
De Tomaso P72: Renaissance, Act II
The longest waits, are often those able to offer the greatest pleasure. It could be the case of De Tomaso and the return of a name that indelibly marked the car scene in the 70s, with the legendary Pantera. The P72, however, does not intend to take up the legacy of the most famous De Tomaso, but pays homage to the P70, that model born in 1965 from the collaboration between Alejandro De Tomaso and Carroll Shelby, now mixing some features that immediately bring to mind the obsessive attention to detail of a certain Horacio Pagani.
On the exterior, the P72 stands as the ultimate meeting of a retro design combined with streamlined lines and clean cuts, while also maintaining those curves that made supercars of a few decades ago sensual, features that more recently have given way to aerodynamic laws most focused on that half a second less on a racing track. Getting on board we see an incredible search for exclusivity made of a distinctly vintage style, leather upholstery with rhomboidal stitching and an analog instrumentation that seems to be borrowed from the most luxurious jewelry on the planet. There is a bit of Pagani and a bit of Spyker, but the De Tomaso P72 manages to maintain its identity, thanks to a name that needs no introduction, while as far as technical details are concerned, we know that it will be necessary to invest € 750,000, a reasonable amount of money if compared to the masterpieces of San Cesario sul Panaro. At this point, what matters most is that the big step has been taken and that De Tomaso is back on the scene.