De Tomaso up for sale
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anonymous-user

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82 months

Friday 11th May 2012
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Now I didn't even know they still made cars, I thought they had gone a long time ago. I consider myself pretty clued up on the car industry and I just wasn't aware. I guess that's why they are up for sale eh?

http://jalopnik.com/5909524/italian-exotic-carmake...

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/05/10/for-...

How much do you think it's worth? Are there any assets worth having for another manufacturer?

Vitorio

4,296 posts

171 months

Friday 11th May 2012
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Some rich bloke bought the rights and figured he could start it all back up, he counted his chickens many times before they hatched, and in the end never got the essentials sorted. They made a few prototypes, one of them driven by the rich bloke in question.

Unless FGA buys the brand and slowly bumpstarts it with something like a Pantera very much based on a maserati or something, it is dead.

deltashad

6,731 posts

225 months

Friday 11th May 2012
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60million euros?

Hope they are saved by someone who isn't a crook or German.


wackojacko

8,581 posts

218 months

Friday 11th May 2012
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deltashad said:
60million euros?
Wouldn't have thought so ......

Vitorio

4,296 posts

171 months

Friday 11th May 2012
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deltashad said:
60million euros?

Hope they are saved by someone who isn't a crook or German.
I wonder if Victor Muller is speaking to his russian buddy as we speak, dragging dead horses seems to be his thing, he sort of ticks the crook box though, there must be something fishy going on there.

egomeister

7,580 posts

291 months

Friday 11th May 2012
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900 staff??

What else did they do? 900 isn't a realistic workforce for developing a new car unless you are a major manufacturer with a serious budget.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

82 months

Friday 11th May 2012
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egomeister said:
900 staff??

What else did they do? 900 isn't a realistic workforce for developing a new car unless you are a major manufacturer with a serious budget.
900 is fine for the volume they'd be looking at on a single car, I think.

deltashad

6,731 posts

225 months

Friday 11th May 2012
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wackojacko said:
deltashad said:
60million euros?
Wouldn't have thought so ......
Why not?

egomeister

7,580 posts

291 months

Friday 11th May 2012
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MSTRBKR said:
egomeister said:
900 staff??

What else did they do? 900 isn't a realistic workforce for developing a new car unless you are a major manufacturer with a serious budget.
900 is fine for the volume they'd be looking at on a single car, I think.
Were they almost ready to produce then? You'd be looking at a monthly wage bill of north or £2m with that workforce - a lot to cover if you aren't selling anything!

F1GTRUeno

6,512 posts

246 months

Saturday 12th May 2012
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Audi should snap them up.