[DeTomaso] De Tomaso (Vignale Production) etc

[Sean Korb]

Geeze.  With modern rubber that figure is well into 1.0g territory.

On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Jeff Detrich <jjdetrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 7:27 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com <
> michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Damn y'all are nitpickers, the official MSRP for a 1971 246 Dino GT was
> > £5,485 with a fixed US dollar exchange rate of $2.40 per £, Or a price of
> > $13,163.
> >
> > A 911 was £5,211.
> >
>
> __
>
>  "Just the facts, Ma'am"  %^))
>
> >From Motor Trend Classics,
>
> http://www.motortrend.com/classic/features/12q4_1973_ferrari_dino_246gts/viewall.html
> :
>
> "Despite its "affordable" Dino nameplate, the 246GTS was a pricey piece in
> its day. Base sticker in 1973 was $14,500; a V-12 Jaguar E-Type could be
> had for just $8475. Even a Porsche 911 Targa undercut the Dino by a good
> $5000. The Dino's acceleration was merely decent -- about the same to 60
> mph (roughly 8 seconds) as the E-Type, but slower than a contemporary
> Corvette. On top speed and handling prowess, though, Alfredo's bambina
> trumped them all, reportedly topping 140 mph and circling the skidpad at
> about 0.85 g -- a figure that would hold up well today."   --   By the time
> you added options and dealer installed crap it was a lot more, around $16
> as I recall.
>
> 1974 911S sticker was $12,088.
>
> http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/10/09/hemmings-find-of-the-day-1974-porsche-911s/
>
> Both of these would have been better "investments" but I'd still buy my old
> Pantera, 6748.
>
> Jeff
> 6559
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