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Created on March 23, 1977

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Dirk Maxeiner

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Lancia Stratos 1973

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Lancia Stratos (1973) - the basis for rally victories

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Lancia Stratos (1976) - production version of the Stato

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Lancia Stratos (1978) - side view of the Bertone design

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Lancia Stratos HF (1971) - front view

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Lancia Stratos HF (1974) - standard version

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Lancia Stratos - The road-going Stratos - Stylish dashboard and a conventional air filter for practical use

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Lancia Stratos - The rally Stratos - rev counter, clocks, relays and a dust catcher as an air filter

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Lancia Stratos (1975) - the road-going version costs just 34,000 francs - Geneva Motor Show 1975

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Lancia Stratos Stradale (1975) - Marcello Gandini's Bertone designs Lancia Stratos and Alfa Romeo Carabo side by side

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Lancia Stratos HF (1971) - Presentation in Turin

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Lancia Stratos HF (1971) - side view of the prototype

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Lancia Stratos HF (1974) - Rally 4 Regioni 1974 - Munari

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Lancia Stratos HF (1975) - Rally 4 Regioni 1975 - Munari

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Lancia Stratos at the 1975 Monte Carlo Rally - Munari and Manucci win the 1975 Monte Carlo Rally in their Lancia Stratos

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Rally Monte Carlo 1975 - Munari/Manucci in a Lancia Stratos

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1977 Monte Carlo Rally - Lancia Stratos with Munari/Maiga - Munari was overall winner four times

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Lancia Stratos at the 1977 Monte Carlo Rally - Munari and Maiga win the 1977 Monte Carlo Rally

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Lancia Stratos - Silvio Maiga and Sandro Munari drove the victorious Stratos in the 1976 Monte Carlo Rally

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Summary

A driver's license is not enough for Lancia Stratos drivers. If you want to get behind the wheel of this bomb, you need a license. This historical driving report describes the experiences with the civilian version of the car that won the Monte-Carlo Rally three times in a row.

This article contains the following chapters

Approach phase
Encounters in uniform
All respect, Mr. Munari!

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Loan agreement - Deutsche Fiat Aktiengesellschaft is loaning the Lancia Stratos, police registration number HN-RT 97, to the hobby editorial office in Stuttgart for test drives from January 21, '77 to February 4, '77." I pull out my pen, add my signature, and the Lancia Stratos is mine. For two weeks, i.e. fourteen days and nights, or even better: for 336 hours. Mentally absent-minded, I give the desired signature, skim the legal information again and get stuck at point II: "The vehicle may not be used for racing purposes, including any training drives," it says. Dear Fiat in-house lawyer, how could you do this to me? What on earth is the Stratos supposed to be used for? Am I supposed to fetch bread rolls in a car that already looks faster than a Porsche at 200 km/h when stationary? With a car that was uncompromisingly built to win races and rallies? That finally won the Monte Carlo Rally for the third time?

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