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Even if you're the kind of man who can build your own, superb one-off supercar, you really don't want to get on the wrong side of Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo.
Especially if you're the man who's just built a new one-off Lancia Stratos... based on the underpinnings of a Ferrari F430. That's the sort of ‘homage' that could, in theory, rub Luca up the wrong way. You don't want to rub Luca up the wrong way.
See more pics of the new Stratos and Lancia's original 1970s icon
No surprise, then, that Michael Stoschek - the German businessman behind the New Stratos - invited Monty (as absolutely no one calls him on pain of bad things) for a few laps of Fiorano in the prototype ‘Lancia'.
The verdict? A big thumbs-up from the Ferrari big cheese. Click the pointy-arrow-button to see di Montezemolo giving the Stratos some delicious-sounding death around Ferrari's test track before scrawling graffiti over the engine bay and then, perhaps wisely, heaping praise on Stoschek's creation.
Once you've done that, answer us these two questions. First, is di Montezemolo officially the most Italian man in the history of the world?
Second, on a scale of one to ‘screaming Justin Bieber fangirl', how excited are you about the Stratos? Yeah, us too...
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What do you think?
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samey.umako commented on this article
at 04:24 pm on 24 November 2010
Question 1: he shares the throne with His Valentinobalboniness I guess Question 2: Come on, just look at it!! 'Bellissima'
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Semorax commented on this article
at 04:34 pm on 24 November 2010
Q1: Yes. Literally. Q2: Screaming Justin Bieber fangirl who has just been hit in the face with a piece of Justin's sweaty hair.
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dodger/t commented on this article
at 04:40 pm on 24 November 2010
q1 ultra-italian q2 I scream like a horny teenage girl jejejeje that´s a beautiful car Fiat you must give that man the lancia division rigth now!!!
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LeBonkers commented on this article
at 04:49 pm on 24 November 2010
Q1: The most Italian is still an understatement. HE IS ITALIA himself. Q2: Cue masturbation. The only problem is that if I say I want the Stratos more than I want a Ferrari, I will be murdered by an Italian Mafia tonight.
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at 04:53 pm on 24 November 2010
Hold on, did Monty said: "Auf Wiedersehen"?? Uh oh....
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