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Lancia Stratos Rally #2 M. Alen / I. Kivimaki RAC Rally 1979 Minichamps 1:43

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Lancia Stratos Rally #2 M. Alen / I. Kivimaki RAC Rally 1979 Minichamps 1:43 430791202 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Lancia Stratos reproduces car number 2, driven by Markku Alen with co-driver Ilkka Kivimäki, at the 1979 RAC Rally. The sealed one-piece body carries the wedge-shaped Bertone design through Britain's forest stages. A driver-led piece for collectors building a Stratos theme around one of the era's most respected pilots.
Lancia Stratos Rally #2 M. Alen / I. Kivimaki RAC Rally 1979 Minichamps 1:43
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Lancia
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
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430791202
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About the Lancia Stratos Rally #2 M. Alen / I. Kivimaki RAC Rally 1979 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 Lancia Stratos reproduces car number 2, driven by Markku Alen with co-driver Ilkka Kivimäki, at the 1979 RAC Rally. The sealed diecast body carries the livery of one of the Stratos era's most accomplished pilots on Britain's forestry stages.

Few drivers are as tightly associated with the Lancia Stratos as Markku Alen, whose aggressive, committed style suited the car's short wheelbase and eager front end better than most of his contemporaries managed. By 1979 the Stratos was ageing against newer rivals, but in the right hands it remained a genuine threat on fast, loose-surface stages.

Markku Alen and a Late-Career Works Drive

Car Number 2 at the 1979 RAC Rally

This model reproduces car number 2, crewed by Alen and Kivimäki, at the 1979 RAC Rally, one of the longest-running and most physically demanding rounds of the World Rally Championship. Run through British forestry commission land in often filthy weather, the event rewarded drivers who could read fast-changing surface grip by feel as much as by pace notes, exactly the kind of car control Alen had built his reputation on. Britain's forest stages in late autumn, when the RAC Rally traditionally ran, added mud, standing water and rapidly fading light to the usual demands of flat-out rallying, conditions that punished mechanical fragility as readily as driver error.

Alen's Record Behind the Wheel of a Stratos

Alen drove for Lancia's factory and semi-works rally efforts through the Stratos's later competitive years, a period when the car's manufacturer titles were already won but its pace on the right stages remained genuinely competitive against newer machinery. His association with the marque placed him among the small group of drivers whose names collectors specifically look for when choosing between otherwise similar Stratos liveries. That reputation matters commercially as much as historically: a driver-specific livery, correctly numbered and correctly crewed, carries more interest for a collector than an unidentified or generic entry would.

Minichamps' Sealed-Body Casting of the Wedge

Livery Precision Without a Hinge Line

This Stratos is a sealed, one-piece diecast casting, doors and engine cover moulded shut rather than hinged, which keeps the number 2 panel and surrounding sponsor graphics running as a single unbroken design across the body rather than being interrupted by a shutline. Tampo-printed decals sit flat against the surface, holding sharp edges under close inspection rather than lifting or silvering the way lower-quality transfers can over time. The flat, continuous bonnet line Bertone designed into the Stratos benefits particularly from this construction, since even a well-executed hinge would interrupt a surface the original car's designers clearly intended to read as one piece.

Material, Stance and 1:43 Scale

Zinc alloy construction gives the model real weight for its size, and the Stratos's naturally compact dimensions mean it takes up noticeably less shelf space at 1:43 than most period rally subjects, a genuine advantage when building a driver-specific or season-specific collection. The wedge nose, roof air intake and flared wheel arches, all distinctive Stratos features, are reproduced with the crisp edges a sealed casting allows, and paint depth on the body colour holds evenly under direct display lighting. The wheel offset beneath those arches matches the period-correct stance rather than sitting the car artificially high, a common shortfall on cheaper rally castings at this scale.

A Driver-Led Addition to a Stratos Shelf

For collectors who organise a Stratos display by driver rather than purely by event or year, a correctly identified Alen entry carries weight that a generic rally livery cannot match. Pairing this RAC Rally piece with other Alen-crewed liveries from the same period builds a driver-specific thread through a single-marque collection, a more focused approach than simply collecting every Stratos livery available. At 1:43, several such pieces sit comfortably together on one shelf, tracing a career rather than just a car, and that focus often produces a more satisfying, better-researched collection than breadth alone ever does. It also rewards the kind of pre-purchase research British collectors are known for, checking driver pairing and event detail before committing a shelf slot to a new piece.

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