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242 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MOST
MEMORABLE MOMENTS WITH THE
STRATOS ZERO?
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A Conversation with Phillip sArofim
and it’s always an incredible experience, as hidden inside
the car you get to see the raw and authentic reactions of
“Every moment with this car is extremely special—it
has a profound effect on the world around it, whether
it’s stationary or in motion. In many ways the car is like
a rockstar, it has a busy schedule around the world and
wherever it goes there is an instant crowd. The people
get excited and the cameras flash!
“One year at Concorso d’eleganza Villa d’Este we were
happy to have been invited to show the car back in its
home country. There were so many memorable moments
but, it is an old car at its core, so it doesn’t always behave.
On one day when we were called up to the stage with
rockstar Avril Lavigne in the passenger seat and at the
vital moment we couldn’t get it started! At that moment
Simon Le Bon—another rockstar and lead singer of Duran
Duran—leapt to his feet and came to push the car soon
joined by Alois Ruf (an automotive rockstar) and others.
so indicative of this car’s incredible impact.
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the people around. I don’t know how much time Gandini
ever spent inside the car, but I think he would be truly
humbled to have seen firsthand the car’s impact so many
decades after he penned it!
PHILLIP SAROFIM’S COLLECTION IS,
ARGUABLY, ONE OF THE FINEST OF ALL
THE WEDGE-ERA CAR COLLECTIONS IN
THE WORLD. WHY THE WEDGE?
“It all started with Gandini. From there, the more you
look into it the more you see what Gandini inspired. From
a story telling standpoint, you could see these cars tell
the story. I was moved by this period as well. For me,
you have these glimpses in history when you have true
excitement—a movement—and the space race was one
of those movements that inspired every aspect of life—a
It really was a surreal moment out a truly magical one and
“I have driven the car through the streets of Monaco, Turin,
Los Angeles and even on the frozen lake of St. Moritz
Stepping out of the Stratos Zero
is not all that complicated. TED7
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piece of furniture, a couch, a coffee table, airplanes—
every facet of industrial design was inspired by this. What
was taking place in Torino was remarkable. The amount
of time that they were able to create fully functioning
prototypes was remarkable and hard to conceive of
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