A Century of Cars: Solido 1980 Lancia Stratos, 1979 Rallye Monte Carlo

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The Lancia Stratos HF, widely and more simply known as Lancia Stratos, is a car made by Italian car manufacturer Lancia. The HF stands for High Fidelity. It was a very successful rally car, winning the World Rally Championship in 1974, 1975, and 1976.

Lancia presented the Bertone designed Lancia Stratos HF prototype at the 1971 Turin 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. The three leading men behind the entire rallying project were Lancia team manager Cesare Fiorio, British racer/engineer Mike Parkes and factory rally driver Sandro Munari.
 		    
A Century of Cars: Solido 1980 Lancia Stratos, 1979 Rallye Monte Carlo A Century of Cars: Solido 1980 Lancia Stratos, 1979 Rallye Monte Carlo A Century of Cars: Solido 1980 Lancia Stratos, 1979 Rallye Monte Carlo    
A Century of Cars: Solido 1980 Lancia Stratos, 1979 Rallye Monte Carlo A Century of Cars: Solido 1980 Lancia Stratos, 1979 Rallye Monte Carlo A Century of Cars: Solido 1980 Lancia Stratos, 1979 Rallye Monte Carlo    
A Century of Cars: Solido 1980 Lancia Stratos, 1979 Rallye Monte Carlo A Century of Cars: Solido 1980 Lancia Stratos, 1979 Rallye Monte Carlo A Century of Cars: Solido 1980 Lancia Stratos, 1979 Rallye Monte Carlo    
         
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