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"The Stratos is unquestionably one of the greatest ever made. It is beautiful, brilliantly engineered, brutally quick, inherently collectible, and still defies the efforts of time to shred it into obscurity. It is one of the eternal classics of sports car design. Today, any Stratos for sale is a treasure.

The Stratos was created by the Italian automaker Lancia, built exclusively to win the World Rally Championship of the 1970s. Its ferocity and unrivaled drivability won it three consecutive world championships, forever etching its name in the annals of motorsport. Today, finding a Lancia Stratos for sale is like finding a diamond: only about 500 were ever made.

At the core of the Stratos is a mid-mounted, Ferrari-sourced 2.4-litre V6, now powering a single-seat vehicle, but with 190 horsepower. For a car of that era, more than 100 horsepower per litre is a potent figure even to this day. Through its narrow wheelbase, it pushes ever-so-slightly from side to side on corners, but it remains secure and beautifully balanced. Its reactive behavior is so vivid amid the trial and error of a rally stage. The cinematic impact of the Lancia Stratos is matchless, as it claws its way up the hill. It exudes a wild animal’s clarity of intent. Forget the Ferrari’s power-to-weight advantage. The Stratos is only 126 inches (3,200 mm) wide across the middle of the car – narrower than most supercars today.

Aside from this technical masterpiece, one of the big reasons why the Stratos is hard to forget is its design. The wedge-shaped profile with the famed Kamm tail, designed by Marcello Gandini at Bertone, is as shocking today as when the car was first unveiled in the 1970s. With its slightly menacing stance, dramatic lines, and the jawbreaker round headlights, you instantly know it’s a Stratos.

The Stratos belongs to a different technical and mechanical realm from pretty much every rally car since, and it speaks eloquently to Lancia’s vision of the potential of a rally car to be something more, and of an automaker’s ability to achieve more.

Word gets out when a Lancia Stratos goes up for sale, because they rarely crop up for purchase. Built in limited numbers, they’re unlikely even at large classic car auctions. But any owner of one carries with them an example of design ingenuity and pure driving performance, which is hard to rival for sheer automotive strangeness.

Part of owning a Stratos is not just the experience of piloting a rally icon but also of an important automotive heritage. To buy a Lancia Stratos for sale is to purchase the legacy of a golden age of motoring.

To sum up, the Lancia Stratos is an incredible car. It’s an unadulterated piece of automotive legend that’s still being lauded by car enthusiasts all around the world. Thanks to its alluring design cues, astonishing performance, and ragtag motorsport success, it’ll surely remain a Blue Chip classic. If you ever spot a Stratos for sale, rest assured that you’re not just looking at a car, but a rare piece of automotive art that has forever changed the landscape of rally racing and automotive design."