Just because Ferrari killed the New Stratos project, that doesn't mean owner Michael Stoschek can't still take it to Isla Mallorca Rally and slide it out of the hairpins while pretending it's the Ferrari-powered rally car we've always wanted.

The company behind the re-imagined New Stratos confirmed in an email today what we first reported back in July: Ferrari won't let them build it. But, they also hinted at a new, more French direction for their next car.

The revived Lancia Stratos engineered into reality by a German millionaire was expected to spawn 40 copies for wealthy fans of the resurrected rally champion. That plan has now been blocked by a key player — Ferrari.

The German mastermind behind the Ferrari-based revival of the Lancia Stratos hasn't kept his multimillion fetish locked in some hermetically sealed garage.

The Lancia Stratos HF Group 4 rally car is the most iconic woods-whipper in history, so it's fitting der neue Stratos would eventually get painted in Alitalia livery. Why would you order a New Stratos any other way?

The just-released specs for the New Stratos read like a "Dear Penthouse" letter; strangely ideal, impossibly athletic and therefore hard to believe. A 5 lb/hp power-to-weight ratio's just the beginning. We suggest you lock your bedroom door before reading on.

German dreammaker Michael Stoschek will take his resurrected Lancia Stratus racing, turning to Danisi Engineering to upwork a GT2-capable version for next year. Its livery was revealed by a 1/8th scale model, just 199 of which will be sold. [Amalgam]

One of the benefits of having enough wealth to resurrect the Lancia Stratos using Ferrari technology? Getting Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo and Ferrari chief test driver Dario Benuzzi to give you suspension pointers after hot laps at Fiorano. [Stratos]

After days of teasing pictures we've got the full story of the new Lancia Stratos, straight from the backer's mouth. It's a Ferrari F430-powered retro sexmobile, built by a German billionaire after twenty years of dreaming.

Nearly four decades after the Lancia Stratos was unveiled, a new modern reinterpretation was caught by spy photographers while testing at Fiat's Balocco test track. Is this the return of the legendary bred-for-rally Lancia?