Lombardi FL1
The Lombardi FL1 was designed by Francise Lombari and displayed at the Turin Motorshow in 1972. It was a mid engined concept car and was to be offered with 2 engine specs; Lancia 2000 IE or a Ford 3 litre V6. The car was compact, measuring 4214mm long by 1700mm wide and 1135mm high. It was also lightweight at 800kg. It could reach a claimed 125mph in 2 litre guise and 140mph with the larger V6 engine. The car was designed for a small production run of 150 - 200 cars per year. The Lombardi Fl-1 never saw production.
The Lombardi FL1 at the 1972 Turin Motorshow
Turin Motorshow
In 1979 Ferruccio Covini bought the prototype and added rear buttresses to the car and called it a Covini B24.
The car was further modified when Ferruccio Covini removed the Lancia 2000 engine and installed a 2.3 liter four-cylinder turbo from VM Motori. He resprayed the car white and changed the wheels and renamed the car the Covini Sirio.
The car was displayed at the 1981 Geneva Motorshow. Below is a photo of Colin Chapman looking over the car.
The car was put into manufacture and it is understood that 9 Covin Sirios were built.
