原作者：Chaydon Ford

原標(biāo)題：Lancia Stratos HF Zero: The Future, From The?Past

Imagine for a moment, we’re living in the?year 1970. The Boeing 747 has completed its maiden commercial flight; English rock band The Beatles have just announced their breakup; and NASA’s Apollo 13 has made its way back to earth after major issues. The average family car is a three-box design and enthusiast models generally offer performance by increasing engine capacity over their commuter-based siblings.

想象一下，我們身處上世紀(jì)70年代。波音747完成了它的首次商業(yè)飛行;英國搖滾樂隊(duì)披頭士剛剛宣布解散;NASA的阿波羅13號(hào)在發(fā)生一系列重大問題后返回地球。那時(shí)，一般的家用汽車都是三廂設(shè)計(jì)，而高性能車型通常通過增加發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)排量來提供比普通汽車更高的性能。

Prior to the Turin event, Italian automotive design houses Bertone and Pininfarina had, for a short while, sought to outdo one another, each revealing their own concept car. The Bertone-designed Lancia and Pininfarina-designed Ferrari 512S Modulo squared up?in 1970, but the Lancia was ultimately the more extreme vision of the future. It was also a fully running concept, whereas the Ferrari was not.

在都靈車展之前，意大利汽車設(shè)計(jì)公司Bertone和Pininfarina曾有一段時(shí)間試圖互相超越對(duì)方，并且在1970年各自推出了自己的概念車：Bertone設(shè)計(jì)了Lancia，而Pininfarina設(shè)計(jì)了Ferrari 512S Modulo，但Lancia車款對(duì)未來的設(shè)想更加極，同時(shí)也是一個(gè)完全可以操作的概念，而法拉利則不然。

The Zero measures a scant 84cm (33in) to its roofline, a challenge that Bertone?took on to see how low a car could be built. This had a practical significance as well, aiding aerodynamics. Bertone sought to not only break the predefined rules of what a car should look like, but also give an insight to, and ultimately usher in a new era of automotive design.

Zero的車頂?shù)降孛婢嚯x只有84厘米(33英寸)。實(shí)際上，Bertone把其視為一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)。他們想看看一輛車能造得多低，因?yàn)?/span>這對(duì)空氣動(dòng)力學(xué)也有實(shí)際意義。Bertone不僅試圖打破預(yù)定義的汽車外觀限制，但也進(jìn)行了深刻的洞察，并最終迎來一個(gè)汽車設(shè)計(jì)的新時(shí)代。

The headlights comprise of numerous bulbs along the front edge, with the taillights hidden in the circumference of tinted red plastic around the rear.

前燈包括許多在前保險(xiǎn)杠上排列成行的小燈泡，而尾燈隱藏在周圍的紅色塑料包圍下。

Rearward vision is somewhat limited, with an external central mirror and small side mirrors tucked into the back of each wheel arch.

不得不承認(rèn)，由于巨大的后輪拱和近乎迷你的后視鏡，后方視野是有些受限的。

Lifting the triangular engine cover exposes?the 1.6L V4 engine good for?115hp. The engine, gearbox and entire subframe assembly along with suspension was taken from a crash-damaged Lancia Fulvia at the Lancia factory. This drivetrain was chosen primarily for its low deck height, being canted over at 45 degrees.

掀開三角形的發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)蓋，我們可以看到1.6L的 V4發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)，擁有115馬力。發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)，變速箱和整個(gè)副框架總成以及懸掛都是從一臺(tái)來自藍(lán)旗亞原廠的一臺(tái)報(bào)廢車，Lancia Fulvia上移植的。之所以選擇這套傳動(dòng)系統(tǒng)主要是因?yàn)槠涓叨茸銐虻停梢赃_(dá)到45度角傾斜。

The interior is no less subdued than the exterior with the hinged windscreen connected?to the steering wheel by?way of a?hydraulic linkage, so as one tilts away so does the other, allowing for slightly easier ingress and egress. No, there aren’t any doors as such.

車的內(nèi)飾并不比外觀遜色。鉸接的擋風(fēng)玻璃通過液壓連接到方向盤上，所以當(dāng)一個(gè)傾斜時(shí)，另一個(gè)也會(huì)跟著傾斜，允許稍微的誤差。沒錯(cuò)，這臺(tái)車的駕駛艙并沒有傳統(tǒng)意義上的車門。

Bearing more than passing resemblance to the Lancia Stratos HF is no coincidence. While not a direct forerunner, the Zero generated enough interest for Lancia’s top-floor management to continue the relationship with Bertone and ultimately green-light the Stratos as a production car.

與藍(lán)旗亞Stratos HF的相似度超如此之高，這并不是巧合。雖然不是直接的先驅(qū)，藍(lán)旗亞Stratos Zero吸引了藍(lán)旗亞高管的興趣，使他們決定繼續(xù)與Bertone合作，并最終為Stratos的量產(chǎn)開了綠燈。

Today, this one-of-one?Stratos HF Zero lives with its owner in the USA, who has a penchant for what can best be described as ‘wedge’ cars. The equally outlandish Aston Martin Bulldog also resides in his custodianship. The Zero was in the UK?as it had just been?given a light restoration here.

現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的這輛獨(dú)一無二的Stratos HF Zero和它的美國主人住在一起，后者迷戀一切所謂的“楔形”車。同樣古怪的阿斯頓·馬丁Bullldog也由他保管。Zero現(xiàn)在在英國，因?yàn)樗鼊倓傇谶@里進(jìn)行了輕微的修復(fù)。

I don’t believe we’ll ever live to see another era in which such creative automotive visions for the future take place. While safety understandably takes precedence, most cars nowadays are led by the finance department first and the design department second, which is a shame. This glimpse into what could have been certainly isn’t a bad one.

無論是在什么時(shí)代，我都不相信我們能活著看這種創(chuàng)造性的汽車未來愿景得以量產(chǎn)。雖然安全第一是可以理解的，但現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)車企都是由財(cái)務(wù)部門領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，設(shè)計(jì)部門次之，這是一種遺憾。然而，我們還是有幸目睹一切曇花一現(xiàn)的未來狂想，這總歸是一件好事。