIA SEDAN! A |
FRANCOISE SAGAN, THE FAMOUS FRENCH WRITER SITTING IN A LANCIA AURELIA B24... WAS MAD ABOUT CARS AND OWNED SEVERAL JAGUARS AND ASTON MARTINS. IN HER DAYS SHE WAS CONSIDERED AS A TRUE HELLRAISER! (Cover from Zircondet's biography "Fran�oise Sagan, un charmant petit monstre".) |
THE GREAT CARUSO AND HIS LANCIA THETA. |
RED UNDERLINED and some pictures links you towards another page with even more pictures and details! |
Sandra Milo italian actress |
Anita Ekberg. Became famous for her fountain scene in "La Dolce Vita" is seen here participating in a rally with a Flaminia GT with Antonio Gerini. |
Eugenio Castellotti, died too soon to become World Champion. He was unbeattable in events such as the Mille Miglia's and loved Lancia's, especially the Aurelia B20 |
Herg�, the man behind the famous little reporter Tintin, had a Lancia Aurelia as a personal car. No doubt the sporty career of the B20 influenced him quite profoundly! The Aprilia is taken from the album "L'Or Noir" and the Aurelia from "L'Affaire Tournesol". In "Challenge Me The Race" Mike Hawthorn writes about his love for the Aprilia! |
Loved by all kinds of artists and writers, the Lancia often had a special place in their lifes. Peter Gabriel used a Flavia Coup� to cover his album, and Remarque, author of "All quiet on the Western Front" was wildly enthusiast about his Dilambda. These two pictures were taken at Porto Ronco in Italy. Often invited there, his friend Ernest Hemingway had a Flaminia Sedan and later a Flaminia Convertible... |