Lancia Stratos!

A week ago while I was busy rushing to complete Project PDC somehow I decided to check out more on the legendary Lancia Delta Integrale. While watching videos of it on youtube, i made a conclusion too that Lancia did make one of the best cars but mostly forgotten or overshadowed by other successful car makes. The Italian car maker however, shunt most of its successes away later in the mid 90's. So it's pretty sad that their not producing any history-making cars anymore.

Years before the Lancia Delta Integrale stole the limelight, Lancia had the Stratos as their contender in the competition.

What really got me on to it though was how brilliant the concept and idea was of the car. Short wheelbase with good precisions and packed with a Ferrari powerplant, the outcome was tremendous. Lightweight and plenty of power packed a punch as a driving machine. They only made 500 production units though..

Okay, so it's a Lancia Stratos. Only made in small quantities and you've never heard of one before. Well be prepared in atleast 20 years-30 years, because you may just be able to experience a sports car with a possible success of how the Stratos did in the 70's except passionately made by a Malaysian. That is I'm referring to, Project MFSC.

After really finding out more about the Stratos in the past weeks, my mind kept on pondering about the possibilities of this car. Obviously, why wouldn't something that legendary inspire future generations or an invidual? The Lancia Stratos was true to its concept which was agility, lightweight and power. With Lancia's downfall to it, why not pick up the idea and continue with where they left? Although I'm not trying to actually make an exact copy or replica out of it but rather be it as a benchmark to the first future project car for the company. However I'm still thinking of the possibilities of it being made into production based on other existing car platforms and engines... Well I find it brilliant!

The other amazing thing was, there's a possibility of Lancia bringing it back to life once more! It's just a concept by Pininfarina for now.. yet it still looks bloody amazing! Let just leave the pictures to speak for itself. Oh and a rough idea of what could be for Project Malaysia's first Super/Sports Car in the future... ;)