2011 Lancia Stratos

The Lancia Stratos HF, widely and more simply known as Lancia Stratos, is a car made by Italian car manufacturer Lancia. The HF stands for High Fidelity. It was a very successful rally car, winning the World Rally Championship in 1974, 1975, and 1976. A Bertone designed concept car called the Lancia Stratos Zero was shown to the public in 1970, but shares little but the name and mid-engined layout with the Stratos HF version.

Lancia Stratos Features

Manufacturer	Lancia
Also called	Lancia Stratos
Production	1972–1974 492 produced
Class	Sports/Rally car
Layout	MR layout
Engine(s)	2418 cc 65° DOHC V6
Wheelbase	2,180 mm (85.83 in)
Length	3,708 mm (145.98 in)
Width	1,750 mm (68.90 in)
Height	1,110 mm (43.70 in)
Curb weight	980 kg (2,161 lb)
Designer	Marcello Gandini at Bertone

 Other Concept cars

Stratos Zero

1970 Lancia Stratos Zero concept car

The Lancia Stratos 0 (or Zero) pre-empted the Lancia Stratos HF prototype by 12 months and was first shown to the public at the Turin Motor Show in 1970. The futuristic bodywork was designed by Marcello Gandini, head designer at Bertone, and featured a 1.6 L Lancia Fulvia V4 engine.
The body was wedge-shaped, finished in distinctive orange and was and unusually short (3.58 m (141 in)) and wide and only 84 cm (33 in) tall, and shared little with the production version. The Zero appeared in Michael Jackson's 1988 film, Moonwalker as well as in his music video for Smooth Criminal.

Lancia Sibilo

In 1978, Bertone created and designed a concept car based on the Stratos called the Sibilo, although it was never intended for production.

Fenomenon Stratos

Fenomenon Stratos

At the Geneva Auto Show of 2005, a British design firm known as Fenomenon debuted a retromodern concept version of the Stratos, designed by Christian Hrabalec and following its exhibition at the Frankfurt show, developed by Prodrive. The concept was based around a mid-mounted 419 bhp (312 kW; 425 PS) V8. It turned out that this company had the rights to the Stratos name.

 New Lancia Stratos

Following the stalled Fernomenon project, one interested backer was convinced to fund a one-off model. Commissioned by Michael Stoschek (a keen rally driver and chairman of Brose Group) and his son, Maximilian. Announced in 2010, the new Stratos based on the overall design and concept of the original seventies Stratos and was designed by Pininfarina. The car made use of a Ferrari F430 Scuderia as a donor car, making use of the chassis (shortened by 200 mm (7.9 in)) and much of the mechanical elements including the 4.3L V8 engine. It was reported that if sufficient interest was shown it would result in a small production run.

In popular culture

The Stratos is an available car in the Sega Rally franchise of games, both as a regular vehicle, and as an unlockable bonus car, depending on the version played.