[DeTomaso] revived deTomaso DOA

[Larry Finch]

 Mike Drew asked:

<<<<Mark McWhinney?   What's the status?>>>>
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I think the status of the whole revived deTomaso thing is basically DOA.

I personally spoke with Steve Wilkinson shortly before Christmas. He told me the new venture failed to receive the expected
support from the Italian government to reopen the closed Fiat factory.

We all know, or should know, by now that Italian automakers are a very interesting group and have
business models that are not quite what we are used to seeing here in the USA.

Sooo, while nothing is over until the Fat Lady sings, perhaps we should resign ourselves, for at least the foreseeable future,
to remaining owners of red-haired step-child exotic cars from a once-great but now nearly forgotten Italian marque.

Larry