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

Specifications
- Brand
- Lancia
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 430801201
- Year
- 1980
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- Rally Models
- Vehicle Class
- WRC Classic
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138018099
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 reproduces Bernard Darniche's 1980 Tour de France Automobile entry under the Le Point sponsor livery. A sealed one-piece body carries the period detail, built for a French rally history or Lancia display.
The Tour de France Automobile combined circuit racing and rallying stages across France, a genuinely unusual event format that suited the Stratos's dual-purpose competition pedigree well by 1980.
Build Quality on the Minichamps Stratos #3 1:43
The Stratos's distinctive wedge body appears here as a sealed, one-piece zinc-alloy casting, its wraparound windscreen and short tail read as a single unbroken shape rather than an assembled shell. Le Point sponsor livery and the #3 roundel print with clean registration at this small scale, and the sealed construction keeps every shut line consistent across the wedge profile, which matters since any softness in the surfacing would undercut the car's famously dramatic silhouette. Weight in the hand confirms genuine zinc-alloy density even at 1:43, and the cast lines around the nose and rear deck hold sharp definition.
Rounding Out a Stratos Rally Collection
This Le Point-liveried Stratos pairs well with Munari's Monte Carlo entries from earlier seasons, showing how the car's competition career extended across different events and sponsors through the late 1970s into 1980. For a collector building a comprehensive Stratos rally shelf rather than just the most famous liveries, this Tour de France Automobile entry fills a specific, less commonly modeled chapter of the car's history.










