Lancia Megagamma

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Lancia Megagamma

Manufacturer	Lancia
Parent company	Fiat Group
Production	1978
Successor	Lancia Zeta
Class	Compact MPV (concept car)
Body style(s)	5-door minivan
Layout	FF layout
Engine(s)	2.5 L 2484 cc Lancia H4
Wheelbase	2670 mm (105.1 in)^[1]
Length	4310 mm (169.7 in) ^[1]
Width	1780 mm (70.1 in) ^[1]
Height	1617 mm (63.7 in) ^[1]
Curb weight	1,040 kg (2,293 lb)^[2]
Fuel capacity	59 L (16 US gal/13 imp gal)^[2]
Related	Lancia Gamma
Designer	Italdesign´s Giorgetto Giugiaro

The Lancia Megagamma minivan is a concept car designed by Italdesign in 1978 and introduced the same year at the Turin Motor Show.^[3] It can be seen as the forerunner of modern MPVs.^[4]^[5] The car never reached production phase, because it was seen as a too risky and low selling model by Lancia's parent company Fiat and its CEO Umberto Agnelli.^[6] This concept vehicle addressed the needs of families, with a roomy cabin in a compact package.

The Nissan Prairie (1981) was the first modern production MPV following the Megagamma idea, later followed by models like the Renault Espace, Dodge Caravan, Plymouth Voyager, Renault Scenic and Volkswagen Touran. Lancia's own MPVs are the Zeta and current Phedra.

The Megagamma has a Lancia SOHC 2.5 litre flat-4 engine equipped with Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection producing 140 PS (138 hp/103 kW) at 5400 rpm and 209 newton metres (154 ft·lbf) at 3000 rpm of torque. It was a front engined, front-wheel drive vehicle based on the Lancia Gamma platform.