This book describes the birth, development and rallying career of the Lancia Stratos, Europe's very first purpose-built rally car, in the mid/late 1970s, providing a compact and authoritative history of where, when and how it became so important to the sport. Written by a world renowned motoring historian and heavily illustrated, this is a key work of this subject.

This is the story of a rare and desirable Italian car, the Lancia Stratos that dominated the World Rally Championship and rewrote the rules in the 1970s. It is also the story of co-operation between rivals within the Italian automobile industry. Included are road tests with full performance details, technical descriptions, rally reports, history articles and complete specifications.