Today the Italian sports car by De Tomaso that tried to kill Shelby cobras...
The car? The De Tomaso Mangusta
This model was designed by already known Giorgetto Giugiaro. The name Mangusta stands for Mongoose - the cobra hunter... The idea of De Tomaso while producing this car was to replace the Shelby Cobra of Carroll Shelby for racing programs.
Powered by the Shelby 5.0L V8 306 HP engine to compete... but Cobras were faster...
Did you know?
There were 401 mangustas released in the nature between 1967 and 1971, but in 2018 there are only 250 left. It becomes of rare species.
The price In good condition valued between 35 and 40 BTC at the current rate BTC/USD.
Enjoy ;)
Missed out on my previous Car post? Find it here Car of The Day #120
How do you find such beauties!!!
Rikki-Tikki-Tavididn't win this time...
Great information! I love that car but money...????????????
your car design is very bawetiful..
Nice car with the hood that opens as gullwing... I didn't know about this model and the fight between Cobra vs Mangoose, good to learn :-).
Yeah these inside joke/fights between brands are pretty exciting to watch when you pay close attention ;)
What is funny is that in the life the founders were friends :) Let's say it was a challenge between them. This we don't might never know...
Excellent post, I am a car enthusiastic as you, I run my own tuning garage in Venezuela. kartectuning!
Glad to count you in, awesome!
I love the Mangusta!
Its now 8100$ at 10.22 gmt 18 march 2018