Lombardi FL1

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.

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The Lombardi FL1 at the 1972 Turin Motorshow

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Turin Motorshow

In 1979 Ferruccio Covini bought the prototype and added rear buttresses to the car and called it a Covini B24.

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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.

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The car was displayed at the 1981 Geneva Motorshow. Below is a photo of Colin Chapman looking over the car.

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The car was put into manufacture and it is understood that 9 Covin Sirios were built.

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