Being in strong connection with the fashion industry, Lancia opened a partnership with Versace Group to produce the new Lancia Ypsilon VERSUS. The original show car is designed especially for a young and styled public and will be revealed at the 2008 International Paris Motor Show. The new model will be produced in a 500 units limited edition and will hit the market starting with 2009.
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The latest member of the Lancia family has been awarded five prestigious Euro NCAP stars, positioning itself at the top of the safety league tables. This recognition confirms the special attention paid by Fiat Group Automobiles to all aspects of driver and passenger protection. To achieve this important result, the designers studied all possible types of accident: frontal and side impacts, overturning and nose-to-tail crashes. Consideration was also made for the different speeds at which collisions can take place, the different types of obstacles and the protection of occupants with greatly differing physical characteristics. Altogether, 15,000 hours of calculations, 80 crash tests,150 HyGe sled simulations and 100 tests on components and subsystems were carried out.
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