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Corrections record
ItalianCar corrects substantive factual errors transparently. This page explains the threshold for a public correction and records corrections made to the current edition.
Published corrections
Lancia history: World Rally Championship manufacturers’ titles
- Article: Lancia history: from Ceirano and Fiat to Lambda and Delta
- Correction date:
- What changed: The rally section said Lancia’s official history credits the marque with 11 World Rally Championship manufacturers’ titles. That figure includes the Lancia Fulvia’s 1972 International Championship for Manufacturers, which was run the season before the World Rally Championship began in 1973. The section now says the WRC’s own list of champion cars names a Lancia in ten seasons (1974, 1975, 1976, 1983 and 1987–1992), and explains that Lancia’s releases have used both ten and 11, and why.
- Evidence: WRC, champion cars by season from 1973; Lancia, “ten World Rally Championship Manufacturers’ titles”; Lancia, 1983 counted as its fifth constructors’ title, which includes 1972; Stellantis Heritage, the 1972 International Championship for Manufacturers; Lancia, the 11-title figure.
- Effect: Lancia’s World Rally Championship manufacturers’ titles are now given as ten, not 11. The 1972 title is described as a predecessor championship and is not counted as a WRC title. No other date or figure in the history changed in this correction.
What receives a correction note
A correction is appropriate when an article materially misstates a specification, date, model identity, attribution, source, price basis, safety point or conclusion. It is also appropriate when wording creates a misleading impression even though individual words could be read narrowly as true.
A published correction should identify the affected page, describe the incorrect or unclear statement, explain the replacement and link to supporting evidence where possible. The article's updated date changes and the note remains attached to the page so a returning reader can understand the revision.
What may be fixed without an entry
Spelling, punctuation, grammar, layout, accessibility markup and broken-link repairs may be made without a public correction when they do not change the meaning. A source URL may be replaced with an equivalent official location without a correction if the evidence and claim remain the same.
Those maintenance fixes do not justify changing a page's substantive updated date simply to make it appear more recent.
How entries will be written
- Article: title and direct link.
- Correction date: the date the published page changed.
- What changed: a plain-language account of the error and replacement.
- Evidence: the source used to verify the correction.
- Effect: whether the change altered a broader conclusion or recommendation.
Reporting an issue
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