[DML] Re: Fw: End of an era - DeTomaso Modena

["istewart88" <istewart88@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "pdmytrewycz" <pauld@xxxx> wrote:
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Marvin" <marv@xxxx> wrote:
> >   Just rec'd this email.
> >   The Pantera / DeTomaso now joins the DeLorean marque as a no longer
> > produced dream.
> 
> That is a shame. The Pantera/DeTomaso were some great lookin' cars.
> They're sure to go up in value.
> 
> In a slightly related note. In the movie Kill Bill vol 2, Bill (played
> by David Carradine) drives a dark grey Pantera/DeTomaso (someone said
> it was a "Mongoose"?). Anyway, when I saw the movie with my
> girlfriend, she got all excited and leaned over to me and asked,
> "isn't that a Delorean?"
> You only really get to see the back of the car, but I admit it does
> vaguely resemble a DMC-12 rear-end.
> 
> Paul D.

That would be a DeTomaso Mangusta. The car that was in the movie was for sale in the 
NorCal Collector Car Trader a few months back for a pretty steep price. Another design 
similarity is that the Mangusta has gullwing engine covers in the rear that make the 
DeLorean similarity even more pronounced when open.




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