Sandro Munari, who has died aged 85, was one of the first global stars of rallying and was hugely popular in Great Britain through his exploits at the wheel of the Lancia Stratos; in Italy he was ...

If asked to picture a championship rally car, you might imagine some chunky-fendered Mitsubishi or Subaru sedan, all boxy menace with a turbocharged four-cylinder engine boosted to within an inch of ...

In the late 1970s, Lancia faced a difficult conundrum. Replacing the Stratos, which dominated the rally scene of its era and turned every head with its muscular-looking styling, was a Herculean task.