[DeTomaso] Some wheels for sale

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/25/14 17 53 43, cengles at cox.net writes:


>              I happen to know a bit about this trivia of wheels.
> 
> 
>             The short story is that the original corporation was Gotti.   
> Gotti begat Etoile.   Etoile begat Kinesis.   Essentially one corporation 
> with different names and designs in different decades. 
> 
> 

>>>Chuck, I think you may have been standing a bit too close to your 
anesthesiologist when he pulled the mask off your last patient?   :>)

Gotti was, and is, a French company that has been in continuous business 
since 1966:

http://www.gotti.fr/

Apparently Gotti was acquired by Etoile, another French company, and then 
they were both swallowed up by Ronal, yet another French company.   The Gotti 
name is the one with longevity so the company exists with that name to this 
day.

The US importer was an outfit in Tustin, CA called Topline.   I believe 
they folded their tent in the late 1990s.

Kinesis was a So-Cal outfit (years ago I toured the Kinesis factory) 
founded in the mid-1990s, but I saw no evidence of anything other than Kinesis 
going on there.   They disappeared for awhile, but apparently they are back in 
business.   Their website has been hacked by an odd spammer that uses it as 
a platform to spread generic information about how to get a good real estate 
agent, etc.

http://www.kinesismotorsport.com/

But Kinesis is apparently still up and running, in Poway, CA.   They 
maintain a presence on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/KinesisMotorsport

And there are recent updates there.

Also, no Kinesis wheels look like Gotti/Etoile.

>From where did you get the idea that Kinesis was an outgrowth of the French 
companies?

Mike
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   In a message dated 3/25/14 17 53 43, cengles at cox.net writes:

                  I happen to know a bit about this trivia of wheels.
                 The short story is that the original corporation was
     Gotti.   Gotti begat Etoile.   Etoile begat Kinesis.   Essentially
     one corporation with different names and designs in different
     decades.

   >>>Chuck, I think you may have been standing a bit too close to your
   anesthesiologist when he pulled the mask off your last patient?  :>)
   Gotti was, and is, a French company that has been in continuous
   business since 1966:
   http://www.gotti.fr/
   Apparently Gotti was acquired by Etoile, another French company, and
   then they were both swallowed up by Ronal, yet another French company.
   The Gotti name is the one with longevity so the company exists with
   that name to this day.
   The US importer was an outfit in Tustin, CA called Topline.  I believe
   they folded their tent in the late 1990s.
   Kinesis was a So-Cal outfit (years ago I toured the Kinesis factory)
   founded in the mid-1990s, but I saw no evidence of anything other than
   Kinesis going on there.  They disappeared for awhile, but apparently
   they are back in business.  Their website has been hacked by an odd
   spammer that uses it as a platform to spread generic information about
   how to get a good real estate agent, etc.
   http://www.kinesismotorsport.com/
   But Kinesis is apparently still up and running, in Poway, CA.  They
   maintain a presence on Facebook:
   https://www.facebook.com/KinesisMotorsport
   And there are recent updates there.
   Also, no Kinesis wheels look like Gotti/Etoile.
   From where did you get the idea that Kinesis was an outgrowth of the
   French companies?
   Mike