RE: New Lancia Stratos Spied In Italy
Discussion
How many negatives can you fit into one sentence there?
"An F430 basis seems most sensible, but even though the use of the Balocco facility means the project has Fiat Auto's implicit approval, it's unlikely that neither Fiat, Ferrari nor Lancia will have anything more than a tangential involvement with the project"
dear oh dear..... you're lucky its only me who picked this up...some here would be having kittens....
"An F430 basis seems most sensible, but even though the use of the Balocco facility means the project has Fiat Auto's implicit approval, it's unlikely that neither Fiat, Ferrari nor Lancia will have anything more than a tangential involvement with the project"
dear oh dear..... you're lucky its only me who picked this up...some here would be having kittens....
Paul 8v said:
I'd love to see them put it into production, alfa V6 would be a good bet and keep the costs down when compared to a Ferarri engine. Wonder if they'd sell it over here....
I don't expect the costs to be much different, but certainly a Ferrari engine in a much cheaper car that still drives great would not fly with management. So whether costs would actually be high or not, a good Stratos reissue with a Ferrari engine could never sell for less than a Ferrari or perhaps a Maserati.HFEVO2 said:
Fiat can't hope to price a Lancia in Ferrari territory - it needs to be no more expensive than an Audi A5 and that's pushing it because it won't be as well built.
For that reason using Ferrari bits would be a mistake. Far better to use Alfa power.
TBH, they've got to do something with the brand. The last I heard sales had dropped record levels in Italy! If the Italians aren't buying Lancia who else will? Something like this or the Fulvia concept penned a couple of years ago might, just might, revive the brand.For that reason using Ferrari bits would be a mistake. Far better to use Alfa power.
DavidCane said:
Something about those 'spy' shots looks fishy. They look more like screenshots from a PS3 game than actual photos, almost like a photo of a tv screen with the game (GT5?) playing.
funwithrevs said:
The pictures of the silver car have been seen before, and seem to be a rendering rather than an actual car. The two views have a different amount of offset/dish on the rear coffin spoke wheels.
In my professional opinion,
those pics are genuine, albeit a static model rather than a running car;- Notice the circular plate the car is sat on, and the uninspiring backdrop? that'll be a 'viewing garden' (i.e. an open space outside a design studio where the models can be viewed in natural light).
-The solid windows and suspect looking taillamps also give it away (which would be easy to photoshop in, but costly to show on a real model).
-The strange wheel offset is because the model only has two '3D' wheels (one front and one rear, to save money on prototyping!), on the other side of the car the wheels are just printed on board and stuck-on to give the impression of being there at first glance. The photographer should not have been taking pictures of that side!
So that tells me that someone is serious enough (at least) to spend a lot of money on this, as even a static model at 1:1 scale ain't cheap (think of a number with six 0's on the end)!
Edited by tim-b on Wednesday 4th August 15:00
Mr Darcy said:
For some reason the Startos reminds of a S2 Elise. Must be the back end or maybe I am just a little bit blind these days.
Would be great if it does make it into production but I would still prefer the original one.
Now there's an idea - Stratos re-body for the S1 elise chassis.Would be great if it does make it into production but I would still prefer the original one.
10k for a donor, 10k for a body, + labour 30k for a Stratos that handles.
I love it.
Could be a good bet to be a competitor to the new toyota that's on the cards at the moment.
Circa 170hp would be nice as a base with more powerful models too. Surely the current range of 1.4 turbos from the Abarth Punto/500 could be a nice starter engine. 180hp factory spec on the essesse models. could easily be upped to more and have a tasty v6 as a range topper?
Could be a good bet to be a competitor to the new toyota that's on the cards at the moment.
Circa 170hp would be nice as a base with more powerful models too. Surely the current range of 1.4 turbos from the Abarth Punto/500 could be a nice starter engine. 180hp factory spec on the essesse models. could easily be upped to more and have a tasty v6 as a range topper?
Agoogy said:
How many negatives can you fit into one sentence there?
"An F430 basis seems most sensible, but even though the use of the Balocco facility means the project has Fiat Auto's implicit approval, it's unlikely that neither Fiat, Ferrari nor Lancia will have anything more than a tangential involvement with the project"
dear oh dear..... you're lucky its only me who picked this up...some here would be having kittens....
That and the fact that the title should have been "RE: New Lancia Strato's Spied In Italy""An F430 basis seems most sensible, but even though the use of the Balocco facility means the project has Fiat Auto's implicit approval, it's unlikely that neither Fiat, Ferrari nor Lancia will have anything more than a tangential involvement with the project"
dear oh dear..... you're lucky its only me who picked this up...some here would be having kittens....
It is Strato's, not Stratos.
I'll let Blib explain to you with photos from his
Oh and is it wrong to actually get slightly turned on by a car? You know, that "fizzy feeling" somewhere in my abdomen.
rhinochopig said:
Mr Darcy said:
For some reason the Startos reminds of a S2 Elise. Must be the back end or maybe I am just a little bit blind these days.
Would be great if it does make it into production but I would still prefer the original one.
Now there's an idea - Stratos re-body for the S1 elise chassis.Would be great if it does make it into production but I would still prefer the original one.
10k for a donor, 10k for a body, + labour 30k for a Stratos that handles.
That would be a fun car.
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