{"id":1348,"date":"2005-06-09T02:20:17","date_gmt":"2005-06-09T02:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/09\/lancia-delta-ii\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T13:46:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T13:46:31","slug":"lancia-delta-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/09\/lancia-delta-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancia back in the UK with Delta III?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/deltarr.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/smgenglish.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/deltarr_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"166\" alt=\"Deltarr_1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/deltarr_1.jpg\" width=\"250\"  \/><\/a>&nbsp; If you find your Focus, your Astra, your Golf or your M\u00e9gane boring, just wait until 2007, the year Lancia should launch the new Delta III. <br \/><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Contrary to what many think, Lancia is neither dead nor dying, for they sell as many cars as Alfa Romeo with models that were developed for much less. Of course, after an absence of 16 years on the British market, the return will not be easy, but the Delta III might be very convincing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Elaborated on the same platform as the next Fiat Stilo\u2019s, the long, long awaited new Delta should be fitted with the excellent JTD engines and take over Lancia\u2019s new styling, which counts for more than nothing in the mere success of the new <a href=\"http:\/\/avril123.textamerica.com\/?r=2605267\">Ypsilon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.livedoor.jp\/omu32\/archives\/14113008.html\">Musa<\/a>. The prototype Lancia Gran Turismo has obviously been a source of inspiration.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Nevertheless, the future of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eazyway.com\/motor-world\/2005\/05\/fiat-posts-first-profit-in-3-years.html\">Fiat Auto<\/a> (the owner of Lancia) relies on the success of the oncoming Punto III.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smgenglish.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/granturismo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Granturismo\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/granturismo.jpg\" width=\"450\"  \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; If you find your Focus, your Astra, your Golf or your M\u00e9gane boring, just wait until 2007, the year Lancia should launch the new Delta III. 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