The shape of things to come
Everyone’s obsessed with the Ferrari Luce. Meanwhile Lancia is quietly slipping its cards onto the table. Meet the 2026 gamma. Not just any car, one of the brand’s most serious new plays in years. Built in Italy, designed in Italy, engineered right there. It will roll out of the Melfi plant in Basilicata. Stellantis’ crown jewel for industrial progress.
Pre-production units? They’re already on the road. Testing. Breaking in. It means the project is deep in the final phase. Summer can’t come too fast, though. The commercial debut won’t happen until then.
The look? Modern interpretation of old brand cues. Elegance is the priority. Comfort follows. Tech innovation ties it all together. It wears a fastback crossover skin. Look at that roofline, tapering back, shrinking into the rear. Proportion matters. Presence matters. Aerodynamics matter even more.
“It balances road presence with aerodynamic efficiency.”
Big boots for the European road
STLA Medium platform under the floorboards. Stellantis’ dedicated bed for electrified mid-size giants. And the gamma is no lightweight.
Check the tape measures: 183.9 inches long. That’s 4.67 meters of steel and intent. Width hits 74.4 inches. 1.89 meters wide. Height sits at 65.4 inches. Or 1.66 meters tall. Put those numbers in the market context? The gamma parks comfortably at the top end of Europe’s mid-size SUV class. Big shoes to fill.
Horsepower and miles per charge
What do you really care about though? The guts. The gamma isn’t choosing one lane. Hybrids. Electrics. All of the above. The entry point is modest. A 145-horsepower hybrid. It stretches over 621 miles. A solid thousand kilometers on a tank. Range anxiety stays quiet here.
But the EV crowd will look higher up.
The base electric variant punches 230 horses. Good for 336 miles. Or 540 kilometers. Want more? A 245-hp trim breaks 460 miles. Nearly 750 kilometers. That’s a long day driving. The apex predator arrives as an all-wheel-drive unit. 375 horsepower. 419 miles of range. 675 kilometers of silence.
Details are still trickling out. Expect the heavy hitting info at the Paris Motor Show. Order books stay shut until after the heat sets in this summer. Melfi remains central. Reiterating its worth feels redundant, yet necessary. The plant isn’t just building a car. It’s anchoring Stellantis’ entire electrification pivot. Italian craftsmanship isn’t just marketing. It’s the backbone.
