Lancia – Aurelia B52 Coupé Vignale

Vehicle Overview

The Aurelia B52 production would run only a brief period, from 1952 through 1953, culminating in a total of only 98 cars built with the B52 designation. Vignale constructed a mere five examples, each of which slightly varies in coachwork and trim details. Of these five examples, only two were coupes.

This particular car, chassis number B52-1026, was completed at the Lancia factory and dispatched to Carrozzeria Vignale where the exceptional Michelotti body design was executed on special order from Count Christian Orssich de Slavetich, a close friend of King Peter II of Yugoslavia. Having spent much of his time in Switzerland, the Count subsequently registered the car in Zurich on August 17, 1954.