New 2010 Lancia Stratos.......

[B_rad88]

hey everyone wuz-up? well i just saw this and thought i should post it up.

The new 2010 Lancia Stratos

one-off 2010 Lancia Stratos

man that thing looks so beautiful, i wish i would go into production! i hope you guys like it!

Edited August 19, 2010 by B_rad88

[TurboKitty]

some billionaire teamed up with the guy who designed the Bertone Mantide and Lancia to get this one off built for him. Supposedly if demand is high enough (no brainer there lol) then they will consider making as many as 25 limited edition copies. It's based on the Ferrari 458 Italia, and is drop dead sexy!

[B_rad88]

some billionaire teamed up with the guy who designed the Bertone Mantide and Lancia to get this one off built for him. Supposedly if demand is high enough (no brainer there lol) then they will consider making as many as 25 limited edition copies. It's based on the Ferrari 458 Italia, and is drop dead sexy!

yeah the guys name is Michael Stoschek (a German businessman) and he commissioned Pininfarina to build it, i wish it would be built, i really want one now, lol. but i don't have $1,000,000(est.) to drop on it. and actually its built on a ferrari f430 chassis and uses the f430 engine, EVEN though there are no offical reports about what is underneath that beautiful skin.

[TurboKitty]

thats right, the F430. Maybe they didn't use the 458 Italia because they keep burning to the ground, lmao:

[B_rad88]

thats right, the F430. Maybe they didn't use the 458 Italia because they keep burning to the ground, lmao:

lol, yep, and you seen all the new problems with the new 458? the turn signal buttons are on the steering wheel, and you can't have the speedo and the nav up at the same time, its either or, and many many more problems with, but it is faster way faster than a f430.

[B_rad88]

OMG, there is a website for the new stratos:

http://www.new-stratos.com/en/

[george 53]

If it's built off a FERRARI, HOW can Lancia call it THEIR own? Ferrari's lawyers musta not heard about it yet.

[B_rad88]

If it's built off a FERRARI, HOW can Lancia call it THEIR own? Ferrari's lawyers musta not heard about it yet.

well its a custom made one-off so far. and um, well lancia used ferrari parts before(remember the old stratos with the ferrari dino v6 engine in it), and ferrari didn't do anything.

[george 53]

Brad, they probably sold those engines to Lancia.If that's the case, they STILL by law, would hafta mention that they ran Ferrari engines. But CAN they just buy the basic chassis from Ferrari an put THEIR bodies on 'em an call them Lancias???

[sjordan2]

Brad, they probably sold those engines to Lancia.If that's the case, they STILL by law, would hafta mention that they ran Ferrari engines. But CAN they just buy the basic chassis from Ferrari an put THEIR bodies on 'em an call them Lancias???

They can do anything they want, and they have a contract with Ferrari for the use of the F430 engine and running gear. Further, the guy who commissioned the car has agreed to allow 24 other examples to be built at a cost of about $500,000 each.

Edited August 20, 2010 by sjordan2

[B_rad88]

well im not sure on the chassis part, but look at the lancia thema 8.32, it uses a ferrari v8, in a front wheel drive saloon! thats mad. hre is a pic of the lancia thema 8.32 ferrari engine:

http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/octane_interact/modelpicture.php?id=2460

[B_rad88]

They can do anything they want, and they have a contract with Ferrari for the use of the F430 engine and running gear. Further, the guy who commissioned the car has agreed to allow 24 other examples to be built at a cost of about $500,000 each.

thats still a rumor, there are reports going back and forth saying its going to get produced and some saing that it will stay a one-off only, its back and forth. so its still a toss up.