The Dallara story
Dallara’s Stradale brings a racing-engineering name to a road-car programme whose degree of enclosure is itself part of the choice. Barchetta, Spider and coupé configurations express different interpretations of the same basic proposition. The company’s wider competition work provides context, but the road car still has its own requirements and compromises.
That configurability is more meaningful than an ordinary trim ladder. Adding a roof or changing the relationship with the air can alter how a car fits into an owner’s life. We find it useful to discuss those changes directly instead of assuming that the most exposed configuration must be the most authentic.
The Stradale also offers a useful design comparison with the conventional enclosed supercar. Many expensive cars add layers of comfort and equipment as they become more exclusive. Dallara’s proposition invites the buyer to decide how much enclosure is desirable in the first place. That choice is interesting precisely because there is no universally correct answer: climate, intended routes and the desired relationship with the surroundings all matter.
Current lineup & programmes
Performance and specialist model families are listed below. Programme status describes the manufacturer’s published range or announcement, rather than stock or an available allocation. Open-top and special derivatives are grouped where they share a family; follow the model link for the distinctions.
Dallara Stradale / Barchetta / Spider / Coupe
Current range · 2010s
Past models
Past performance-car families relevant to our 1996–2026 archive. A surviving product page or conversion catalogue does not mean the original donor car remains in production.
This is a young programme without a separate completed road-model generation in our thirty-year archive. The current family and its development history are the starting point.
The SuperCarNews view
Dallara's Stradale can be configured through barchetta, spider and more enclosed interpretations. The manufacturer presents those body arrangements as part of a lightweight road-car concept shaped by its wider engineering experience. The differences are functional as well as visual.
We like the clarity of the question it asks: how much enclosure does this particular owner actually need? A windscreen or roof can change the usefulness of a journey without altering the basic reason for wanting a specialist car. That is a more interesting discussion than treating every additional panel as an automatic betrayal of the original idea.