I have a Jaguar E-Type, and the Mangusta is an aero wedge compared to the E-Type’s soft curves. “Mangustas are art,” says Michael Fisher, managing director of marketing services group Linney, who owns “the Kylie car” – which featured in Kylie Minogue’s 2001 video for “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head”. The most valuable in existence is a rumoured owned-from-new example in a collection in Lancashire.ġ969 Mangusta sold by RM Sotheby’s in 2015 for $297,000 © Alamy It wasn’t bought for investment – it’s very driveable,” counters architect John Braithwaite, who bought one in Rome unseen in 1986. “I’ve had Ferraris, but the Mangusta has stayed with me. Remember also that they’re uncomfortable for taller drivers. Think £350,000 for perfection – but be mindful that “perfection” in a De Tomaso varies car-to-car. If you’re buying one for £150,000, then budget a further £150,000 to restore it, says De Tomaso UK Drivers Club secretary Richard Pogson. Perhaps 230 survive globally, eight of them in the UK and two of those right-hand-drive. Some 250 Mangustas went to the US, while 150 stayed in Europe. The European-specification 1969 Mangusta on sale with Daniel Schmitt & Co for $369,900, with European quad-headlamp front end © Daniel Schmitt & Coġ970 US-spec Mangusta, $379,900, from Daniel Schmitt & Co © Daniel Schmitt & Co Unreliability-intolerant Americans liked that. While Ferrari merged art and engineering in its intricate V12 engines, the 155mph Mangusta was muscled along by its 230 to 306bhp Ford V8s that had a fraction of the number of components – and spares literally available in Walmart. The then-futuristic wedge shape, just 1.1m high, shouted “Italiano” from every angle. Around 401 Mangustas, created by Italian design demigod Giorgetto Giugiaro, were handbuilt in Italy between 19 by Argentine F1 driver Alejandro de Tomaso’s car company.
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