The Lancia Alfa-12HP is a bare chassis / double-phaeton / luxury coupe / landaulet / limousine from Lancia, built from 1908, when a car was a rich man's adventure and every maker was a workshop. Under the bonnet: 2544 cc straight-4 28 hp.
The background
The Lancia Alfa 12 HP (Tipo 51 originally) was the first car made by Lancia. The car had originally project name "type 51" and was later renamed to Greek alphabet Alfa.
The engineering
Power comes from 2544 cc straight-4 28 hp. It weighs 700 kg. It shifts through a 4-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 282 cm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Its family tree is legible: its successor was the Lancia Beta-15/20HP. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Ford Model T, the Delahaye type 28 A torpedo, the British Motor Corporation Austin 15 hp — show what else the money bought that year. Its Lancia stablemates include the Lancia 037 and the Lancia 2000.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Lancia Alfa-12HP — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.