De Tomaso Deauville

' ' ' De Tomaso Deauville ' ' ' is a model of the Italian car manufacturer De Tomaso

history of the development (1971-1988

Alejandro De Tomaso frequently used the good ideas of other people for his own conceptions. A classical example of it is the Deauville, which appeared 1971. The technology of the car was typical for De Tomaso, but the body was an accurate reproduction of the new jaguar sedan XJ6. The wheel base was more briefly, broader but the trace. The car was 20 cm more briefly and allegedly 160 kg more easily. De Tomaso wanted [ [ Jaguar XJ series|XJ6 ] ] its own alternative confront, with an exotic name and a glamuroesen call, but with less complicated technology. Therefore it inserted the Ford-V8-Motor from the Pantera and exclusively equipped it with the Ford C6 mechanism. Ghia had sketched a stable, self-supporting body, which was all around equipped with double wishbones and independent suspension. It should become a beautiful, fast and elegant car with excellent handling characteristics, yet it sold itself badly. De Tomaso had never developed a correct dealer chain outside of the USA, and the Deauville was not even offered in America. As is the case for the ISO, against which De Tomaso had to maintain ground at the beginning of the 70's, the schlichtheit (and the well-known origin of the Ford-V8) spoke against the car also with the Deauville. Compared with [ [ Ferrari ] ] and [ [ Lamborghini ] ] neither sound nor a character were correct. The result was finally a maximum annual sales rate of 46 pieces (1972). At the end of the decade straight 208 copies had been sold. Nevertheless the Deauville still 1988 was available. Officially on 270 HP throttled, 241 copies were sold. In reality only the strongest engines were selected, in order to lend to that nearly two tons heavy sedan reasonable road performances. In the year 1978 the entire chassis was revised and used at the same time for the new Maserati Quattroporte. Recognizably this is at the chassis number, now the 2000er Serier of in people width unit == Websites == * [ http://www.detomaso.it/ De Tomaso Modena S.p.A. (firm side) ] * [ http://www.detomaso.nu/ Svenska DeTomaso klubben ] * [ http://www.panteraclub.com/ Pantera Owners club OF America ] * [ http://www.detomaso.de/ DeTomaso parts center Europe ] * [ http://www.zippyvideos.com/7473145252372056/pantera_vs_lambo/*pantera/ video Pantera vs Lambo VT 6,0 ] [ [ Kategorie:Pkw model ] ] [ [ Kategorie:Fahrzeug of the upper class ] ] [ [ en:De Tomaso ] ] [ [ fr:De Tomaso ] ] [ [ it:De Tomaso ] ] [ [ nl:De Tomaso ] ] [ [ no:De Tomaso ] ]