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The Lancia Megagamma minivan is a concept car
Concept car

A concept vehicle or show vehicle is a Automobile prototype made to showcase a concept, new styling, technology and more. They are often shown at Auto show to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced....
 designed by Italdesign in 1978 and introduced the same year at the Turin Motor Show. It can be seen as the forerunner of modern MPV
MPV

MPV may refer to:* Multi-purpose vehicle, a type of automobile also known as a minivan* Mazda MPV, a multi-purpose vehicle* mine protected vehicle...
s. The car never reached production phase, because it was seen as a too risky and low selling model by Lancia's parent company Fiat and its CEO
Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking Corporate title or Administration in charge of total management of a corporation, company, non-profit organization, or government agency, reporting to the board of directors....
 Umberto Agnelli
Umberto Agnelli

Umberto Agnelli was an Italy entrepreneur and politician. He served as a chief executive officer of Fiat from 1970-1976 and senator of the Italian Republic, from 1976 to 1979, and was the honorary chairman of the Juventus soccer team, the past president of the Italian Football Association and later chairman of Italian carmaker Fiat from earl...
. This concept vehicle addressed the needs of families, with a roomy cabin in a compact package.

The Nissan Prairie
Nissan Prairie

The Nissan Prairie, introduced in Japan in 1981 and Europe in 1982, was a car from Japanese manufacturer Nissan Motors. It was also known as the Multi in Canada and the Stanza Wagon in the United States....
 (1981) was the first modern production MPV following the Megagamma idea, later followed by models like the Renault Espace
Renault Espace

The Renault Espace is a large MPV from French car-maker Renault. Generations 1-3 were sold under the Renault brand but manufactured by Matra. The current fourth generation model, which seats seven passengers, was designed and is built by Renault; the Renault Grand Espace is a long-wheelbase version with increased rear leg room and boot...
, Dodge Caravan
Dodge Caravan

Chrysler introduced the Dodge Caravan minivan along with its badge engineering variant, the Plymouth Voyager in November 1983, for the 1984 model year — followed by the Dodge Grand Caravan and Plymouth Grand Voyager long-wheelbase models in 1987, the badge engineering Chrysler Town and Country in 1990, and the Volkswagen Ro...
, Plymouth Voyager
Plymouth Voyager

The original Plymouth Voyager was a twin of the Dodge B-series van from 1974 to 1983. Beginning in 1984 the Voyager name was applied to a new vehicle based on the Plymouth Reliant car....
, Renault Scenic
Renault Scénic

The Renault Sc?nic is a compact MPV produced by France automaker Renault, the first to be labelled as such in Europe. It is based on the chassis of the Renault M?gane small family car....
 and Volkswagen Touran
Volkswagen Touran

The Volkswagen Touran is a compact MPV based on a vertically-stretched fifth generation Volkswagen Golf Mk5, and sold in Europe and other select markets....
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The Lancia Megagamma minivan is a concept car
Concept car

A concept vehicle or show vehicle is a Automobile prototype made to showcase a concept, new styling, technology and more. They are often shown at Auto show to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced....
 designed by Italdesign in 1978 and introduced the same year at the Turin Motor Show. It can be seen as the forerunner of modern MPV
MPV

MPV may refer to:* Multi-purpose vehicle, a type of automobile also known as a minivan* Mazda MPV, a multi-purpose vehicle* mine protected vehicle...
s. The car never reached production phase, because it was seen as a too risky and low selling model by Lancia's parent company Fiat and its CEO
Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking Corporate title or Administration in charge of total management of a corporation, company, non-profit organization, or government agency, reporting to the board of directors....
 Umberto Agnelli
Umberto Agnelli

Umberto Agnelli was an Italy entrepreneur and politician. He served as a chief executive officer of Fiat from 1970-1976 and senator of the Italian Republic, from 1976 to 1979, and was the honorary chairman of the Juventus soccer team, the past president of the Italian Football Association and later chairman of Italian carmaker Fiat from earl...
. This concept vehicle addressed the needs of families, with a roomy cabin in a compact package.

The Nissan Prairie
Nissan Prairie

The Nissan Prairie, introduced in Japan in 1981 and Europe in 1982, was a car from Japanese manufacturer Nissan Motors. It was also known as the Multi in Canada and the Stanza Wagon in the United States....
 (1981) was the first modern production MPV following the Megagamma idea, later followed by models like the Renault Espace
Renault Espace

The Renault Espace is a large MPV from French car-maker Renault. Generations 1-3 were sold under the Renault brand but manufactured by Matra. The current fourth generation model, which seats seven passengers, was designed and is built by Renault; the Renault Grand Espace is a long-wheelbase version with increased rear leg room and boot...
, Dodge Caravan
Dodge Caravan

Chrysler introduced the Dodge Caravan minivan along with its badge engineering variant, the Plymouth Voyager in November 1983, for the 1984 model year — followed by the Dodge Grand Caravan and Plymouth Grand Voyager long-wheelbase models in 1987, the badge engineering Chrysler Town and Country in 1990, and the Volkswagen Ro...
, Plymouth Voyager
Plymouth Voyager

The original Plymouth Voyager was a twin of the Dodge B-series van from 1974 to 1983. Beginning in 1984 the Voyager name was applied to a new vehicle based on the Plymouth Reliant car....
, Renault Scenic
Renault Scénic

The Renault Sc?nic is a compact MPV produced by France automaker Renault, the first to be labelled as such in Europe. It is based on the chassis of the Renault M?gane small family car....
 and Volkswagen Touran
Volkswagen Touran

The Volkswagen Touran is a compact MPV based on a vertically-stretched fifth generation Volkswagen Golf Mk5, and sold in Europe and other select markets....
. Lancia's own MPVs are the Zeta and current Phedra.

The Megagamma has a Lancia SOHC 2.5 litre flat-4
Flat-4

A flat-4 or horizontally-opposed-4 is a flat engine with four cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of two cylinders on each side of a central crankcase....
 engine equipped with Bosch L-Jetronic
Jetronic

Jetronic is a trade name for a type of fuel injection technology marketed by Robert Bosch GmbH from the 1960s forward. Bosch licensed the concept to many automobile manufacturers....
 fuel injection producing at 5400 rpm and at 3000 rpm of torque
Torque

Torque is the tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis . Just as a force is a push or a pull, a torque can be thought of as a twist....
. It was a front engined, front-wheel drive
Front-wheel drive

Front-wheel drive is a form of Internal combustion engine/transmission layout used in motor vehicles, where the engine drives the front wheels only....
 vehicle based on the Lancia Gamma
Lancia Gamma

The Lancia Gamma was an executive car from Italy Fiat up-scale Lancia marque. Presented in 1976 at the Geneva Motor Show as Lancia's new Flagship#Automotive, it filled the void in Lancia's lineup left by the demise of the Lancia Flavia....
 platform.