[DeTomaso] revived deTomaso DOA

[Rob Dumoulin]

But hey, they make the prettiest cars.  That's gotta account for something.
 Seriously, though, what a beautiful country with some of the nicest people
in the world.  Food's not bad either :)  I encourage anybody wanting a great
vacation to take a tour of Venice, Florence, Rome, the Vatican, Pompeii,
Tuscany, and the Amalfi coast.

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 7:54 PM, John Taphorn <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>wrote:

> Until the Germans decide to lend Italy more money, I don't think the
> Italian
> Gov't has much to hand out. Italy's long-term sovereign debt dynamics are
> frightening. With the third highest nominal government debt in the world,
> long-term productivity erosion, a rapidly ageing population and a history
> of
> unstable governing coalitions, the prognosis is not good. The risk premium
> on Italian bonds has more than doubled this year as the debt crisis
> engulfed
> the euro region
>
>
>
> Although, I 'm not sure what that has to do with the marketing consultant
> group providing Mike pictures of their stay at Reno.
>
>
>
> Mark was our Liaison with the consultants.  We'll have to see what he can
> find out.
>
>
>
> JT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Finch" <fresnofinches at aol.com>
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 1:20 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] revived deTomaso DOA
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike Drew asked:
> >
> > <<<<Mark McWhinney?   What's the status?>>>>
> > ------------------------
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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