[DeTomaso] Pictures of the new Detomaso in flesh and blood

Charles McCall charlesmccall at gmail.com
Thu Feb 17 10:20:46 EST 2011


I guess I agree with you on a couple of points:
1) I have yet to see any SUV's that really look exciting, as you say. So I
guess that any car of that style would be disappointing to me personally
2) The Pantera is special because it was a limited production, reasonably
priced sports car. I don't expect to see those conditions repeated in
today's market. I don't think anyone could duplicate a car with that level
of performance at that price. If they did, the volume would have to be such
that you would lose the exclusivity, something else I like about the
Pantera. The Corvette is a very capable car, but there are just so many of
them that they aren't quite as special. 

I guess I'm sorry to see them start with an SUV, which almost by definition
is something that our sector isn't terribly interested in. 

Taking all that into account, the new product still looks bland and boring.
I would have liked to see something bolder, with more personality. I agree
with many of the comments that it would look right at home in the rental-car
market. I can't see  people spending that kind of money for that car, and
unfortunately if it doesn't sell, there may not be something more exciting
coming along later. 

I guess time will tell though

Charles McCall
1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
"Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323

-----Mensaje original-----
De: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] En
nombre de Mikael
Enviado el: jueves, 17 de febrero de 2011 13:51
Para: detomaso at realbig.com
Asunto: [DeTomaso] Pictures of the new Detomaso in flesh and blood

I'm not that negative.

1. Do they care about us?
Reading JT on how the new company sent people to POCA meet and all that,
and bearing in mind that we're probably not the target group for these
cars, I'm OK with their actions

2. Is it beautiful?
No, and neither is no other SUV like creature I've seen. Did you expect a
Pantera inflated too much, like the ugly-bugly Cayenne? Or a Touareg that
looks like a fat rollerscate with too small a hat? I look forward to the
sedan and the sportscar, with medium expectations

3. Price?
Don't expect a super car/supercar at a low price like the Pantera was.
It's simply not possible in today's automotive world. They have to sell
to people who don't care what it costs, people that like the low volume
Italian "I don't want a Ferrari like everybody else" pedigree, and of
course the car must handle great. Will any of us on this forum (sorry:
mail list) ever own one of these? After 5-10 years of depreciation, why
not? With a little luck they'll lose value very fast ;-)

If we expect this to be like 1970, anything they do will be
disappointing. But this is 2011, and maybe we should be a bit more
positive? Just my $0.02

Mikael

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