De Tomaso Announces Its Comeback With Achingly Beautiful P72

This ultra-rare and hugely-expensive supercar harks back to the Italian company’s past
De Tomaso Announces Its Comeback With Achingly Beautiful P72

As part of the company’s 60th anniversary celebrations, De Tomaso is giving us this: the P72.

If you are sitting reading this thinking, ‘Hmm, the car looks familiar’, then you’re not far wrong - the P72 has been inspired by the P70 – a prototype race car powered by a Cobra V8.

It was the work of Alejandro De Tomaso, Carroll Shelby and Peter Brock who joined forces in the early Sixties. Unfortunately, the three parted company and the project had to be canned.

De Tomaso Announces Its Comeback With Achingly Beautiful P72

Performance and technical information is pretty thin on the ground, but what we do know is that there are no fancy automated shifters in the P72 but rather a good old-fashioned manual.

Naturally, the car is pure theatre and has generated significant interest during its time at the Goodwood Festival of Speed where it is being show to the world via live ‘demonstration’ runs. It sits on the same trick carbon fibre chassis that underpins the Apollo Intensa Emozione.

The interior epitomises craftsmanship at its finest and is a real thing of beauty. There are six softly backlit analogue dials, the biggest being the speedometer, while the top half of the squircle-shaped steering wheel is finished in expensive carbon fibre and the lower half in soft grained leather.

De Tomaso Announces Its Comeback With Achingly Beautiful P72

The bucket-seats are also upholstered in tan hide and feature an intricate diamond cross-stitch pattern.

Another highlight is the machine milled gear knob that operates the gear linkage. This has been left ‘open’ so that you can sit in awe and admire how the various components work.

If you like the look of the De Tomaso P72 (come on, who doesn’t?) and have a spare £674,000 (or €750,000 going by today’s exchange rates) kicking about in your bank account, then deposits are now being accepted.

Comments

1950 Mercury Coupe

Looks beautiful. Though I’m not a fan of that steering wheel.

07/05/2019 - 15:14 |
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☆★THEBOOSTEDBRIT★☆

Juicy

07/05/2019 - 15:23 |
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Anonymous

Its cool and all, but don’t the pedals look a bit high off the floor?

07/05/2019 - 16:20 |
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Martin Burns

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Because racecar

07/05/2019 - 16:57 |
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Anonymous

Now that’s proper

07/05/2019 - 16:34 |
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Klush

Best looking and my favourite car of 2019! You can’t convince me otherwise!

07/05/2019 - 16:39 |
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A Car Guy

😍

07/05/2019 - 16:43 |
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Anonymous

I want the pantera

07/05/2019 - 17:30 |
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Dante Verna

It looks like Pagani has finally been outdone in the interior game

07/05/2019 - 22:23 |
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Idk bro I gotta see more photos of that interior…..for research purposes of course [locks door]

07/06/2019 - 00:01 |
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Anonymous

De Tomaso is back so, when we have to wait to see a Pantera 2.0 from them?

07/06/2019 - 04:15 |
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That_1_Guy

the interior reminds me of pagani

07/06/2019 - 05:11 |
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