Screw The Viper - Should Chrysler Bring The Stratos Over Here Instead?

 One of the most legendary cars from the rich pages of automotive history is al set to be reborn, as a prototype, that closely mirrors a modern day reinterpretation of the fearsome Lancia Stratos, has been caught testing in secret at Fiat's Balocco test track.

When it was first shown as a radical prototype at the Turin Motor Show in 1970 the Stratos stunned and shocked onlookers in equal measure and the rallying exploits of the production version saw it go on to enter automotive folk law. The Stratos immediately won on its rally debut following homologation and it sealed world championship titles as the Ferrari-powered sports car embarked on a half decade long winning spree and it played a key role in building the modern-day reputation of Lancia that was won on the world's most important rally tracks.

Now exactly four decades later the Stratos is set to be reborn, the original Bertone lines and thinking clearly visible and still the focal point of the project but now sharpened and updated to reflect the passage of time and the onset of a new generation of design language.




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Need4Speed - 8/4/2010 11:43:13 AM

+7 Boost

That looks like a "I saw Bigfoot" picture

hk4site - 8/4/2010 12:17:18 PM

-3 Boost

The viper was a POS ask me I owned one. As for Fiat they will be gone in the US within 5 years.

Agent009 - 8/4/2010 12:31:39 PM

+5 Boost

I wouldn't count Fiat out just quite yet.

Autoegr525 - 8/4/2010 7:34:22 PM

+2 Boost

Care to humor us with the detail? What about your Viper did you not like, the fact that it was fake?

Joe_Limon - 8/4/2010 7:41:05 PM

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hk4site, I hope you weren't expecting a luxury car when you purchased it... for what it is, it's a decent car for the price.

4wheelsfan - 8/4/2010 12:52:48 PM

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I think this will be a one-off, at least according to some Italian websites.

carguy68 - 8/4/2010 1:04:49 PM

+1 Boost

Kit car.

WorldofLuxury - 8/4/2010 4:50:05 PM

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Even if it were a great, little sportscar, I wouldn't replace a Viper with it. They're just not the same.

Joe_Limon - 8/4/2010 7:42:25 PM

+3 Boost

it looks like someone made a fancy render and then took a picture of their screen with their cell phone.

bfghemicuda - 8/4/2010 8:03:21 PM

+2 Boost

Long live the snake!!

bfghemicuda - 8/4/2010 10:19:23 PM

-1 Boost

BTW Screw the Stratos

theman440 - 8/5/2010 12:20:53 AM

+1 Boost

Please NO!!!!!!!!

5spdE30 - 8/5/2010 1:59:31 AM

+1 Boost

YES!!!!!

als723 - 8/5/2010 12:45:10 PM

+2 Boost

It looks like Lambo from the front, old school trans am from the back, with ferrari wheels... not sure how I feel, the proportions look awkward to me

upwards - 8/6/2010 3:46:34 AM

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