De Tomaso Name And Plant Will Be Sold In June And July

De Tomaso Guará

May the brand get back to life.

By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
June 9, 2008 4:00 am
Filed Under: Classics, Corporate/Financial, European, Industry


When Alejandro De Tomaso died, in 2003, his company, famous for cars like Pantera and Mangusta, seemed to die with him. Luckily, some masterpieces survive their creators and there is a big chance De Tomaso will find its way back to life with the auction of its last remains, or else, the brand and the plant, in Modena.

According to Argentina Auto Blog, in June 28 the rights for the use of the brand, what includes the famous logo, as well as the rights for Pantera and Guará will be auctioned starting from € 1.78 million. A little later, in July 3, the plant and everything included in the 5,000 square metres terrain will also be in an auction with an initial bid of € 7.63 million.

Let’s hope the future buyer intends to get the company back to business. If he/she accepts any suggestion, the German designer Stefan Schulze , from FirstSignal.de, has already recreated the iconic Pantera with the Panthera Concept, a car that can use Lamborghini Gallardo’s platform in order to have its development costs reduced. Argentineans hope Pagani decides to buy the brand. Whatever the future for De Tomaso may be, we only hope there is one and it does not leave the brand’s glory restricted to its past.
Source: Argentina Auto Blog via Autoblog

Comments

Bristol411S3
June 9, 2008 10:08 am
I have often dreamed of reincarnating De Tomaso. Unfortunately my lottery numbers are yet to come up. I hope it sells and the marque finds itself in good hands again.

GranTurismo
June 9, 2008 11:12 am
A beautiful, classic exotic.

joelynn
June 9, 2008 3:56 pm
Please reincarnate the original Mangusta

saint_dracula
June 9, 2008 4:36 pm
May Tomaso flourish for ever more.

catchmyshadow
June 9, 2008 9:49 pm
de tomaso pantera, one of my heros back in my childhood days

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