1991 Lancia Delta LX review from Portugal
"A nice car, cheap to get now, expensive to repair, and not such a high performance machine"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
Water gets inside the car when washed or rains due to faulty sunroof sealing.
A few electrical glitches, like side repeaters controls working sporadicly, a new part solved the problem.
Power lock sometimes only locks driver's door.
Handbrake doesn't work (never did).
Steering gets unbalanced frequently.
Nothing else, really.
General comments?
An overall nice car, although don't want to maintain it for long, parts are expensive and dealers take forever to get you the parts you need (once the car had to stay parked for about 6 weeks waiting for a windshield).
Does not corrode easily, contrary to what people might think.
Engine is smooth, but has serious addiction to petrol (11 L/100 Km)
Engine performance sucks. A few days ago I was undertaken by a Citroen ax 1.1, and my foot was on the floor!! Just not acceptable.
Stock suspension sucks, which makes handling not so good.
Brakes heat up and loose power fast.
Running costs are really high if you need to get new origin parts, parts are inadequately expensive.
The gearbox is well built and smooth to make shifts, but the gear ratio is all wrong (when shifting from 2nd to 3rd, a huge loss of power is felt)
Hope the 1.6 is better than this one...
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| First year of ownership | 2003 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2004 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.3 double barrel weber Manual |
| Performance marks | 7/10 |
| Reliability marks | 7/10 |
| Comfort marks | 9/10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 4/10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 7/10 |
| Distance when acquired | 135000 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 140000 kilometres |
| Date of Entry | 28th June, 2004 |