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Lancia Stratos Zero: The Eternal Futurist Reviewed

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A touch screen instrument panel in 1970? Well, the idea of one anyway. The multi-jointed steering wheel and front entrance makes one wonder who at Bertone was driving a BMW Isetta…Photo by Evan Klein

Review by Pete Vack
Photos by Evan Klein/@evankleinfilms

Hard to believe, but apparently Lancia Stratos Zero: The Eternal Futurist by Gautam Sen is the only published book about the Lancia Stratos HF Zero, and the author is by far the best person to write it, with impeccable and impressive credentials. A Vice President with FIVA, Gautam Sen has authored several award-winning books: Marcello Gandini: Maestro of Design, Ballot, The Bertone Collection, Tom Tjaarda: Master of Proportions, Lamborghini: At the Cutting Edge of Design, Bugatti: The Italian Decade, and Alfa Romeo SZ Coda Tronca: The Art of Conservation, When Wedge had the Edge (all by Dalton Watson Fine Books).

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Italians at the Birmingham NEC Classic

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Star of the Lancia Motor Club stand and voted best car at the show, The Lancia Stratos Zero Concept car which is currently in the UK being lightly recommissioned by Classic Motor Cars (CMC).

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

I had not visited the Classic Motor Show held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham for a few years, and to be honest I had no plans to attend this year. It is far away from my home and often badly lit for photographs, it is huge, and being that it is a UK show, it will contain lots of British cars. If it’s Fords and Vauxhalls you want, then this is your show.

But out of the blue I received a press release from the Lancia Motor Club UK about the show, to be held November 11-13. The center piece of their stand this year was to me the Bertone Lancia Stratos Zero concept car currently in the UK being fettled for the road, so it was straight onto the internet to find a hotel near the show and away I went. Plus the Alfa Club had a showing of AlfaSuds. So were there lots of Fords and Vauxhalls? Of course, plus plenty of Austins and Rovers but I am pleased to say I did manage to find lots of stuff to interest me. Yes, it was big and it was often badly lit and one day was not long enough to see it all!

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On the Block: The Bertone Collection, 2011

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By Roberto Motta, Pete Vack and RM Auctions
Photos courtesy Sotheby/RM Auctions

From our Archives, April 2011

As a consequence of the financial reorganization of Bertone, the liquidators of the Bertone Museum offered six of the most original, thought provoking and classic Italian concept cars ever made. These wonderful cars were auctioned by RM at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Cernobbio, Italy, 21st May, 2011.

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The Bertone Auction of 2011

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By Roberto Motta, Pete Vack and RM Auctions
Photos courtesy Sotheby/RM Auctions

Updated from our archives, April 2011

As a consequence of the financial reorganization of Bertone, the liquidators of the Bertone Museum offered six of the most original, thought provoking and classic Italian concept cars ever made. These wonderful cars were auctioned by RM at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Cernobbio, Italy, 21st May, 2011. [Read more…] about The Bertone Auction of 2011

Italian UFOs and the Stratos Zero

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Story and photos by Roberto Motta

The Bertone Stratos Zero, introduced at Turin in 1970, is very different from the car that won three World Rally championships, and is totally different in respect to all its mechanics parts. However, this car provided the inspiration for the later Lancia Stratos Rally.

In the report below, VeloceToday Correspondent Roberto Motta describes the car in detail.

“Stratos”, from “stratosphere” is a name normally associated with an object alien to our environment, with strange links to time and space which surpass the confines and realities of daily life. In other words, something so fantastic it probably could not be real.

In reality, the new Stratos Zero prototype was a high performance car characterized by extreme lines but, as a project of Nuccio Bertone, was a fully functional, driveable car, unlike most of the extreme “concept” cars built for car shows.

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A Lady Sells her Jewels: Lancia and Corvair

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Courtesy Bertone Group.

By Roberto Motta and Pete Vack

As a consequence of the financial reorganization of Bertone, the liquidators of the Bertone Museum have chosen to offer six automobiles to collectors. These wonderful cars will be auctioned at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Cernobbio, Italy, 21st May, 2011.
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