Lancia does not build many cars like the Lancia Theta-35HP: a Torpedo with 4941.72 cc sidevalve I4, built from 1913 to 1918 as the assembly line was turning motoring into an industry. Production ran to 1,696 cars.
The background
The Lancia Theta (25/35 HP, type 61) is a car which was produced between 1913 and 1918 by Lancia. The car was a bigger version of the Epsilon model. It had electrical lights and a start motor. 1,636 Theta cars were built.
The engineering
Under the skin sits 4941.72 cc sidevalve I4. Kerb weight is 1060 kg. The gearbox is a 4-speed manual gearbox. 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 310 cm / 337 cm (long version). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Where it sits in Lancia's history is not in doubt: the Lancia Epsilon came before it; the Lancia Kappa followed it. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Bugatti type 13 torpedo, the Alfa Romeo A.L.F.A 40/60 HP, the British Motor Corporation Morris Oxford. Its Lancia stablemates include the Lancia 037 and the Lancia 2000.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Lancia Theta-35HP — 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.