In the Phillip Island pics the Lancia Stratos shown has a Ferrari motor. I since obtained some more information about this car from Wikipedia for those revheads among you. Then I have added the modern incarnation, which is a one-off car. One will, however, need a big lottery win to finance it.
Techie stuff first, on the Old:
Lancia presented the Bertone designed Lancia Stratos HF prototype at the 1971Turin Motor Show, a year after the announcement of the Stratos Zero concept car. The prototype Stratos HF (Chassis 1240) was fluorescent red in colour and featured a distinctive crescent-shaped-wrap-around windshield providing maximum forward visibility with almost no rear visibility. The prototype had three different engines in its early development life: the Lancia Fulvia engine, the Lancia Beta engine and finally for the 1971 public announcement, the mid mounted Dino Ferrari V6, producing 192 hp (143 kW).
The Stratos was a very successful rally car during the 1970s and early 1980s. It started a new era in rallying as it was the first car designed from scratch for this kind of competition. Powered by the Dino 2.4 L V6 engine , it gave the road car a 0-60 mph time of just under five seconds, and a top speed of 144 mph (232 km/h). The car was sold as the Lancia Stratos Stradale.
For racing, the engine was tuned up to 280 hp (209 kW) and even to 560 hp (418 kW) with a single KKK turbobocharger. The car won the 1974, 1975 and 1976 chanpionship titles in the hands of Sandro Munari and Bjorn Waldegard.
New Stratos (2010)
One wealthy Stratos fanatic decided to fund a one-off model. Commissioned by Micael Stoscheck (a keen rally driver and chairman of Brose Group) and his son, Maximilian, the New Stratos was announced in 2010 based on the overall design and concept of the original seventies Stratos and was designed and developed by Pinifarina.
The car made use of a Ferrari F430 Scuderia as a donor car, using the chassis and much of the mechanical elements including the 4.3L V8 engine (4308 cc), tuned up from 503 hp (375 kW) horsepower to 532 hp (397 kW) at 8200 rpm and torque of 519 Nm.
The New Stratos weighs 1,247 kg and is claimed to accelerate to 62 mph in 3.3 seconds and on to a top speed close to 200 mph (320 km/h). While shorter than its donor car, the New Stratos is a little larger than the original Stratos, and only 1,240 mm tall.
Old and New Take 1 ...
Old and New Take 2 ...
That's all for now about this glorious car -- off to buy my lottery ticket :-)
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