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Lancia Stratos Le Point #3 B. Darniche / A. Mahe Tour de France 1980 Minichamps 1:43

Lancia Stratos Le Point #3 B. Darniche / A. Mahe Tour de France 1980 Minichamps 1:43
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Specifications
Car Brand
Lancia
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
430801201
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About the Lancia Stratos Le Point #3 B. Darniche / A. Mahe Tour de France 1980 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Lancia Stratos #3 in Le Point livery recreates Darniche and Mahe's 1980 Tour de France Auto entry. Sealed one-piece body, no opening panels, livery detail is the focus. A late-career Stratos rally subject for WRC classic collectors.

By 1980 the Stratos was ageing against newer rally machinery, yet Bernard Darniche continued campaigning it with genuine success, and this Tour de France Automobile entry captures that late-career persistence.

Livery Detail and Diecast Build

This sealed diecast body carries the Stratos's familiar wedge nose and short wheelbase as one continuous, unbroken casting, with the Le Point sponsor branding applied through tampo printing sharp enough to remain legible at 1:43. The Tour de France Automobile combined circuit racing and rally stages, an unusual multi-discipline format that demanded genuine versatility from both car and driver, and the livery here reflects that event's specific sponsor identity rather than a standard rallying scheme. Diecast at this scale gives the model real heft and a grounded presence on a shelf, with the sealed body keeping the wide arches and low stance reading as one clean, continuous shape.

Darniche's Late Stratos Campaign

Bernard Darniche remained one of the Stratos's most committed and successful privateer drivers well after Lancia's factory support had shifted to newer models, and his continued results demonstrated the car's enduring competitiveness even late in its career. For a collector building a comprehensive Stratos rally timeline, this Tour de France entry documents a specific and lesser-known event compared to the more famous Monte Carlo victories. At 1:43, it complements earlier Stratos liveries on the same shelf, illustrating just how long this one design remained a genuine contender.

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