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

[Roland Jaeckel]

Firts of all, there must be a production car.
This thing is just a 1:1 scale model. On youtube are several vidoes. On one 
of them, you can see a person going in and out of the car. The suspension 
doesn't move a millimeter. So, i guess it has no suspension at all. I really 
hope that this "thing" won't ruin the name DeTomaso at all. There are 
people, who are willing to spend that kind of money for it. But not 3000 in 
a year. Remember the dream of the Qvales. It ended up very soon after 
beginning the production. A very few people bought a Mangusta for list 
price, the rest went very cheap or remains still at the Qvales place.
And yes, it it would be cheap, i would buy one :-))

Rolad Jaeckel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: "'Mikael'" <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pictures of the new Detomaso in flesh and blood


>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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