Lancia Stratos

Lancia Stratos, Marcello Gandini at Bertone for Lancia
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A short, wedge-shaped rally car that won the World Rally Championship three years running.

The Stratos was the first car built to win rallies. It won the World Rally Championship for makes in 1974, 1975 and 1976.

Materials: Steel frame, glass-fibre body; Ferrari V6 engine

Manufacture: Built by Bertone; five hundred examples for homologation.

The wedge-shaped body with a windscreen like a helmet visor.

The very short wheelbase.