Stola S81 Stratos

The Stola S81 Stratos was a full-size concept car shown by the Turin firm Stola in 2000 as a modern reworking of the Lancia Stratos. It was styled by Marcello Gandini, who had drawn the original Stratos, and its exterior paid tribute to his 1970 Lancia Stratos HF Zero. The S81 name marks the 81st anniversary of the company's founding by Alfredo Stola, and it was used partly because Fiat management had not allowed the Lancia name, so a stylised mg badge for Gandini replaced a Lancia shield on the nose. The car wore a vivid orange that echoed a prototype Stratos HF. It was built as a non-running prototype with room planned for a mid-mounted Maserati V8 from the Quattroporte, it has belonged to the Lopresto collection since 2009, and it received an electric motor in 2014. Sources differ on whether it first appeared at the 2000 or the 2001 Turin show.