14 Facts About De Tomaso

The De Tomaso brand was acquired in 2014 by Hong Kong based Ideal Team Ventures and in 2019, the newly formed company presented their first product, a retro-styled sports car called the P72.

From 1976 to 1993 De Tomaso owned Italian sports car maker Maserati, and was responsible for producing cars including the Biturbo, the Kyalami, Quattroporte III, Karif and the Chrysler TC.

De Tomaso owned motorcycle company Moto Guzzi from 1973 to 1993.

De Tomaso went into liquidation in 2004, although production of new cars continued after this date.

In May 2012, De Tomaso was again for sale after their business plan failed to gather sufficient financial backing.

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In 1972 De Tomaso introduced a coupe based on the Deauville with a slightly shortened Deauville chassis and the same Ford V8 engine, called the Longchamp.

The first Maserati De Tomaso introduced, the Kyalami, was a Longchamp redesigned by Frua, with the Ford engine replaced by Maserati's own 4.

De Tomaso introduced this concept of platform sharing to save development costs on new models.

From 1976 to 1987 the top of the range Innocenti was the Innocenti Mini de Tomaso, a sport version of the Innocenti Mini developed by De Tomaso, initially equipped with the BLMC 1275 cc engine, and from 1982 to 1987 with a 1.

In 2009 the De Tomaso trademark was bought by Former Fiat executive Gian Mario Rossignolo who founded a new company named "De Tomaso Automobili SpA".

Rights to the De Tomaso brand were acquired by Norman Choi of Ideal Team Ventures in 2014.

De Tomaso made a handful of Formula One appearances from 1961 to 1963, with their own chassis and a mix of engines.

The De Tomaso 801 was entered in a number of races but only appeared at the 1962 Italian Grand Prix, and the 1963 British Grand Prix.

De Tomaso then built a Formula One chassis for Frank Williams Racing Cars to use in the 1970 Formula One season.