Spied: REBIRTH OF A LEGEND - New Lancia Stratos spied!

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One of the most legendary cars from the rich pages of automotive history is al set to be reborn, as a prototype, that closely mirrors a modern day reinterpretation of the fearsome Lancia Stratos, has been caught testing in secret at Fiat's Balocco test track. When it was first shown as a radical prototype at the Turin Motor Show in 1970 the Stratos stunned and shocked onlookers in equal measure and the rallying exploits of the production version saw it go on to enter automotive folk law. The Stratos immediately won on its rally debut following homologation and it sealed world championship titles as the Ferrari-powered sports car embarked on a half decade long winning spree and it played a key role in building the modern-day reputation of Lancia that was won on the world's most important rally tracks.

Now exactly four decades later the Stratos is set to be reborn, the original Bertone lines and thinking clearly visible and still the focal point of the project but now sharpened and updated to reflect the passage of time and the onset of a new generation of design language. All the emotive design cues that turned the Stratos into a genuine automotive icon can be clearly seen: the wheelarches cutting into the bonnet, the curved windshield and wrap-around side glass, the engine cover and features and the flip-up rear spoiler. The flush-fit new headlights are new reflecting the end of the era of pop-up units and the turn signal indicators are the latest fashion in LEDs.

The two 'spy' photographs were taken at the Fiat Group test track at Balocco near Milan on June 21 when this prototype was undergoing secret testing. Very little is known about the ambitious project but Italiaspeed has learnt that it has in fact been privately funded by a European industrialist. The trademark sloping bonnet betrays a badge recess that is of a very similar shape to Lancia's traditional emblem meaning this new sports car could well be set to carry the famous marque's name once again, which will raise the hope of Lancisti across the world, as is the fact that it has been in test action at Balocco.
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http://www.italiaspeed.com/2010/cars/lancia/07/stratos/0308.html

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W-w-w-waaaat? I would SO buy that!
 
This is the most awesome thing I have heard in a VERY long time. WANT very badly!!!
 
I saw it in person a while ago. Unfortunately, you won't be able to buy it, as it's a one-off (based on a Ferrari 430 Scuderia)
 
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I came.
 
they should just make it. it would sell like sliced bread.
 
Sorry, but I thought Pininfarina designs, not manufactures. This just screams Lancia.

It would be epic to make it. I bet my life on the fact that it would sell. Given proper advertisement. Not like the shite ad work they had with the most epic luxury car ever made, the Thesis.
 
I know what I'm talking about. Of course it looks like a Lancia, since it's a modern version of the Stratos, but it's a one-off made by Pininfarina for a private customer, just like the more famous P4/5.

Pininfarina does manufacture one-offs. And they manufacture regular cars, as well (the Alfa Romeo Brera and Spider are built by Pininfarina, in their San Giorgio Canavese plant).
 
There's no party to join, and it doesn't matter if you've moved on: that car has been designed, developed and built for a customer, there will be only one in the world, so as long as he's happy (and he is), they don't have to worry about being late for anyone's party.
 
Matt dizle: Do you have nothing else to do than troll threads? You know there is a site for people like you. 4chan.

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Thanks MacGeek, I wasn't aware of that. I was always under the impression that Pinifarina only designs, and then orders production to others. One offs are then a possibility with them.

But maybe Lancia will go with the flow and decide to put it back into production.
 
MattD1zzl3 said:
Sorry, the "Remake our 70's cars" thing was played out in 1995 with the new beatle, and 2005 with the new mustang, we've moved on. Too bad so sad, late to the party again italy! (Just like crashing the allied "Blow europe to smithereens" fest in the mid fourties :) )
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That's impressive since the new beetle came out in 1998 :p

I wonder how well this car will drive/stay in one piece.
 
And the Mustang is more based on 60s mustangs than 70s...
 
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