[DeTomaso] DOA - The "new" De Tomaso

[George P Dausch IV]

This year I had the pleasure of going on the Car Guy Tour with Fran
Mandarano throughout northern Italy.  Besides having the pleasure of
spending a one-on-one evening with Santiago de Tomaso in his personal
shop, we also visited the new soon to be active someday maybe DeTomaso
factory.  The software term "vaporware" was apparent everywhere.  No one
even remembering the scheduled visit, no prepared presentation, no
personnel, a big totally empty factory, and the father and brothers
utilizing a lot of imagination and hoping that we didn't know much about
cars.  The brochure was a joke and totally devoid of any facts, and the
promo tape was full of hype without substance.
It was immediately apparent that they were going nowhere.

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:29:01 -0500 (EST) Larry Finch
<fresnofinches at aol.com> writes:
> All,
> 
> When I talked with Tom Tjaarda at Monterey this past August he was 
> of the opinion
> that the new De Tomaso figureheads were basically running a scam to 
> get what they
> could out of the Italian government for reviving the defunct firm. 
> That the Deauville project
> was just the 'salting' maneuver to keep things moving forward, but 
> he felt they would fold
> and the entire venture would fade away into the sunset.
> 
> I offer the following -
> 
> SpaItalia - featured marque was De Tomaso. No factory presence in 
> sight.
> 
> Frankfurt Auto show - No factory presence in sight.
> 
> L.A. Auto show - remember, it was to be the scheduled debut site for 
> the "new" Pantera? 
>                            No factory presence in sight.
> 
> Sure looks like Tom was right.
> 
> The "new" De Tomaso is DOA.
> 
> Long live the "old' De Tomaso.  :-)
> 
> Larry
> 
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