Y10 4WD
Following the debut of the Lancia Prisma 4WD and the Lancia Delta HF 4WD at the 1985 Turin Motor Show, in 1986 Lancia presented the Y10 4WD with a four wheel drive system that could be engaged by the driver using electropneumatic actuators to engage the rear wheels. The 999cc FIRE engine was used, but with power raised from 45bhp to 50bhp to cope with the additional weight. The suspension was changed along with the gear ratios, and special 4x4 tyres were fitted as standard.
The Y10 4WD boasts all the typical virtues of the basic model - innovative line, compact size, lots of room, elegant interior - but now with something new: agility and totally safe handling on any road surface. The totally new system adopted for the Y10 4WD preserves the superb (145kph) performance and comfort of the front-drive model in normal conditions, but enables the driver to engage the rear wheels for trouble-free driving over poor grip surfaces such as unmade roads, mud, snow and ice.
Electropneumatically powered, the system permits the disengagement of the drive shaft and rear wheels from their respective half-shafts and the gearbox so that the real differential is not engaged when the Y10 4WD is operating in front wheel drive mode.
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