Lancia Stratos is a small mid-engine sports car built by Lancia from 1973 to 1978 and since 2018. The Stratos purposely built as a rally in early competition of World Rally Championship which becomes dominating throughout it's years.
The Stratos comes with Ferrari's 2.4-litre Dino engine V6 and 5-speed gearbox. Whilst keeping the design as small to use in rally but the ground clearance is high which meant for ideal various road. Stratos was also last to be powered with Dino engine in early MY-models with lower state tune it becomes the power output of 190-bhp, it was sold as Stratos HF Stardale.
It saw very successful in rallying even at the hands of privateers until 1981, this also limited success in 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1976. The Stratos was replaced by Rally 037 with same configuration.
In 2018, the Stratos revived the production with the Ferrari F430 as a basis with increased dimension. It features a 6-speed flappy paddles and manual gearbox but also has same 4.3-litre Tipo V8 engine with more power up to 540-bhp. It was said to produce in 25 units also.
Appearances[]
- In Series 14, Episode 3, the DIY Lancia Stratos was the slowest lap on Top Gear test track with 1:48.
- In Series 3, Episode 12 (TGT), Jeremy Clarkson reviews the New Stratos, then he explains how it was build and tested on Eboladrome which highlighted some oversteers and spin out. With Abby Eaton on wheel she managed lap in 1:21.6 same as the Alpine B5.