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It's absolutely timeless. If you want something resembling a rally car today, the closest you'll get is a Subaru WRX STI. But once upon a time, eclectic Italian automaker Lancia built a true rally car for the road - the Lancia Stratos HF. As you'll see in the below episode of Jay Leno's Garage, those two letters stand for 'High Fidelity'. Yeah, it was the seventies and Italians are passionate people. There has since been a modern interpretation based on a Ferrari F430 Scuderia, but nothing will ever be quite as raw as the original. And few of the road cars are quite as raw as the one below t...

The 1975 BMW 3.5 CSL is one of the most iconic racing cars of our times. This specific chassis #987 was driven by Swedish driver Ronnie Peterson and British driver Brian Redman with the number #25 on the door. This was the first CSL to win a Group 5 race in the world championships for BMW. According to BMW Motorsport, only five units were ever produced, but this month you will have the chance to own one of them. Stratas Auctions will be auctioning the BMW 3.5 CSL IMSA. The auction home says that when current owner Henry Schmitt purchased the car, its full racing history was yet to be discove...