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De Tomaso Mangusta - sports car elegance with large-scale production technology and racing roots

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Created on July 21, 2011

Reading time 5min

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Bruno von Rotz

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Daniel Reinhard

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Rudolf Menzi

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Aufnahme aus einem zeitgenössischen Verkaufsprospekt

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Das Auto wurde um den Motor herum gebaut

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Schlichte Eleganz

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Kraft und Sicherheit - Aufnahme aus einem zeitgenössischen Verkaufsprospekt

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De Tomaso Mangust (1966) - bei der ersten Präsentation noch als Ghia Mangusta 5000 bezeichnet

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De Tomaso Mangusta (1966) - Interieur einer frühen Ghia-Version, noch als Ghia Mangusta 5000 bezeichnet

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Silhouette

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De Tomaso Mangusta (1966) - ausgestellt am Salon von Turin 1966

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De Tomaso Pampero (1967) - neben dem Mangusta Spider 5000 - auf dem Stand von Ghia

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De Tomaso Mangusta (1966) - Interieur des auf dem Turiner Autosalon von 1966 ausgestellten Wagens aus der Schmiede Ghia

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De Tomaso Mangusta (1966) - Heckpartie der Ghia-Studie Mangusta 5000, die zum De Tomaso wurde

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De Thomaso Mangusta Spider (1968) - die offene Version, gezeichnet von Giugiaro, ging nie in Serie

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - technische Zeichnung von der Seite und von oben

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Amerikanische Modellle hatten Popup-Lichter vorne

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Da räumte man freiwillig die Überholspur

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Europäische Version ohne Klappscheinwerfer

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Jede Schmetterlingstüre hinten kann separat geöffnet und arretiert werden

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Heckansicht

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Heckansicht mit geöffneten Schmetterlingshecktüren

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Elegant und einfach gezeichnet

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Schlichte und zweckorientierte Formgebung

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Schmetterlingstüren geben Zugang zum Motor - eine andere Konstruktion wäre wohl praktischer, aber nicht schöner gewesen

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Gebaut, um die AC Cobra zu schlagen

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Schalensitze und genügend Bewegungsfreiheit

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Aufgeräumtes sportliches Armaturenbrett

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Offene Schaltkulisse - der erste Gang sitzt hinten links

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Der Ford-Cobra-Motor im Heck des Mangustas

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Schriftzug auf dem Heck

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Wie Kiemen eines Hais, Luft für den Motor

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Die Felgen bestehen aus Magesium und sind wunderschön

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - Einfacher Schriftzug auf dem Heck

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De Tomaso Mangusta (1970) an der Arosa ClassicCar 2013 – Kategorie Alpine Performance

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - beim Arosa ClassicCar Bergrennen 2009

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - beim Arosa ClassicCar Bergrennen 2010

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de Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - beim Arosa ClassicCar Bergrennen 2009

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De Tomaso Mangusta (1970) an der Arosa ClassicCar 2013 – Kategorie Alpine Performance

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De Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - als Lot 19 an der Versteigerung von Bonhams in London vom 1. Dezember 2013 im Angebot

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De Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - am Bergrennen Arosa ClassicCar 2012

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De Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - am Bergrennen Arosa ClassicCar 2012

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De Tomaso Mangusta (1970) - am Bergrennen Arosa ClassicCar 2012

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De Tomaso Mangusta (1970) an der Arosa ClassicCar 2013 – Kategorie Alpine Performance

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De Tomaso Mangusta (1970) an der Arosa ClassicCar 2014

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Summary

The de Tomaso Mangusta was Alessandro de Tomaso's first large road-going sports car. Equipped with a robust American V8 engine, it was capable of similar performance to the elite sports cars of the time, looked stunning and was attractively priced. As many as 401 were produced, around half of which are said to still exist. This report describes the car and shows it in many pictures. Sound recordings of the background noise round off the article.

This article contains the following chapters

The tinkerer Alejandro de Tomaso
Large-scale production technology in an elegant dress
The engine in the center
At the cutting edge
Only 401 vehicles built
Cheaper than Ferrari, but not cheap
Further information

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The path of combining Italian design, racing-oriented chassis ideas and American large-scale production engines was taken by Alessandro De Tomaso and others: Renzo Rivolta, Peter Monteverdi or the Facel company with the Facel Vega. However, De Tomaso can be considered the most successful overall, because not only did they produce cars for many years, but the number of units produced was also far higher than that of the others. It was no coincidence that the car produced from 1967 to 1971 bore the name "Mangusta", named after a cat-like animal that is immune to snake venom and is considered an equal or even superior opponent to the Cobra snake.

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