[DeTomaso] Mangusta Legacy: Your Thoughts???

[Sean Korb]

I think the hour glass shape would be fine, but it contributes to the
busyness of the shape.  It really looks like the designer god bored
and put a bunch of doo-dads on there.  The beauty of the Mangusta and
to some extent the Pantera is the freedom, discipline and courage to
elicit a beautiful single shape with few details that are subtle but
contribute to the overall dramatic display.  The grill treatment is
really hot, but gets really lost below the waistline.  If it was
cleaned up I think it would be almost as nice as the original.  I also
really like the Pantera concept.  Very clean approach.

sean

On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 12:19 PM, doug sedon <sedond at yahoo.com> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> from the front and rear, the car looks great,  but, from the side, while it looks nice, it is ruined by the hour-glass shape, and needs to be in one plane between the wheels - as others have said, it looks like a lambo, from this angle.  the mangusta's appeal is its clean straight lines when wiewed from the side.  and, in the article, it states:
>
> "The car had a distinctive silhouette with a height of just 1,100 mm, and featured a very large windscreen, gullwing doors, and an essential
> interior."
>
>
> i think they mistook the doors for the hood.  the concept really needs to lose those gull-wing door abominations.  regular doors, please.  do a gullwing hood, if you want...  (also lose rising the rear wing.)
>
> all that said, i much prefer the pantera concept shown on the website prowided by mr zeedick:
> http://www.firstsignal.de/?page_id=307&album=2&gallery=11
>
> i want one!
>
> holly hippodaze to all!




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Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
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