DeTomaso Mailing List: March 2000, Message #181

They had a few of them at the Chicago Auto show last month.  Now I've seen
these car in person for a few years, but I was surprised to find that I
liked how the car looked.  I didn't like it initially or even last fall in
Monterery, but the design is growing on me.  I particularly liked the shots
used in the video they were showing.  I still don't like the headlights, but
in general my view of the car has changed from one that I didnt' like to one
that I do like.  The whole name thing aside.

Paul
#9270


----- Original Message -----
From: Steve (AIA) <STEVE@AIAELPASO.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list <detomaso@realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 11:06 AM
Subject: Fw: New Mangusta styling


> Let's not get too crazy about the styling of the new Mangusta.  Sure it
> doesn't look like the old one, it's a "new" one.  Thanks the gods that we
> have the freedom of choice and that one man's meat is another's poison.
The
> car has just been introduced, let's see how it turns out.   Twenty five
> years from now, someone will introduce a new model and every one who likes
> the 2000 Mangusta style will then deride the current "abortion" as falling
> too far from the tree, (just as some current Detomaso lovers are doing
that
> very thing today).  Let's all be thankful that someone was willing to take
> the risk and re-introduce the Mangusta at all.  This can do nothing but
> improve the overall perception of DeTomaso etal.  The Qvales have dropped
> some major bucks into this program, not the least is the huge experiment
in
> the Trans-Am racing team.  (Do you think Brian Simo came cheap?)  IMHO we
> should all be glad that the DeTomaso name has gotten a new lease on life,
as
> well as a new style, and help the program out as much as we can.  We will
> receive a lot in return from a succesful re-introduction of the Mangusta.
> My 8 pesos from the land of the Rio Grande
>
> Steve R. Carvajal
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