Delta Lancia Badging

Yes they are OK but very typical in the mould of the Bravo/Stilo genre..... i.e. Fiat appear to have found what they believe is a niche by making their C-segment cars fairly cheap and basic as a selling point to rival the others. I thought it drove completely fine but hardly exciting and a bit bland which was very much like its predecessors (although we did have an Abarth'ised 1.8 3-door Stilo which was nice!) The one we had was basic as a courtesy car so not even Nav. I would definately not pay for one for new but might be a decent runaround for someone once depreciation has hit - which it will rapidly. They are built in Turkey.

Edited by Nello, 28 February 2018 - 11:46 AM.

I bought a brand new Tipo diesel saloon last May. Lounge spec, very well equipped, great comfort, half pleather interior, great heater, well built, good economy 65mpg average (and I don't even try) good road holding and all this for 20k euros (around 16k pounds) it's a no brainer really!!!

Yes I can see your logic, but you'd have been better buying a used one and saving on some of that early depreciation! There's plenty coming through the auctions, and they're trickling onto the used market now.
Personally I prefer the estate over the saloon, just like I do with the Alfa 156/159 SW's... Somehow the design just seems to work better.
 

Edited by MikeyRules, 30 March 2018 - 10:19 AM.

Edited by Rossocorsa, 30 March 2018 - 10:16 AM.

Yes I can see your logic, but you'd have been better buying a used one and saving on some of that early depreciation! There's plenty coming through the auctions, and they're trickling onto the used market now.
Personally I prefer the estate over the saloon, just like I do with the Alfa 156/159 SW's... Somehow the design just seems to work better.

Yeah hatchback and estate here. Saloons don't tend to sell well here in the budget brand sector, even the premium brands struggle.

I get why you bought it, its just given that they're already under 10k at auction the depreciation is quite steep from the off... I just couldn't do that to my wallet...

Maybe I'm different but given most cars are financed through the endless loop that is PCP we live in a false economy. Once most people get to car 3 or 4 and it all goes tits up, maybe just maybe it will get investigated like PPI...

Hi Delboy and welcome to Delta ownership fella!

It's ages since I did mine... think I was the first in fact... Anyway from memory once you've located the holes in the back and pierced through as they are underneath the leather it's just a matter of feeling for the bars and then pushing until they release. I do have an airbag tool, but am pretty sure on the Delta I just used a flat blade screwdriver. One side wasn't as stiff as the other either.

Cheers Mikey, I'll have another crack tomorrow. Got a local Lancia meet and was hoping to show it all off! At least the front and back say Lancia.

Yeah makes a massive difference getting rid of those massive wings off the car. There's also two tiny Lancia badges on the rear quarter windows too, on the Italian cars, so you might want to get those too if not already.

I still need an engine cover and headrests to complete really, just never really got round to them...

Edited by Rossocorsa, 17 April 2018 - 08:14 PM.

Welcome btw delboy - great to see another 3 Delcisti........ I prefer the Waterfall earlier Grille too 

Welcome btw delboy - great to see another 3 Delcisti........ I prefer the Waterfall earlier Grille too 

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I'll take a look on mine later and let you know delboy. What engine is yours?

BTW did anyone else spot that Limited on Autotrader the other day? Gone from there now but someone got a bargain - Hate to say it Alan but it was sub £3k and only had about 70k on it! Same colour but it was also the 2.0!

Edited by Nello, 16 August 2018 - 04:30 PM.