Rain cars rally italian vehicles racing lancia stratos rally cars racing cars. Whats more its steel space frame structure with integrated roll cage and fiberglass body let the stratos grace the scales at a dainty 2161 and eventually just 1940 pounds. Lancia stratos the best rally car you never heard of. See more ideas about vehicles cars and rally car. The lancia stratos was the first car designed specifically for top flight rally competition developed by the all italian dream team of lancia nuccio bertone and marcello gandini with engines supplied by ferrari.
The lancia stratos hf the king of 70s rally. Homebuilt rally car thats too fast for the wrc. The lancia stratos isnt a car you see every day driving down the street. Powered by a longitudinally mounted v4 engine the fulvias racing prowess was quickly noted allowing lancia to win the italian rally championship in 1965and every year thereafter until 1973.
Nicknamed the flying saucer. 8 craziest group b rally cars duration. The lancia rally 037 also known as the lancia abarth 037 tipo 151 was a mid engine rally car built by lancia in the early 1980s purely for the fia group b world rally championship. 24 feb 2019 explore rogerw2792s board lancia stratos on pinterest.
But it would take years for lancia dealers throughout europe to liquidate their meager allotments of the stratos. Aug 31 2018 1973 1978 designed by bertone powered by ferrari dino v6 engine. Why the most. Rally heaven shotgun in a lancia stratos and delta s4 chris harris on cars.
We remember the stratos today as one of the most successful rally cars of its era. 911s are a popular choice in historic rally racing today and thats because theyre easy and relatively cheap to maintain. First purpose built rally racer. Parts are easier to find and theyre a more all around car.
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