The Stradale is a barchetta in its basic form, with no doors, but is convertible to berlinetta, roadster and targa top body styles after the installation of interchangeable parts.

Hours of wind tunnel testing was performed on the final mockups in order to ensure that the car was aerodynamically refined.

Dallara had been inspired by Colin Chapman's philosophy of lightweight minimalist sports cars and the final product, the Stradale embodied those principles.

A T-shape removable frame combined with detachable gull-wing doors makes the conversion to a Targa top and Berlinetta bodyshell possible, but the driver enters the car in the same way, regardless of body structure (i.e by climbing over the side).

[2] The base of the chassis is a hollow carbon-fibre tub with a solid carbon fibre side structure in order to channel air to the rear of the car.

These elements combined without the optional rear wing create so much downforce that the format of the car requires it to be fitted with reverse Gurney flaps that help maintain appropriate aerodynamic balance.

Other features of the car include Pirelli Trofeo R tyres, active racing suspension system by Tractive suspension which drops the car's ride height by 0.8-inches in track mode and an oil pressure accumulator enabling the fuel pump to withstand the 2.0 g of lateral acceleration the chassis is capable of generating.

The roof and windshield have been removed and a large rear spoiler and front dive planes have been added to increase grip.

Like the Stradale, the Dallara EXP is powered by a Bosch-modified 2.3-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine borrowed from the Focus RS.