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Very pretty indeed
The Lancia Montecarlo is a two-door sports coupe and targa-top built between 1975 and 1981.
Designed by Pininfarina, the Montecarlo was originally destined to be a Fiat, who had commissioned Pininfarina to develop a replacement for the 124.
However, Fiat pulled the plug on the Italian design house and its project when rivals Bertone came up with a cheaper alternative that would become the Fiat X1/9.
Pininfarina kept designing the stillborn Fiat, and the project was eventually taken over by Lancia, who wanted to produce a premium alternative to the Fiat and, at the same time, have a flagship sports car of there own.
Power came from a naturally aspirated, 2.0lt inline four-cylinder donk or a 1.8lt inline four, although the latter motor was only ever made available in the US.
The shove from these donks was to the rear wheels via a five-speed manual transmission, there was no automatic option.
All in all there was roughly 7,800 Montecarlos produced over its six-year lifespan, making it a rather rare vehicle nowadays.
This particular Montecarlo is a ’78 model and, according to the seller, the vehicle is in very original condition.
The seller is asking $32,635 for the Italian sports car, and anyone interested in the vehicle can view the full listing here.