Lancia is an Italian car manufacturer and a subsidiary of FCA Italy S.p.A., a Stellantis division. The present legal entity of Lancia was formed in January 2007 when its corporate parent reorganized its businesses, but its history is traced back to Lancia & C., founded in 1906 in Torino by Vincenzo Lancia (1881-1937) and Claudio Fogolin. It became part of Fiat in 1969.