Lancia introduced at the begin of the seventies their extraordinary Stratos Zero Prototype. The design of the car was taken care by Gruppo Bertone. The whole concept started with the idea of making a ultimate racing machine. The car had sharp futuristic curves, a low mid-motor and an unusual short wide proportions. This resulted in great traction and power, the Lancia Stratos HF was born.

The bodywork was designed by Marcello Gandini, the head designer at Bertone. Ganidni designed before the Stratos the first scissors doors on the Alfa 33 Carabo Concept (1968) and continued his ideas with the Lamborghini Countach LP400 (1974). Besides fast sport cars he designed also “Le Car” (Renault 5 - 1972) and many other milestone cars for the car design.