DE TOMASO MANGUSTA

Designer:  Giorgetto Giugiaro
Produced: between 1967 and 1971

Engine: 4.7 L Ford V8
Transmission: ZF 5 speed manual
Leigh: 4.270 mm
Width: 1.834 mm
Height: 1.100 mm
Weight: 1.300 kg

401 produced

The word “mangusta” is Italian for “mongoose“, an animal that can kill cobras. It was rumored that the car was so named in retaliation to a failed deal between De Tomaso and Carroll Shelby.

De Tomaso Automobili SpA was founded by the Argentine-born Alejandro de Tomaso, in Modena, Italy, in 1959.