The New Stratos, one-off built by Pininfarina for Michael Stoschek.
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The New Stratos, one-off built by Pininfarina for Michael Stoschek.
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The New Stratos #2
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When I saw the head-on shot, the first thing that popped into my mind was "Ford Ka." Behind the front wheels it's fine but I really don't like the headlights and grille.
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Sorry, no pictures, only a silly question. What's with the Stratos logo? Why it's "Strato's"? What's with apostrophe? Is it only designer's fancy little thing?
Last edited by Ecnelis; 10-02-2010 at 05:12 PM.
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I don't think it's an apostrophe; it actually looks more like a stylistic thing to keep with the right-slanting letters in the word Stratos.Originally Posted by Ecnelis
I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.
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It's a remarkably faithful redesign, except for the front. Covered (pop-up) lights in proportion would make it near perfect.
Good question... there's no apostophe otherwise associated with the name. Never noticed it before!
As a retired designer with considerable experience in logoforms and typography, I'd agree except there's the same void between "R" and "A". Requires an answer...
Last edited by csl177; 10-02-2010 at 10:04 PM. Reason: spelling... doh!
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Maybe it was originally only going to be sold to people named Strato.. you never know with those crazy kids at Lancia.
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The New Stratos #3
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The New Stratos #4
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The New Stratos #5
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Does anyone else think that all this retroness is silly?
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This is an exception in my opinion. It resembles the old Stratos perfectly and it shouldn't look any other way. Just perfect.
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Do you have problems with the Fiat 500?
I still don't understand the excitement over that car. At least the Mini has some trunk space.
I don't mind the Stratos at all though. It's nicely done.
The Challenger, Mustang and Camaro I have some issues with though. The US has been playing the retro card for a long time. It's gotten tired and boring.
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Actually the 500 is much more space-efficient car.
I do not have problems with particular cars, just in general terms retro screams lack of ideas to me.
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Well, they tried doing modern stuff, it didn't work. So now, retro is in.
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