Editing Autobianchi Y10 (section)

== Specification ==

The Autobianchi Y10 made its official debut at the [[Geneva Motor Show#1985|Geneva Motor Show]] in March 1985 as a replacement for the fifteen-year-old A112.<ref name="Autobianchi Y10 Story">{{cite web | url = http://www.omniauto.it/magazine/992/autobianchi-y10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063650/https://it.motor1.com/news/188117/autobianchi-y10/ | archive-date = 2018-07-25 | title = La prima piccola ammiraglia | trans-title = The first mini flagship | date = 2005-06-27 | publisher = Motorsport Network | work = Motor1.com | lang = it | last = Pulvirenti | first = Rosario }}</ref> It lost out for the title of [[European Car of the Year]] for 1986 to the [[Ford Scorpio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caroftheyear.org/previous-winners/1986_1/coty |title=Previous winners: 1986 | publisher=Car of the Year | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100914205807/http://www.caroftheyear.org/previous-winners/1986_1/coty| archive-date= 2010-09-14 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

=== Design ===
The [[Autobianchi A112|A112]] remained on sale, alongside the Y10, almost to the end of 1986. The Y10 was sold under the Autobianchi marque in Italy, Portugal, France, and Japan.<ref name="Story, Design and Specification">{{cite web|url=http://www.y10club.it/Y10CLUB/Y10/Y10.htm|title=Y10Club - Y10 Story|website=Y10club.it|lang=it|access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref> In most other markets it was sold under the Lancia marque. In Portugal it remained an Autobianchi until 1989, and was badged Lancia thenceforth.

[[File:Lancia Y10.jpg|thumb|left|Rear end of Y10 with black tailgate]]
The Y10's most important design innovation was the vertical tail cut-off, characterized by the tailgate painted in black satin, regardless of the colour chosen for the body. The notable wedge shape of the small body is very aerodynamic (<math>\scriptstyle C_\mathrm d</math> 0.31)<ref name="Autobianchi Y10 Story"/> thanks to the hood, which is inclined towards the curved windscreen, and side windows that were mounted flush with the bodywork, as well as the absence of drip rails, the recessed door handles and roof tapering slightly toward the back.

All these features were unique for a small car in 1985 and were developed by the Fiat Style Centre, at that time led by Vittorio Ghidella. The definition of the project Y10 took more than three years of study. It was necessary that this car have a very specific identity to allow it to be unequivocally placed under the Lancia brand. The appointments were originally entrusted to [[Pininfarina]] and [[Giorgetto Giugiaro]] as well as the Fiat Style Centre. Hundreds of drawings were executed with sketches and scale models starting as early as 1980. Eventually a design by the Fiat Style Centre was selected and developed that best responded to the theme of a car destined for a particular user, "select and elite", a real flagship miniature desired by women as much as a handbag and identified by men as their favorite perfume.

The car had rectangular headlights, which, together with a simple grille. The windshield, installed with silicone resin instead of a rubber gasket, was large, sloped and characterized by a single wiper. The side was characterized by a belt line from the base of the hood rising gradually as it approaches the lower edge of the tailgate, delimited by the wrap-around taillights. 

The Y10 was offered only with a three-door body with relatively large doors, offering easy access even for rear passengers. The tailgate was on a nearly vertical plane, hinged to make it more practical to access the luggage compartment by shifting the point of rotation eleven centimeters towards the center of the roof. The rear lights were of a horizontal layout, similar to the A112 with a wrap around rear bumper fascia.<ref name="Autobianchi Y10 Story"/>

The car shares mechanicals with the [[Fiat Panda]] and was largely conventional in its layout, with a transversely mounted engine and front- or four-wheel-drive. The fuel capacity, at {{convert|47|L|impgal usgal|abbr=out}}, was at least fifty percent more than what was usual for the class.<ref name=AGp137>{{cite magazine | ref = AGgw | magazine = De AutoGids | number = 140 | volume = 6 | page = 137 | title = Nieuwigheden: Klasse in zakformaat | trans-title = News: Pocket-sized class | first = Daniel | last = Bouchez | language = nl-be | date = 1985-02-07 | publisher = Uitgeverij Auto-Magazine | location = Brussels, Belgium }}</ref>

=== Interior ===

The interior was carpeted and featured cloth upholstery on the seats and optional [[Alcantara (material)|Alcantara]] upholstery on the dashboard, seats and door panels, and options such as electric windows, central locking, split rear bench seat, rear window hinged electrically, glass sunroof and climate control system with electronic controls and LED display, similar to that already adopted on [[Fiat Regata]].<ref name="Story, Design and Specification"/>