by Wallace Wyss - I think, after working for Motor Trend at two different points in time, that I gained a certain amount of sophistication. Maybe not. I remember around 1972 or so when the Pantera was already being talked about being … [Read more...]
The De Tomaso P70 to Appear During Monterey Car Week
August 13, 2019 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Sometimes old race cars, even if they never race, have a way of re-appearing decades later. Such is the case with the 1965 De Tomaso P70. Originally it started out as a project with partners Alejandro DeTomaso and Carroll … [Read more...]
History As A Marketing Tool In The Car Business
July 11, 2019 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - I notice in the announcement of the new DeTomaso that the company producing it, Apollo, references early DeTomaso race cars in their press release material. But at the DeTomaso P72's introduction ay Goodwood, they didn't … [Read more...]
The Return of De Tomaso
July 8, 2019 By 7 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - The world found that out at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the United Kingdom, where a car wearing the Isis badge and called the De Tomaso P72 was unveiled. Now this new version looks nothing like the old De … [Read more...]
The Car That Shouldn’t Have Been: The De Tomaso Mangusta Spyder
May 28, 2019 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - The Mangusta (Italian for Mongoose, the natural enemy of the Cobra) is a car that shouldn’t exist. First of all, it was thought of over at Iso by Guigiaro and friends when they did a car called the Fidia, a four door sedan, and … [Read more...]
Orange County Panteras Palooza Meet – May 6, 2018
May 14, 2018 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - OK, I get it. Finally. What do I get? I get it what Pantera owners are doing. I talk about it in a book review of the book Extreme Panteras, but want to re-iterate my change of mind. I used to be against … [Read more...]
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