The Stars and Stripes was a concept car by the French coachbuilder Heuliez, shown at the Geneva motor show about half a year after the Heuliez Spyder Atlantik had made its debut at the Paris show in autumn 1986. At that Paris presentation, Heuliez had already indicated that an open version of the Atlantik was under study, and the Stars and Stripes represented that open-bodied follow-up. Its name, distinct from the Atlantik, was chosen to appeal to potential American design clients.
The Stars and Stripes was a doorless roadster with two seats. Its overall shape closely followed that of the Spyder Atlantik, the main visual change being the removal of the dome-shaped roof. The rear deck, previously raised, was made completely flat, concealing an electrically operated folding top, and a hardtop was also mentioned as an option. The deeply cut side windows and doors of the earlier car were replaced by open side sills, giving the car a resemblance to Italian beach cars of the 1960s. Unlike the Atlantik, which used front-wheel drive, the Stars and Stripes was designed around a rear-mounted engine.
The car measured 397 cm in length, 160 cm in width, and 115 cm in height, with a wheelbase of 242 cm.
