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{{short description|Italian car manufacturing company}}
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{{Infobox company
|name             = De Tomaso Automobili Ltd.
|former_name      = De Tomaso Modena SpA
|logo             = Detomaso automobili logo.png
|logo_size        = 120
|type             = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| fate = Filed for bankruptcy in 2012;<ref name=top1>{{cite news |url=https://www.topgear.com/car-news/classic/de-tomaso-goes-bankrupt-again |title=De Tomaso goes bankrupt. Again. |first=Matthew |last=Jonesn|work= Top Gear |location=UK |date=9 July 2012 |access-date=2023-11-12}}</ref> Company sold to Ideal Team Ventures in 2014<ref name="autoweek.com"/>
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1959}} 
| founder          = [[Alejandro de Tomaso]]
| defunct          = 
| location         = [[Modena]], Italy (1959–2004)
| locations        = 
| area_served      = Worldwide
| key_people       = {{unbulleted list
|Norman Choi (Chairman)<ref name="R&T">{{cite web|url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-shows/goodwood-festival-of-speed/a28278417/de-tomaso-p72-new-supercar-manual-transmission/|title=De Tomaso Is Back With a Gorgeous New Stick-Shift Supercar|date=4 July 2019|first=Màtè|last=Pètràny|publisher=[[Road & Track]]|access-date=4 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="M1">{{cite web|url=https://www.motor1.com/news/349697/de-tomaso-new-car-coming/|title=De Tomaso Is Coming Back, New Car To Debut at Goodwood FoS|first=Anthony|last=Karr|date=15 May 2019|publisher=Motor1|access-date=4 July 2019}}</ref>
   
}}
| industry         = [[automotive industry|Automotive]]
| products         = [[Supercar]]s
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| revenue          = 
| owner            = Ideal Team Ventures Limited
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| predecessor = 
| parent           = [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] (1971–1974)
| subsid           = {{unbulleted list
| [[Maserati]] (1976–1993)
| [[Innocenti]] (1976–1993)
| [[Moto Guzzi]] (1973–2000)
| [[Benelli (motorcycles)|Benelli]] (1972–1995)
| sp = uk
}}
|homepage         = {{URL|https://detomaso-automobili.com/|detomaso-automobili.com}}
}}
'''De Tomaso Automobili Ltd.''' (previously known as '''De Tomaso Modena SpA''') is an Italian [[car]]-manufacturing company. It was founded in 1959 by [[Alejandro de Tomaso]] in [[Modena]]. It originally produced various [[sports prototype]]s and [[auto racing]] vehicles, including a [[Formula One]] car for [[Frank Williams Racing Cars]] in 1970. Most of the funding for the automaker came from [[Amory Haskell Jr]].

In 1971, [[Ford Motor Company]] acquired an 84 percent stake in De Tomaso with Alejandro de Tomaso himself holding the balance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/alejandro-de-tomaso-36561.html |title=Alejandro de Tomaso |date=24 May 2003 |publisher=independent.co.uk |access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref> Ford sold back their stake in the automaker in 1974. The De Tomaso brand was acquired in 2014 by Hong Kong–based [[Ideal Team Ventures]] and in 2019 the newly formed company presented their first product, a retro-styled [[sports car]] called the [[De Tomaso P72]].<ref name="R&T"/>

== History ==
[[File:Alejandro_detomaso.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Alejandro de Tomaso, founder]]
The company went on to develop and produce both [[sports cars]] and [[luxury vehicles]], most notably the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]-powered Italian-bodied [[De Tomaso Mangusta|Mangusta]] and [[De Tomaso Pantera|Pantera]]. From 1976 to 1993, De Tomaso owned Italian sports car maker [[Maserati]], and was responsible for producing cars including the [[Maserati Biturbo|Biturbo]], the [[Maserati Kyalami|Kyalami]], [[Maserati Quattroporte III|Quattroporte III]], [[Maserati Karif|Karif]] and the [[Chrysler TC by Maserati|Chrysler TC]]. De Tomaso also owned motorcycle company [[Moto Guzzi]] from 1973 to 1993.

De Tomaso went into [[liquidation]] in 2004,<ref name="italiaspeed.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.italiaspeed.com/2004/cars/others/detomaso/liquidation.html |title=News 01.06.2004 |access-date=20 June 2007 |work=italiaspeed.com}}</ref> although production of new cars continued after this date.<ref name="auto.moldova.org">{{cite web |url=http://auto.moldova.org/brands/auto-detomaso-guar-28-54-eng.html |title=News- DeTomaso |access-date=7 January 2009 |work=auto.moldova.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516180435/http://auto.moldova.org/brands/auto-detomaso-guar-28-54-eng.html |archive-date=16 May 2010 }}</ref> By 2008, a buyer was being sought for the De Tomaso factory and trademarks, per the court-appointed liquidators.<ref name="www.detomaso.it">{{cite web |url=http://www.detomaso.it/pdf/avviso_gara_marchi_30.5.pdf |title=Avviso di gara per i marchi |access-date=4 June 2009 |archive-date=10 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110132943/http://www.detomaso.it/pdf/avviso_gara_marchi_30.5.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, Gian Mario Rossignolo bought the De Tomaso trademark and founded a new company named "De Tomaso Automobili SpA". Rossignolo planned to assemble chassis and bodies in one of [[Delphi Automotive]]'s old production facilities in [[Livorno]] and to fit bodywork, paint and finish its cars in the former [[Pininfarina]] factory in [[Grugliasco]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/de-tomaso-revive-pantera|title=De Tomaso to revive Pantera|work=[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]]|publisher= Haymarket Consumer Media}}</ref>

In May 2012, De Tomaso was again for sale after their business plan failed to gather sufficient financial backing.<ref>[http://www.worldcarfans.com/112051144253/de-tomaso-up-for-sale---report De Tomaso up for sale – report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201145748/http://www.worldcarfans.com/112051144253/de-tomaso-up-for-sale---report |date=1 February 2014 }} WorldCarFans.com, 11 May 2012</ref><ref name=top1/> In July 2012, Rossignolo was arrested following allegations that he misused 7.5 million Euro worth of government funds.<ref>[http://www.worldcarfans.com/112071246240/de-tomaso-chairman-arrested-for-misuse-of-funds De Tomaso chairman arrested for misuse of funds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201145750/http://www.worldcarfans.com/112071246240/de-tomaso-chairman-arrested-for-misuse-of-funds |date=1 February 2014 }} WorldCarFans.com, 12 July 2012</ref> In September 2012, speculation emerged that [[BMW]] might be interested in the brand factory to produce new BMW models.<ref>[http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/bmw-eyes-de-tomaso-brand BMW eyes De Tomaso brand] Autocar, 14 September 2012</ref>

In 2014, the original workshop in Modena was in abandonment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carbuildindex.com/37828/a-look-inside-the-abandoned-detomaso-factory/ |title=A look inside the abandoned DeTomaso factory |date=12 December 2014 |publisher=The Car Build Index |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227013011/http://www.carbuildindex.com/37828/a-look-inside-the-abandoned-detomaso-factory/ |archive-date=27 February 2015 }}</ref>

In April 2015, an Italian bankruptcy court approved the sale of the company to Hong Kong–based Consolidated Ideal Team Ventures, for {{currency|1.05 million|euro}}.<ref name="autoweek.com">{{cite web |url=http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/de-tomaso-sold-117-million-chinese-buyer-after-deal-fizzles |title=De Tomaso the company sells for roughly the price of a LaFerrari |publisher=Autoweek |date=30 April 2015 |access-date=8 January 2016}}</ref> Per that sale report "A lawyer for the buyer announced that Ideal Team Venture plans to produce cars in China bearing the De Tomaso name."<ref name="autoweek.com"/>

== De Tomaso sports cars ==

=== Vallelunga ===
{{Main|De Tomaso Vallelunga}}
[[File:De Tomaso Vallelunga.jpg|thumb|right|De Tomaso Vallelunga]]
De Tomaso's first road-going production model was the [[De Tomaso Vallelunga|Vallelunga]] (named after the [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|racing circuit]]) introduced in 1963; a spider competition version was being raced a few months before the introduction. This mid-engine sports car had a 104&nbsp;hp (78&nbsp;kW) 4 cylinder engine shared with the [[Ford Cortina]], and was able to attain a top speed of 215&nbsp;km/h (134&nbsp;mph). It had a fabricated steel [[backbone chassis]], which was to become a common feature of De Tomaso cars. The [[aluminium]] [[coupé]] body was designed and several built by [[Carrozzeria Fissore|Fissore]] before production was moved to [[Carrozzeria Ghia|Ghia]] in 1965 where they were assembled with [[fibreglass]] bodies. In all, approximately 60 were produced.

=== Mangusta ===
{{Main|De Tomaso Mangusta}}
[[File:De Tomaso Mangusta (Kirchzarten) jm20707.jpg|thumb|right|De Tomaso Mangusta]]

The [[De Tomaso Mangusta|Mangusta]], introduced in 1966 was the first De Tomaso produced in significant numbers. With the Mangusta, De Tomaso moved from European to American Ford engines. The car had a 4.7-litre iron-block [[V8 engine]] and [[steel]] and aluminium coupé bodywork from [[Ghia]]—an Italian coachbuilder also controlled by [[Alejandro de Tomaso]]. About 400 Mangustas were built before production ended in 1971.

=== Pantera ===
{{Main|De Tomaso Pantera}}
[[File:1973 De Tomaso Pantera in silver grey, front right.jpg|thumb|left|De Tomaso Pantera]]
The Mangusta was succeeded by the [[De Tomaso Pantera|Pantera]]. It appeared in 1971 with a [[351 Cleveland]] Ford V8 and a low, wedge-shaped body designed by [[Ghia]]'s [[Tom Tjaarda]].<ref name="tom-tjaarda.net">{{cite web |url=http://www.tom-tjaarda.net/ |title=Tom Tjaarda |access-date=20 June 2007 |work=tom-tjaarda.net}}</ref> Through an agreement with Ford, De Tomaso sold Panteras in the USA through Ford's [[Lincoln (automobile)|Lincoln]]-[[Mercury (automobile)|Mercury]] dealers. Between 1971 and 1973, 6,128 Panteras were produced in [[Modena]], the largest number of cars De Tomaso produced. The [[1973 oil crisis]] and other factors compelled Ford to pull out of the Pantera deal at the end of 1973, a few months after buying all of De Tomaso's shares and getting control of the entire production process in the three factories that shared the workload in northern Italy.<ref>{{cite book|author=Daniele Pozzi|title= De Tomaso – Un argentino nella valle dei motori|language=it|publisher= 24 ORE Cultura|year=2015|pages=162–163}}</ref>

But De Tomaso retained from Ford the right to produce the car for the "rest of the world" market, so he continued Pantera production at a greatly reduced scale of fewer than 100 cars per year during the 1970s and 1980s. From then on, the cars were largely hand-built, even more than before.<ref>{{cite book|first=Daniele | last = Pozzi|title= De Tomaso – Un argentino nella valle dei motori|language=it|publisher= 24 ORE Cultura|year=2015|pages=163–165}}</ref>

Incorporating a [[Marcello Gandini]] facelift, suspension redesign, partial chassis redesign and a new, smaller Ford engine, the ''Pantera 90 Si'' model (the ''i'' standing for ''iniezione''—Italian for ''fuel injection'') was introduced in 1990. There were 41 ''90 Si'' models manufactured with 2 crash tested, 38 sold, and 1 example going directly into a museum<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/blue-panther-de-tomaso-pantera-si|title=The Blue Panther – De Tomaso Pantera Si|website=classicdriver.com|access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref> before the Pantera was finally phased out in 1993 to make way for the radical, [[carbon fibre|carbon-fibre]]-bodied [[De Tomaso Guarà|Guarà]].

=== Guarà ===
{{Main|De Tomaso Guarà}}
[[File:1999 De Tomaso Guarà Spider.jpg|thumb|right|De Tomaso Guarà Spider]]
The [[De Tomaso Guarà|Guarà]] succeeded the Pantera and began production in 1993. The Guarà was designed by Carlo Gaino of Synthesis design,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.synthesisdesign.it/guara.html |title=Synthesis design_De Tomaso Guarà |publisher=Synthesisdesign.it |date=2 October 2002 |access-date=30 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108103302/http://www.synthesisdesign.it/guara.html |archive-date=8 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> an Italian design house; Gaino also designed the [[Maserati Barchetta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.synthesisdesign.it/barchetta.html |title=Maserati – Barchetta |access-date=2 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219022229/http://www.synthesisdesign.it/barchetta.html |archive-date=19 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Based on a Maserati competition car from 1991, using Ford and [[BMW]] parts in a composite body, the Guarà was available in coupé and barchetta versions. As with all De Tomasos except the Pantera, production was both limited and sporadic.

=== Biguà and off-road vehicles ===
[[File:Qvale_Mangusta_94.jpg|thumb|left|De Tomaso Biguà/Qvale Mangusta]]
In the early 2000s two other cars were planned by De Tomaso, but both proved abortive. A two-seat [[Marcello Gandini|Gandini]]-styled convertible, the [[De Tomaso Biguà|Biguà]], was developed from a 1996 [[Salon International de l'Auto|Geneva]] concept in partnership with [[Qvale]], an American firm which had long imported European sports cars into the USA. But as production of the Biguà—renamed the Mangusta—began, the relationship between De Tomaso and Qvale soured; Qvale took over the car and rebadged it as the [[Qvale Mangusta]]. Production was short-lived, and Qvale's Italian factory was bought in 2003 by [[MG Rover]] and the Mangusta's mechanicals were then used as the basis of the [[MG XPower SV]]. In April 2002, De Tomaso began a project to build off-road vehicles in a new factory in [[Calabria]] in partnership with the Russian company [[UAZ]], but this too floundered. The deal projected a production rate of 10,000 cars a year by 2006: however, no cars were built and De Tomaso went into voluntary liquidation in June 2004 after the death of Alejandro de Tomaso in 2003. The Guarà remained available in some markets in 2005 and 2006, but it appears that no cars were built after 2004.<ref name="histomobile.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.histomobile.com/1/De_Tomaso/1994/Guara_.htm?lan=1 |title=De Tomaso Guara |access-date=20 June 2007 |work=histomobile.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608173312/http://www.histomobile.com/1/De_Tomaso/1994/Guara_.htm?lan=1 |archive-date=8 June 2007}}</ref>

=== P72 ===
{{Main|De Tomaso P72}}
[[File:De Tomaso P72 04-07-2019.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The De Tomaso P72 on the Goodwood hill climb course|De Tomaso P72 at its first appearance during the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019]]

The P72 is a retro-styled sports car introduced at the 2019 [[Goodwood Festival of Speed]] under the newly reformed DeTomaso brand. Designed by Jowyn Wong, the car is a homage to the P70, a race car built by [[Carroll Shelby]] and styled by Peter Brock for De Tomaso, introduced in the late 1960s. The design of the car is meant to be hailing back to the LeMans race cars of the 1960s. The interior of the car is meant to have a modern outlook with opulent instrumentation. The chassis built to LMP1 standards is shared with the sister company [[Apollo Automobil]]'s Intensa Emozione.

== De Tomaso luxury cars ==
Although De Tomaso is principally known as a maker of high-performance sports cars, the firm also produced luxury coupés and saloons in tiny number throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

The 1971 [[De Tomaso Deauville|Deauville]] was an effort to rival contemporary [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]] saloons. With the same engine as the Pantera mounted in the front, the Deauville was clothed in an angular Tjaarda/[[Ghia]] four-door body. The Deauville did not compete with its rivals, especially those from Germany, on the perspective of build quality. Despite remaining on De Tomaso's offerings until 1985, only 244 were ever made. A single example of an estate was built for Alejandro de Tomaso's wife, the American racing driver Isabelle Haskell.<ref name="detomaso.it">{{cite web|url=http://www.detomaso.it/gb/vetture/ieri/deauville.html |title=Deauville |access-date=2019-07-09|work=detomaso.it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125191721/http://www.detomaso.it/gb/vetture/ieri/deauville.html |archive-date=25 January 2007 }}</ref>

In 1972 De Tomaso introduced a coupé based on the Deauville with a slightly shortened Deauville chassis and the same Ford V8 engine, called the [[De Tomaso Longchamp|Longchamp]]. Its body design, however, was substantially different, and influenced by the Lancia Marica prototype, also designed by Tom Tjaarda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cortilepittsburgh.org/de-tomaso.html|title=De Tomaso|website=The Cortile|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref> A total of 409 cars of all variations were built by the time the production ended in 1989.

== Maserati ==
{{Main|Maserati}}
With the assistance of the Italian government, De Tomaso took over Maserati in 1976 after its owner, Citroën, declared that it would no longer support the loss-making company. The first Maserati De Tomaso introduced, the Kyalami, was a Longchamp redesigned by [[Pietro Frua|Frua]], with the Ford engine replaced by Maserati's own 4.2-litre V8. The Kyalami remained in production until 1983, when it was superseded by the Biturbo, introduced two years earlier. Other cars Introduced under the De Tomaso ownership included the Quattroporte III/Royale and IV, the Barchetta, the Ghibli and the Shamal. All of the latter cars other than the Quattroporte III were based on the Biturbo while the Quattroporte was based on the Kyalami platform. De Tomaso introduced this concept of platform sharing to save development costs on new models. In 1993, De Tomaso sold Maserati to [[Fiat S.p.A.]] due to slumping sales and low profitability.

== Innocenti ==
{{Main|Innocenti}}
In 1976 Innocenti passed to Alejandro de Tomaso and was reorganised by the De Tomaso Group under the name ''Nuova Innocenti''.

From 1976 to 1987 the top of the range Innocenti was the Innocenti Mini de Tomaso, a sport version of the Innocenti Mini developed by De Tomaso, initially equipped with the [[British Leyland|BLMC]] 1275 cc engine, and from 1982 to 1987 with a 1.0-litre 3-cylinder turbocharged [[Daihatsu]] engine.

De Tomaso sold Innocenti to [[Fiat S.p.A.]] in 1993.

== Revival ==
=== 2009 acquisition ===
[[File:Detomaso company logo.png|thumb|200px|right|Logo of De Tomaso Automobili launched in 2009]]
In 2009 the De Tomaso trademark was bought by Former Fiat executive Gian Mario Rossignolo who founded a new company named "De Tomaso Automobili SpA". A new business plan for the company called for producing three models for a total of 8,000 vehicles: 3,000 crossovers, 3,000 limousines, and 2,000 two-seater sports cars.

==== 2011 De Tomaso Deauville ====
[[File:De Tomaso 2011 schräg.JPG|thumb|left|Deauville Concept at Geneva in 2011]]
At the 2011 [[Geneva Motor Show]], De Tomaso presented a new model.<ref>First commercial brochure with description, technical data and commercial figures at the beginning of 2011 on [http://www.detomaso.it/index.php?page=technical-specification web page www.detomaso.it] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305165439/http://www.detomaso.it/index.php?page=technical-specification |date=5 March 2011 }} (consulted on 2 March 2011).</ref> The new [[De Tomaso Deauville]] was to have been a five-door [[hatchback]]/crossover vehicle with all-wheel drive, which, in the details of its styling, quotes models from [[BMW]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]].<ref>Auto Bild Nr. 8/2011, S. 39 with further data and images</ref>

The proposed range included two gasoline engines with 300 PS and 500 PS as well as a diesel from [[VM Motori]] with 250 PS. The Deauville remained a prototype, as the new company never started production and the company chairman, Rossignolo, was arrested in 2012 on account of misappropriation of funds taken from the Italian government to revive the De Tomaso brand. As a result, 900 employees of the company were made redundant.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/italy-detomaso-arrest-idUSL6E8IC27120120712 |title=Italian carmaker De Tomaso chairman arrested |work=Reuters|date=12 July 2012 |access-date=23 February 2015 |first=Jennifer |last=Clark}}</ref> Rossignolo was sentenced to five and a half years of imprisonment on the charges of fraud and embezzlement in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.carscoops.com/2019/03/de-tomaso-is-coming-back-with-the-help-of-apollo-automobil/ |title=De Tomaso Is Coming Back with the Help of Apollo Automobil |work=CarScoops |date=5 March 2019|access-date=4 July 2019 |first=Michael |last=Gauthier}}</ref>

=== 2014 acquisition ===
The rights to the De Tomaso brand were acquired by Norman Choi of Ideal Team Ventures in 2014. The new management under Choi's leadership undertook the task of reviving the brand. Five years later, the company unveiled its first product, the P72 retro-styled sports car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, at the time of 60th anniversary of the De Tomaso brand. The car had been in development under the code name of "Project P". The new car is based on the [[Apollo Intensa Emozione]]'s monocoque chassis, a car manufactured by De Tomaso's sister company [[Apollo Automobil]] and 72 units of the car will be sold.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://carbuzz.com/news/breaking-de-tomaso-is-officially-back |title=Breaking: De Tomaso Is Officially Back|work=Carbuzz |date=15 May 2019 |access-date=4 July 2019 |first=Jay |last=Traugott}}</ref>

=== P900 ===
In November 2022 De Tomaso announced a track-only hypercar named the [[De Tomaso P900|P900]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42112075/de-tomaso-p900-details/ |title=De Tomaso's Track-Only Hypercar Packs a V12 that Revs to 12,300 RPM |work=Car and Driver |date=30 Nov 2022 |first=Caleb |last=Miller}}</ref> The new vehicle will have a {{cvt|900|hp|kW}} 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V12 engine designed to run on carbon-neutral synthetic fuels. De Tomaso only plans to produce 18 P900s and sell them for a starting price of {{USD|3 million}}. At the time of the announcement, the V12 engine was still in development and would not be fully ready until late 2024, leading De Tomaso to also offer a V10 engined option. The project was subsequently canceled after the car did not go into production on schedule.

== Formula One ==
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[[File:De Tomaso Tipo 505.jpg|thumb|left|1970 [[De Tomaso 505/38]]]]
De Tomaso made a handful of [[Formula One]] appearances from 1961 to 1963, with their own chassis and a mix of engines. During 1962 the "De Tomaso 801" appeared, with an original 135-degree 1498&nbsp;cc V8 with a claimed {{convert|200|CV|kW|0|abbr=on}} at 9500&nbsp;rpm, and a six-speed De Tomaso transmission (although presumably developed by [[Valerio Colotti]]). The stubby and somewhat unaerodynamic design of the car raised some questions among period writers, as did the claimed max power.<ref name="IMS7862">{{cite magazine | title = Ny Italiensk Formel Racer |trans-title=New Italian Formula Racer | page = 5 | language = sv | editor-last = Björklund | editor-first = Bengt | location = Lerum, Sweden | magazine = Illustrerad Motor Sport | number = 7–8 | date = July 1962 }}</ref> The De Tomaso 801 was entered in a number of races but only appeared at the [[1962 Italian Grand Prix]], where it failed to qualify.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/de-tomaso-801.aspx |title=De Tomaso 801 |website=StatsF1 |access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref>

De Tomaso then built a Formula One chassis (designed by [[Giampaolo Dallara]]) for [[Frank Williams Racing Cars]] to use in the [[1970 Formula One season]]. The car was uncompetitive, failing to finish the first four races of the year. In the fifth, the [[1970 Dutch Grand Prix|Dutch Grand Prix]], the [[De Tomaso 505/38]] flipped and caught fire, killing driver [[Piers Courage]]. The team persevered, first with [[Brian Redman]], then [[Tim Schenken]]. However, with no results, the partnership was dissolved at the end of the season.

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| [[Nino Vaccarella]]
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| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
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|rowspan="2"|'''0'''
|rowspan="2"|'''-'''
|-
| Isobele de Tomaso
| [[De Tomaso F1|De Tomaso F1/004]]
| [[Roberto Bussinello]]
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|
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| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
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|rowspan="3"| [[1962 Formula One season|1962]]
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| [[1962 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1962 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1962 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1962 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1962 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1962 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1962 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1962 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1962 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
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|
|rowspan="2"|'''0'''
|rowspan="2"|'''-'''
|-
| Scuderia Settecolli
| [[De Tomaso F1|De Tomaso F1/002]]
| [[O.S.C.A.]] [[Inline-four engine|I4]]
| {{Dunlop}}
| [[Roberto Lippi]]
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| style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNQ
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| Scuderia de Tomaso
| [[De Tomaso 801]]
| De Tomaso [[Flat-8]]
| {{Dunlop}}
| [[Nasif Estéfano]]
|
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| style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNQ
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|'''0'''
|'''-'''
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1963 Formula One season|1963]]
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| [[1963 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1963 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1963 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1963 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1963 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1963 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1963 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1963 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1963 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
| [[1963 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
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|
|rowspan="2"|'''0'''
|rowspan="2"|'''-'''
|-
| Scuderia Settecolli
| [[De Tomaso F1|De Tomaso F1/002]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[V6 engine|V6]]
| {{Dunlop}}
| [[Roberto Lippi]]
|
|
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| style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNQ
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| rowspan="4"| [[1970 Formula One season|1970]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Frank Williams Racing Cars]]
| rowspan="4"| [[De Tomaso 505/38]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
| rowspan="4"| {{Dunlop}}
|
| [[1970 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1970 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[1970 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1970 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1970 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1970 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1970 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1970 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1970 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]
| [[1970 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1970 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1970 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1970 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
|rowspan="4"|'''0'''
|rowspan="4"|'''-'''
|-
| [[Piers Courage]]
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
| style="background:#fff;"| DNS
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| NC
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
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|
|
|
|
|
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|-
| [[Brian Redman]]
|
|
|
|
|
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| style="background:#fff;"| DNS
| style="background:#ffcfcf;"| DNQ
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|
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|-
| [[Tim Schenken]]
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|
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| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| NC
| style="background:#efcfff;"| Ret
|
|}

== Car list ==
[[File:De Tomaso Pantera GTS at Woburn.JPG|thumb|right|De Tomaso Pantera GTS]]

*[[De Tomaso Vallelunga|Vallelunga]]
*[[De Tomaso Sport 5000|Sport 5000]] (also known as the 70P, P70 and Ghia DeTomaso)
*De Tomaso 5000
*De Tomaso Sport 2000
*[[De Tomaso Mangusta|Mangusta]]
*[[De Tomaso Pantera|Pantera]]
*[[De Tomaso Deauville|Deauville]]
*[[De Tomaso Longchamp|Longchamp]]
*[[De Tomaso Guarà|Guarà]]
*[[De Tomaso Biguà|Biguà]]
*[[De Tomaso P72|P72]]
*[[De Tomaso P900|P900]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website}}
* [http://www.pantera.ch Pantera Club Switzerland]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160108103302/http://www.synthesisdesign.it/guara.html De Tomaso Guarà]
* [http://www.DeTomasoRegistry.org/ The registry for DeTomaso Automobiles]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090908033740/http://home.comcast.net/~parapantera/  Ron Hyde's De Tomaso Cars page]  Information, data, and literature on De Tomaso cars.

{{Automotive industry in Italy}}
{{De Tomaso}}
{{Formula One constructors|state=collapsed}}

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