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Year Founded
1959
Founder
Alejandro de Tomaso
Headquarters
Hong Kong
Parent
Ford Moter Company, De Tomaso Automobili SpA
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De Tomaso Automobili LTD was a car manufacturing company based in Italy. The company was started in 1959 by Alenjandro De Tomaso and was closed in 2012 due to bankruptcy. The company was headquartered in Modena Italy and it was famous for producing auto racing vehicles and sports prototypes which also includes Formula One racing car for Frank Williams in 1970.
The company was mostly funded by Amory Haskell Jr. The company’s 84% shares were bought by Ford Motor Company and resold them back to De Tomaso in 1974 which caused a huge loss and ultimately had to close the company for good. This company was sold to Ideal Team Ventures in 2014 and it made a came back in 2019 with a new product named De Tomaso P72.
The slogan of De Tomaso is “La Tradizione Paga” which means “Tradition Pays” in English.
The De Tomaso Mangusta car was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro.
The De Tomaso Pantera was designed by Tom Tjaarda.
The De Tomaso P72 was designed by Jowyn Wong.
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