De Tomaso P72 is new, but not lost on me

[TJinSA]

OKay, I've been asleep, and migraines have taken control but it has not taken the AWE out of some of the new vehicles. Case in point: De Tomaso P72 gets a 5.0-liter Ford V8 with 700+ horsepower...

The article begins with, "All the comments the Hong Kong-based Consolidated Ideal TeamVentures (CIT) have made about resurrecting the De Tomaso brand have stressed the company's focus on staying true to De Tomaso's intentions and the values of his car company. The first proof of that came in CIT deciding to pay homage to the practically unknown De Tomaso P70 with the P72, instead of going for the slam dunk with a Pantera facsimile. The second proof comes in the choice of engine for the P72: Ford's 5.0-liter Coyote V8 further developed by De Tomaso and Roush Performance. ..."
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https://www.autoblog.com/2019/10/30/de-tomaso-p72-roush-ford-coyote-v8/?yptr=yahoo

[98SVT - was 06GT]

The return of the bubble top show car???

[shelbydoug]

I think the current owners group is misjudging the market of the car. It's even too expensive for the Italian secret agent in a Bond film.

IF they built their own chassis for the car rather then buying a Lamborghini and putting their body on it that drops the price significantly.

Maybe their drugs are better then mine but I can't match their delusion?

[557]

Those gold accents are........noteworthy....

[Bigfoot]

How much?

[2112]

How much?

I read it is deep Into 7 figures.

[Don Johnston]

Est. $831,000

[2112]

That is a lot less than the figure I had read.

[Kent]

For that money I would buy a real Pantera or 2 and a Mangusta, with the rest buying a nice house at a lake or ocean to go fishing.

[shelbydoug]

Est. $831,000

So that's really realistic huh? 

[Don Johnston]

Had this report laying around:

https://www.motor1.com/news/379091/de-tomaso-p72-engine/

[shelbydoug]

It strikes me as being quite a bit more then just pretentious. Roman numerals on the tach or is that the speedo? Carbon fiber chassis with the cabin molded to whom? The Lollipop kids from OZ? Who's gonna want this? It's made for a 14 year old who won the Megabucks.

The greenhouse effect with all that glass is gonna' be very uncomfortable in the cabin as is your head squished against it.

I think the Lola T70 is more practical. Not practical. Just more practical.   

With no rear view they must have been impressed with Raul Julia's "what is behind me is not important" comment. It's important, you just will never see it in this car.

Obviously I'm not one of their peeps.

Must be a 17 year old computer game nerd who designed it? They should have gotten the Lego Kid? 

[68countrysedan]

For a mid-engine design, it has some interesting styling elements.

[2112]

Too dang long.

Overhangs are crazy.

[Bigfoot]

Make mine purple