The front end reinterprets Lancia's iconic grille, the chalice, with three LED beams for easy recognition. At the rear, LED headlights pay homage to the Lancia Stratos.
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New Lancia Ypsilon HF e HF Line DISCOVER MORE Naturally Eye-catching
TECHNOLOGY MERGES WITH STYLE: S.A.L.A.
The new Lancia Ypsilon features the S.A.L.A. system, an intelligent interface offering customizable brightness and sound for a comfortable, effortless drive.
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The new 5 colours that characterise Lancia Ypsilon come from the precious and characteristic materials of the Italian territory. The bi-color variants make the new model even more recognizable.
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Performance meets design in the new Ypsilon HF and HF Line. A tribute to Lancia’s racing heritage, reinterpreted for today. Pure power, distinctive character, and unmistakable style—engineered to stir emotion at every turn.
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Elegance of a Masterpiece
Three versions of Italian elegance, 100% Electric and Hybrid.
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The Electric Lancia Ypsilon: silent, with its 100% electric engine, zero emissions: elegance becomes sustainable.
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The Lancia Ypsilon hybrid: maximum efficiency, versatility and low emissions to best suit yourdriving style.
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The new Lancia Ypsilon HF marks a return to the hot hatch scene that the Italian marque was once such an integral part of.
While enthusiasts fondly remember hot Delta hatchbacks fanging around rally tracks, and their homologated cousins sold to satisfy racing regulations, Lancia has subsisted on sepia-tinged memories and an aging city car with the faintest whiff of luxury for over a decade.
The fourth-generation Ypsilon, launched last year, is significantly larger and more advanced than the models before it, but a hot hatch it certainly isn’t, with buyers able to choose between a 115kW electric vehicle (EV) or an 82kW 1.2-litre three-cylinder mild-hybrid.
Starting from the third quarter of this year, a new HF (for High Fidelity) variant will enter showrooms with a 209kW/345Nm electric motor driving the front wheels via a Torsen limited-slip differential.
Pedal to the metal, Lancia says the Ypsilon HF is capable of completing the 0-100km/h dash in 5.6 seconds. A 54kWh battery is fitted as standard, and is good for a driving range of 370km according to the WLTP standard.
Interestingly, the Ypsilon HF is 0.1 seconds faster to the century than the e-208 GTi. It also has 20km more range, although Lancia says this is only achievable on standard tyres.
Pumped up wheel-arch protectors are required as the track has grown 30mm, while the HF sits 20mm lower to the ground than the regular Ypsilon.
There’s also a new front bumper with a large greyed-out section around the lower air intake and licence plate holder, plus 18-inch alloy wheels and fake fender vents.
It should be a sharper drive too, as the suspension has been retuned, with significantly stiffer anti-roll bars at both ends. Stopping prowess is improved thanks to larger 355mm Alcon discs at the front with four-piston monobloc calipers.
On the inside you’ll find Econyl sport seats supposedly inspired by the Delta Evoluzione, perforated leather for the steering wheel, aluminium pedals, revised graphics for the instrumentation and infotainment screens, and a dashboard top that fades from blue to orange and back again.
For those who want HF looks, but don’t have an HF budget, the Ypsilon is now available in an HF Line trim (below) that has 17-inch alloy wheels, the HF’s front bumper, and the same 1.2-litre three-cylinder drivetrain used in lesser variants.
It will be interesting to see if the HF will spark renewed interest in the brand. The new Ypsilon is larger than the decade-old model it replaced, but the increased price tag has seen sales drop by around 70 per cent year-on-year.
Under the leadership of previous Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, Lancia was given 10 years to save itself. It plans to launch the Gamma SUV and Astra-size Delta hatch in the next few years.
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- Great work,Lancia! Nice...there is also "HF Line" (hybrid) version. If we get manual version (and 4x4, like Yaris GR) in near future,that will be excellent...- @ChristianBazzucchi Grazie,signore. One thing is sure,this cutting cost (not using multiair engines, anymore even 1.6 puretech is becoming rarity) and going full electric with "heavy" and not good for environment batteries (lithium) is not the way... best regards and all the best. Ciao.
- this is a FANTASTIC start for them i'd say. Lets see when the HF sells great, and the potential shows, we might even get a 4x4 version as a WRC Homologation model. They'll have to make one anyway so hopes are up
- Stellantis, as big of a corporation as they are, can simply not afford to make it an old school pure petrol performance hatch... yet. They have very strict CO2 emmission standards to meet.. so this is how its gonna go i presume (it always does): The will propably start with the hybrid and the electric HF to revive the brand. Cost effective and can be offered to the masses. After a while when the car shows popular and sells enough, it will have a low enough CO2 fleet average, allowing them to then enter the WRC and make a homolagtion model with maybe 4x4 and a petrol engine manual, without having to pay any fines to the EU commission as the CO2 average will then be low enough for them to offer it as a production model instead of a limited run, which would be FAR better than saying here it is, 100 units, take it or leave it.
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