1970's Super Car Classic
It all began in 1970, at the Turin exhibition stand of the automobile designer, Bertone. The Stratos HF (High Fidelity) may have followed the 1970s super car 'wedge' aesthetic yet in my mind it is a stylistic masterpiece, mainly due to its distinctive crescent-shaped-wrap-around windscreen. Manufactured by Lancia and designed by Marcello Gandini, the car was the stuff of dreams for a car mad 10 year old in 1977.
Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s the car gained legendary status as one of the most spectacular and successful rally cars of the period. In fact it was the world’s first purposely designed rally car, with a tiny cabin (drivers worn a Stratos rather than drove it), lightweight (790kg) and with an incredibly short wheel-base that enabled it to change direction with a flick of the steering wheel.
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| The Top Trump playing card that started the obsession. |
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