The Lancia Stratos HF was the first car designed specifically for rally racing, and its lightweight build and powerful ...

Then, in 1986, Lancia brokered a deal with Ferrari to use ... sale at the time. The engine was given a cross-plane crankshaft ...

For comparison, the original Lancia Stratos produced 190bhp from its 2.4-litre Ferrari V6 engine and had a kerb weight of 980kg, meaning 197bhp/ton, so this new Stratos should prove massively ...

It really is purely by chance that I’m first into the quite exquisite recreation of the Lancia Stratos HF ... by the more urgent cry of another Ferrari engine, this one real and fast approaching.