Lancia Stratos HF Stradale
Lancia Stratos HF Stradale
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Vehicles · Rally Homologation

Lancia Stratos HF Stradale · 1973–1978

The Stratos HF Stradale is a mid-engined Group 4 rally homologation road car: a Bertone/Gandini wedge over a transversely mounted Ferrari Dino 2,418 cc V6, built for the sole purpose of letting Lancia contest and win the World Rally Championship. It is prized as the first car ever conceived purpose-built for rallying and then homologated as a production model — winner of three consecutive WRC manufacturers' titles (1974–1976) — and because genuine, verifiable road Stradales are scarce while replicas flood the market.

The one to have: A documented, matching-numbers HF Stradale road car — the 190 PS Ferrari Dino 2.4L V6 street version, not a Group 4 competition car and not a replica. The ones to have are low-mileage, unrestored, single-family examples with Lancia Classiche certification in a period colour (Rosso, or Alitalia-adjacent Azzurro/Celeste light blue), on factory Campagnolo alloys.

Specification
Engine
2.4L Dino V6
2,418 cc 65-degree DOHC V6, three twin-choke Weber carburettors, mid-mounted transverse
Output
190 PS
190 PS (140 kW) at 7,000 rpm; 225 Nm (166 lb-ft) at 4,000 rpm
Weight
~980 kg
Steel spaceframe with fibreglass body; 0–100 km/h ~6.8 s, ~232 km/h (144 mph)
Built
~492
Assembled 1973–1975, sold through 1978; 5-speed manual
The market
Verified sales on file
4
Mar 2023 – Feb 2026
Median sale
$664k
all tracked results
★ Certified low-mile road Stradale
$692k
median of 3 target-spec sales
Top result
$996k
Gooding & Company · Feb 2026
Benchmarks: driver ~$450k – clean ~$650k – concours/record ~$900k–$1M (certified low-mile road cars lead) · Trend: firming; low-mile certified road Stradales set fresh records in 2025–2026

Know the real one

Purpose-built to homologate the car for Group 4 rallying. Group 4 nominally required 500 examples; the figure most commonly cited is roughly 492 cars completed (plus about ten spare bodyshells), but factory records are incomplete and the exact total is genuinely disputed — sources quote figures modestly above and below 492, and slow-selling Stradales were still being delivered in 1977–1978.
Replicas and kit cars vastly outnumber real cars: Hawk HF, Lister Bell, Allora and others build convincing Stratos bodies on Alfa, Lancia, VW or Toyota running gear. A genuine car carries an 829 AR0-series chassis number and the Ferrari Dino Tipo 135 V6; insist on matching numbers and Lancia Classiche certification before treating any 'Stratos' as original.
Identity tells of a real Stradale: the wraparound helmet-visor windscreen, curved doors with integral bins sized to hold rally helmets, an ultra-short 2,180 mm wheelbase, and factory Campagnolo magnesium 'coffin-spoke' alloys (typically finished silver or gold — never a black aftermarket wheel).
Spec hierarchy matters: the 190 PS carburetted road Stradale is distinct from the works Group 4 rally cars and from later competition conversions. Top money goes to low-km, unrestored, certified road cars in period colours; a car 'converted to Group IV' is a different, and separately valued, thing.

Verified sales · ★ = target spec · foreign results converted to USD as noted

DateVenueYearSpecMilesPriceLocNote
Feb 2026Gooding & Company1975Road Stradale, unrestored, ~2,000 km, original Celeste paint ★1,243$996,092—New model-record for a road Stradale at the Retromobile/Paris sale (reported ~$996,092 / EUR 815,000). ~45 years single ownership, ~2,000 km, all-original — the low-mile, unrestored, period-colour ideal.
Mar 2025Broad Arrow Auctions1975Road Stradale, Azzurro over black, chassis 829AR0 001948 ★23,000$692,500FLThe Amelia; completed May 1975; 27 years in Peter Kaus's Rosso Bianco Collection, restored in the 2010s. ~37,000 km. Genuine matching road car with strong provenance.
May 2024RM Sotheby's1975Road Stradale, Azzurro Chiaro, unrestored, chassis 829AR0 001832 ★7,456$635,000—Monaco; EUR 590,000 (~$635,000 at ~1.08 EUR/USD, May 2024). The 323rd car built, four owners from new, under 12,000 km, matching numbers, 2020 Lancia Classiche certification.
Mar 2023Gooding & Company1974Road Stradale, delivered Rosso Arancio, chassis 829AR0 001544—$582,500FLAmelia Island; genuine early road Stradale delivered new to Turin in Rosso Arancio. A benchmark clean-car result before the 2025–2026 run-up.

Where to hunt

Bring a Trailer — Lancia Stratos resultsModel auction history and live listings Classic.com — Lancia Stratos marketAggregated sold prices and trend Glenmarch — Lancia Stratos resultsGlobal auction result database
Research file — market data verified through July 18, 2026. Sources: individually observed results via Classic.com feeds, BaT, Cars & Bids, Mecum, RM Sotheby's, Broad Arrow, Gooding, Collecting Cars, PCARMARKET and venue coverage, plus marque registries and factory press material.