RE: New Lancia Stratos Spied In Italy

[Chill Winston]

I demand that the lime green one be made.

[funwithrevs]

Hellbound said:

crostonian said:

I've driven round Balocco and don't recall any gradients as seen in the 1st so called spy pic. As for Alfa V6 power, would that be the pathetic excuse of an engine to be found in the Brera? Hope not.

How dare you insult that legendary Busso V6 power plant!

The Brera is a fat pig.

lol he wasn't insulting the Busso, he was insulting the Holden block V6.

Would insulting the Busso be an automatic banning from the forums?

[pSyCoSiS]

Very cool car.

[forzaminardi]

It looks f*cking fantastic, but what are the chances? The Fulvia concept of five or six years ago met with incredibly positive response, and that was in a market segment where Lancia could expect to make some money with a decent car. This isn't going to happen is it?

More to the point, if it IS going to happen, please make it a MR2 type coupe or sportscar that normal people can afford! PLEASE!!!!

[german tony]

Mr Dave said:

The car is a one off, and it belongs to Martin Kapp, the same guy who commissioned Zagato to make the Alfa Romeo TZ3.

Just in case he decides to sell it do let us know.

[sledge68]

that was the whole reason it won the world rally championship 3 times, agility, same as the fulvia before it and the integrale,

this dooes look damn awesome, i have a late integrale but this thing knocks it out of the water

where do i sign

rhinochopig said:

Look at the wheel base - it'll be twitchier than a jack rabbit with his nuts caught on an electric fence.

[uuf361]

I think it looks truly awful

[Snoggledog]

DELTAHPE said:

Snoggledog said:

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.

not sure about that didn't they outsell alfa in europe last year? Don't catch typical British media anti-Lancia negativity

No anti Lancia sentiment from me. I grew up on a diet of Fulvias, Flavias, Prismas and Themas before owning a Y10 myself. Given the chance (and available funds) I'd happily buy a well sorted Montecarlo.
Look at what Fiat have done with the brands though... Fiat has stayed in the same market that they always held. Small & cheap. Alfa have finally been allowed to head back towards their sporting roots. Ferrari hasn't changed at all, except that the cars are hideously styled now. Maserati, whilst still a little lost in terms of historic brand image at least do a GT which sort of gets them close to what they did in the 60's & 70's. Lancia on the other hand has a brand image which seems to be more quirky than anything else. The engineering, styling (50's & 60's cars) and innovation of the past is no more than a distant memory. As much as I want Lancia to survive, unless they start to produce cars like the Fulvia concept and the customer Stratos, they're likely to sink without a trace.

[ellisd82]

Justayellowbadge said:

From Bollah's link:

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Wednesday 4th August 13:16

Now that is one nice car! put 700bhp in it and you've got a winner!

[Galsia]

The original Stratos is lovely but I don't like the new one. The original is obviously fashioned from the Seventies. This just looks awkward like the new Dodge Charger.

[FestivAli]

TonyHetherington said:

Must admit, I don't agree that it looks fantastic. It's proportions are very wrong. However, it is as cool as a polar bear's nut sack.

It sort of looks to me the same way that the new Dodge Challenger looks to the original car. Very similar, but modern surfacing techniques and pressings 'clean' it up a bit; whilst making it look fatter.

[vintageracer01]

911p said:

Rear end does look very nice - very much like the original.

MAGNIFICENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Whiters]

sledge68 said:

that was the whole reason it won the world rally championship 3 times, agility, same as the fulvia before it and the integrale,

this dooes look damn awesome, i have a late integrale but this thing knocks it out of the water

where do i sign

rhinochopig said:

Look at the wheel base - it'll be twitchier than a jack rabbit with his nuts caught on an electric fence.

Don't think the wheelbase looks that short on this, not in comparison to the original. Difficult to get an idea of the scale admittedly...

[vintageracer01]

vintageracer01 said:

kiteless said:

Just. Magnificent.

As more I look at it, I MUST have one.

I hope there will be a production run of some sort.

This is the best car proposal for a long time.
And please, do not touch the design any more. Nowhere. No compromises with engineers about this an that and the other, please.
It is just perfect like this.

(This pictures must be taken somewhere in a design studio because the car sits on a turn table. Seems to be a grotty place though)

But the result is stunning!

[911p]

vintageracer01 said:

911p said:

Rear end does look very nice - very much like the original.

MAGNIFICENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I get the gist you might be liking that rear end a little bit...

[MonteV]

Bring on the Stratos and the Fulvia Coupé Convertible as well!

[rutthenut]

Sod the convertible idea. And ffs don't consider a piddly 1.4 in it.

Think that those who find it reminds them of an Elise, looks wise, should think again. Perhaps the Elise reminds them of the [original] Stratos ;-)

And I know which is the quicker. Sod the comments about not handling well. My Stratos replica (with near-original suspension geometry) is noticeably quicker than Elise and Exige Lotus cars around Zolder. Do agree it can be a handful, but it is FUN

[GTRene]

some more lovely fress pictures

paar prachtige nwe foto's en info.





[quote]Das Modell könnte bei der italienischen Design-Schmiede auch in einer Stückszahl von 25 Exemplaren gebaut werden
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[quote]Der New Stratos baut auf dem verkürzten Chassis des Ferrari 430 Scuderia auf. Er wird von einem V8-Mittelmotor ...
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[quote]New Stratos mit Ferrari-V8
Der New Stratos baut auf einem verkürzten Ferrari 430 Scuderia-Chassis auf und wiegt lediglich 1.240 Kilo. Das Leistungsgewicht soll bei 2,25 Kilogramm pro PS liegen. Als Antrieb dient ein Ferrari-V8, der im Scuderia 510 PS leistet.


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[quote] der direkte Vergleich zwischen dem "New Stratos" und dem historischen Gruppe-4-Modell des Lancia Stratos.
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[quote]Pininfarina baut - zunächst noch als Einzelstück - den New Stratos, der sich an dem legendären Lancia Stratos orientiert. In die vollständig aus Karbon gefertigte Karosserie ist ein Überrollkäfig integriert, ganz so wie beim Vorgänger, der drei Rallye-WM-Titel holte.

Doch weder Lancia noch Pininfarina stecken als Köpfe hinter dem New Stratos. Ein Unternehmer aus Süddeutschland hat sich zusammen mit seinem Sohn einen persönlichen Traum erfüllt und Pininfarina mit dem Bau des Einzelstücks beauftragt. Die italienische Designschmiede könnte den New Stratos sogar in einer Kleinserie von 25 Exemplaren bauen - eine Entscheidung ist indes noch nicht gefallen. Fest steht allerdings, dass der New Stratos schon seine Feuertaufe absolviert hat. Die ersten Testrunden drehte Ex-Formel 1-Fahrer Tiago Monteiro erfolgreich auf der Fiat-Teststrecke in Balocco.

Unternehmer Michael Stoschek hatte bereits seit dem Jahr 2003 die Idee, einen Lancia Stratos aufzubauen, finanziell beteiligte er sich an dem Fenomenon-Stratos, der auf dem Genfer Autosalon 2005 präsentiert wurde.


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http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/new-lancia...

GTRene

[stephen300o]

Too much high end luxury, surely not what the Stratos is about. Would prefer an Italian six pot and cheapen the build so you can sell it at £50-60k

[Fulvisti]

I wonder if Lancia are thinking of using it to return to the WRC? Now THAT would be cool!