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Who was behind making these and was there a stated objective. I've several of these in different color. Or ... maybe just two that have been repainted several times?
Some group in Hong kong I read once, they bought the name and came up with the car. Its a comercial enterprise.
The drivetrain sounds very rough, race car like. I have to wonder if it's a real effort? It looks pretty and all but I doubt it's feasible to make that into a legal road going car so then what's the point?
If your car has a bare resemblance to something historic and you make less than 360 total per anum then there is a loophole in terms of DOT crash testing etc provided you run an epa compliant powertrain. Thats how the newer Morgan Plus 4 and Plus 6 come in, the numbers are low enough and they dont need DOT but have epa powertrains installed here. The detomaso I suspect is running ford v8 power for this epa compliance reason, plus there is a historic connection to detomaso and ford v8, the cammer is a modern motor if not a bit heavy, and the price is right. Idealy a car that looks like a p3 Ferrari prototype ( I think there was a pinfarina p3 show car that was really close, had a corgi model as a kid) should run a v12. But where are you going to find a epa compliant v12, dont see ferrari or lambo supplying them.
Always thought this would be a good way to go, but alas not epa. https://www.mercuryracing.com/engines/automotive.html the new z06 motor is a great idea too, but it will be years before chevy sells those if ever. i could say its hard to put amass market motor in a +1mill or +2mill car, but pagani has been doing that for years, although we might argue an amg 12 is a different animal.
at least 2 of these have a V12 (all it takes is money ) https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/posts/148065633/ .
