De Tomaso Mangusta: суперкар, рождённый из мести

The De Tomaso Mangusta is a supercar that should never have existed. It was born because Argentine fugitive Alejandro De Tomaso vowed to destroy the Shelby Cobra. A would-be conspirator, a former Maserati mechanic, and the husband of an American heiress, he took the chassis of a failed racing project, a rejected Giugiaro design, and a Ford V8 to create one of the most beautiful and dangerous cars of the sixties. Only 401 examples. Weight distribution: 32/68. Ground clearance: 10 centimeters. No seatbelts. A workshop bought with money from the son of a Caribbean dictator. Buyers ranged from the president of Mexico to the vice president of General Motors, who couldn't fit in. This is the story of how resentment fueled a masterpiece, how a mongoose killed a cobra—and how 401 cars paved the way for an empire that included Maserati, Moto Guzzi, and Innocenti.