
Lancia Astura Tipo 233 Corto White Minichamps 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Lancia
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Resin
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 107125330
- Year
- 1936
- Era
- Pre-War
- Body Type
- Open-Top
- Vehicle Class
- Vintage Classics
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138122789
About the Lancia Astura Tipo 233 Corto White Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 resin Lancia Astura Tipo 233 Corto reproduces the short-wheelbase version of Lancia's 1930s luxury flagship in white. Sealed resin construction handles the car's flowing open-top coachwork, a discovery piece for collectors whose pre-war Italian shelf currently leans toward Alfa Romeo alone.
Alfa Romeo tends to dominate pre-war Italian displays, but Lancia was building its own case for elegance at the same time with the Astura.
Resin Detail on Short-Wheelbase Open Coachwork
The "Corto" short-wheelbase chassis gave coachbuilders a tighter, more athletic canvas than the standard Astura, and resin construction handles the resulting compact, flowing fenders and low windscreen with the same compound-curve precision pre-war coachbuilt subjects generally reward over diecast's more angular tooling limitations. White paint against chrome-look trim and wire wheels gives the open-top body genuine period elegance, and the sealed resin shell holds tight lines through the car's rounded tail and cutaway doors.
Lancia's Case for Pre-War Elegance Beyond Alfa Romeo
Lancia built the Astura through the 1930s as its flagship luxury chassis, drawing on the same pool of skilled Italian coachbuilders that clothed contemporary Alfa Romeos and Maseratis, though Lancia's own reputation in most modern collections tends to sit behind Alfa's more famous racing pedigree. For a collector willing to look past the obvious names, the Astura offers a genuinely comparable level of coachbuilt sophistication, and this short-wheelbase Corto variant represents the sportier end of what the marque was capable of during its most prestigious pre-war decade.














