Take a moment to appreciate the audacity of what's happening here: someone is actually reviving De Tomaso. Yes, the company that once gave us the Pantera - the car that proved Italians and American V8s could create something magical together. And they're doing it with a car that looks like it's been shipped from an alternate 1960s where everything was just... better. The P72, first shown in 2019 to drops of jaws worldwide, is finally entering its final development phase. The first production-spec car, chassis number ending in 001, has just been completed, and it's about as close to automotive artwork as you can get without hanging it in the Louvre. But here's where it gets interesting. Originally, De Tomaso planned to build this beauty in America, using a carbon fiber tub borrowed from their sister company Apollo's Intensa Emozione. Then the pandemic hit, plans changed, and they ended up partnering with HWA - a German engineering firm with more AMG DNA than Mercedes itself, founded by AMG co-founder Hans Werner Aufrecht. The New This wasn't just a change of address. HWA completely redesigned the carbon tub, creating something that sits lower, offers more space, crashes better, and weighs less. It's like they took everything good about the original design and made it better, while somehow managing not to mess with the car's stunning looks. The Old Speaking of looks - they've been preserved through some serious engineering wizardry. Instead of slapping on visible aerodynamic elements that would ruin the P72's flowing lines, they focused on the underside of the car, developing the aero in the same wind tunnel where Toyota hones its Le Mans racers. The result? A car that's as slippery as it is beautiful. Under the hood, there's a supercharged 5.0-liter V8 producing 750 horsepower. And if that is nigh a fitting tribute to De Tomaso's history of combining Italian flair with American muscle, I can't say what is. And if that somehow isn't enough, they're also working on a P900 variant with a V12 pumping out 888 horsepower, because apparently too much is never enough. Only 72 examples of the P72 will ever exist, each carrying a price tag of 1.6 million euros. That's about $1.65 million for what might be the most beautiful modern interpretation of 1960s sports car design ever created. It's not just a car - it's a time machine with a supercharger. The fact that someone is not only reviving De Tomaso but doing it with such attention to detail and respect for the brand's heritage is remarkable. In an age of electric hypercars and autonomous driving, here's a company building something that feels like it was designed by Italian artisans who somehow got their hands on modern engineering tools. Just keep them away from the espresso, otherwise they'll cook up something to rival spaceX.
