[DeTomaso] the new deTomaso brand - what do you think?

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(Yes, I sold my Pantera a while back, but still love 'em enough to
enjoy this list) Given this wild new purple carbon fiber beast that is
following the P72, I find myself more than a little interested in what
you all think about what the deTomaso name is turning into. I look at
these new cars & well, I just don't get it.  Seems to me like deep
pockets looking to toy around with exotic car-making just needed a
cool name to slap on them.  My take here may be off, but wasn't
DeTomaso a company that made cars for people like us and not for
Arabian oil sheiks and their sons? Seems to me by now we should be
seeing a new Pantera rocking by now, maybe priced to compete with
track-ready factory versions of Corvette or Challenger.There is a lot
to draw upon when moving forward with ownership of the DeTomaso name. 
Aside from the P72 dog tag hung around the neck of car #1, I can see
nothing here showing anything of what I know to be DeTomaso. A fun
little mountain road flying 2-seater like MX3/Miata or BMW Z4, maybe
based on the P70, wouldn't that be cool as hell.  This "boutique"
stuff they are making just smacks to me of bored ultra-rich people
throwing money around amongst themselves for fun.  Which is of course
fine, but......   is it DeTomaso?   
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   (Yes, I sold my Pantera a while back, but still love 'em enough to
   enjoy this list)



   Given this wild new purple carbon fiber beast that is following the
   P72, I find myself more than a little interested in what you all think
   about what the deTomaso name is turning into.



   I look at these new cars & well, I just don't get it.  Seems to me like
   deep pockets looking to toy around with exotic car-making just needed a
   cool name to slap on them.  My take here may be off, but wasn't
   DeTomaso a company that made cars for people like us and not for
   Arabian oil sheiks and their sons?



   Seems to me by now we should be seeing a new Pantera rocking by now,
   maybe priced to compete with track-ready factory versions of Corvette
   or Challenger.

   There is a lot to draw upon when moving forward with ownership of the
   DeTomaso name.  Aside from the P72 dog tag hung around the neck of car
   #1, I can see nothing here showing anything of what I know to be
   DeTomaso.



   A fun little mountain road flying 2-seater like MX3/Miata or BMW Z4,
   maybe based on the P70, wouldn't that be cool as hell.  This "boutique"
   stuff they are making just smacks to me of bored ultra-rich people
   throwing money around amongst themselves for fun.  Which is of course
   fine, but......   is it DeTomaso?







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