The Lancia Lambda is an innovative automobile produced from 1922 through 1931.

It was the first car to feature a load-bearing unitary body, (but without a stressed roof) and it also pioneered the use of an independent suspension (the front sliding pillar with coil springs).

[1][2] Vincenzo Lancia even invented a shock absorber for the car and it had excellent four wheel brakes.

Nine versions of the Lambda were built: The narrow-angle aluminium Lancia V4 engine was also notable.

All three displacements shared the same long 120 mm (4.7 in) stroke, and all were SOHC designs with a single camshaft serving both banks of cylinders.