2004 Lancia Thesis Emblema from Slovenia - Comments

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This is an excellent car, very well built, and equipped with best materials.

It is very comfortable and luxurious and it is really worth of the amount you must pay for it.

Design is something special, but very elegant and smooth.

All the electronics work perfectly.

People who are buying the cars of the same class are really missing a lot if they do not look at Lancia Thesis.

I am ready to by a Lancia Thesis 3.0 V6 215 HP as a successor of my Kappa 2.4 20V 175 HP. Let say that I need second option or suggests of the owners. My major doubt relate to fuel consumption and automatic gear box.

Does it really 20 liters in the city conditions or even more? What about cold start, how much engine need time for warming up to the normal temperature? Does it Emblema pack include everything what it is written in a catalogue (in the serial Emblema option)?

Lancia said that beside oil and filter exchange after each 20.000 km, first service will be at the 100.000 km. It is very similar what I have done with Kappa (each 10.000 km and after 120.000 km or in age more than 36 months have to be done big engine service...). Finally, this engine is a known from the Alfa 164 and Kappa 3.0 V6. What makes difference and how is reliable?

For my cost-benefit analysis I would appreciate very objective information. I hope that will be my 3rd Lancia, but this model is much more expensive than was a Kappa as brand new car. Need to say more?

Lancia fun from Croatia.

Sorry for slow answer. In the meantime you have probably already bought the Thesis.

I had some experiences also with 3.0 V6 Thesis. Grat engine, great car, planty of power. The consumption written in catalogue is very pessimistic. On the open road with spped to 120km/h good 10 liter/100km is possible. Average it will burn 12-13 liters and in the city to 15. Engine warms up quick. Engine is very reliable till you maintance it regulary.