The Wedge Built for One Purpose - Winning Rallies: The Lancia Stratos Story

The story of the Lancia Stratos: a wedge-shaped concept drawn by Marcello Gandini, a Ferrari Dino V6 mounted in the middle, a wheelbase so short it spun like a top, three straight world rally titles, a fight inside Fiat that ended the program, and the revival attempts decades later. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:44 The concept 1:34 The prototype 2:24 A very short car 3:16 Homologation 3:54 Sandro Munari 4:29 Monte Carlo 5:17 A war inside Fiat 5:52 The end 6:42 Collectors 7:15 Driving it 7:46 Lancia's later glory 8:05 The revival 8:38 The lessons 9:27 Details 10:32 The sound 11:04 A different era Sources: Lancia / Stellantis Heritage history of the Stratos HF and Stratos Zero concept Bertone and Marcello Gandini design histories of the Stratos Zero (1970) World Rally Championship records, 1973 to 1978 Image credits (resized and cropped for video): 48 public-domain / CC0 images (no attribution required). --- Voiceover is produced with AI text-to-speech. Images are licensed (public domain or Creative Commons) and credited in each video description. Sources are listed above for every number in the video. #cars #automotive #MitchTannerCar