This 1978 Lancia Montecarlo sold through Bonhams for approximately $24,800 last year. Bonhams The last—and by far most novel—car in the Beta lineup was the Montecarlo, a mid-engine sports car ...

We'll start with the more proletarian 1976 Lancia Beta Montecarlo. Born from a stalled Fiat/Abarth program to develop a mid-engine sports car above the X1/9, Lancia assumed the residual ...

The vehicle was shown at the 1975 Geneva Motor Show, not as a Fiat, but as the Lancia Beta Montecarlo. Chevy already owned “Monte Carlo” in North America, so the car was designated the Beta ...

Additionally, it's worth noting that the central chassis tub of the Montecarlo Spider (identical to that of the Scorpion) served as the basis for the successful Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo Group ...

and its mid-engine layout was still something of a rarity outside the top-tier of sportscars when the original version – the Lancia Beta Montecarlo – arrived. The Montecarlo has proper ...

the Lancia Beta Montecarlo. The original Montecarlo made its public debut at the Geneva motor show in 1975. It was the first car made entirely in-house by Pininfarina. Performance wasn’t ...

Like the 037, the Evo37 is based around the Lancia Beta Montecarlo’s central section, with new tube frame sections added at the front and rear. Other changes include new Öhlins adjustable ...

It turned out to be too expensive and was sent upmarket to be offered as part of Lancia's Beta line. Somewhat ironically the 124 Spider outlived the Montecarlo by half a decade. Idiotic brake ...

But right now, chances are you've already decided whether the Lancia Beta Monte-Carlo pictured above is a gloriously wedgy blend of Italian style and mid-engined spirit, or a deeply flawed old ...

and of course the rear-drive Montecarlo with its transverse mid-engine setup. This eventually made it to America as the Lancia Scorpio. For the third Beta series, Lancia even added a wild molded ...

CAR Online reader Pagani1zonda takes a trip down memory lane in a 1976 Lancia Beta Monte Carlo. Read about his first drive from Perranporth to Playing in a classic Pininfarina design ...