Lancia Esatau


Lancia Esatau is a series of truck and bus chassis produced by Italian manufacturer Lancia Industrial Vehicles from 1947 to 1980. In total Lancia Industrial Vehicles produced 13,362 examples.

Trucks

Lancia Esatau truck chassis were produced from 1947 to 1963, when the model was replaced by the Lancia Esagamma.
In 1947 Lancia presented the first version which was called Esatau 864. The truck were also used by the Italian army for transporting soldiers and army vehicles.

Buses and trolleybuses

Lancia Esatau chassis for city buses remained in production from 1948 through 1973.
The bus was primarily used in Italy for public transport and it was produced in a small series. They were used in Rome, Milan and Turin. Trolley bus and articulated versions were also made.

Lancia Esatau V.10

The Lancia Esatau V.10 was in production from 1948 to 1953. It had an engine of 122HP.

Lancia Esatau V.11

The V.11 was manufactured from 1951 to 1952, with the body from Garavini. It was powered by a Lancia V10 engine, producing. In the side of the doors the seats are double. The city bus version was long, and a suburban version was long. A total of 52 were produced.
A trolleybus version was built for Athens in Greece, with 46 in service. The V.11 trolley bus version had two doors, and had capacity for 27 seated and 73 standing passengers. The V.11 was used in Athens from 1961 until 1991. The same trolleybuses was used in Florence and in Capua too.

Lancia Esatau V.81

The Lancia Esatau V.81 was produced from 1953 to 1959. Most bodies were made by Viberti, with the last 23 by Pistoiesi. A total of 183 were built. The V.81 came in two lengths, the Lancia PV81 powered version at long and the Lancia V10 powered version long. The V10 originally produced and from 1957.
The weight of a Lancia Esatau V.81 is 9,3 tonnes. The bus had 18 seats and space for an additional 30 standing passengers.