Shelby once angered the founder of De Tomaso Automobili who then went and developed a car just to dethrone Shelby's Cobra.

Those with more than a passing interest in collectible automobiles, and with time to spend on this website, may have noticed a weekly installment here—recently initiated— that highlights specific ...

The De Tomaso Mangusta owes much to the American auto industry and market. "Mangusta" is Italian for mongoose, an animal that can kill cobras. It's rumored the name was picked by Argentine-born ...

In the mid-1950s, Alejandro DeTomaso left his native Argentina to pursue his racing passion in Italy. By the end of the decade, he had settled in Modena and with his American wife, Isabelle Haskell, ...

In the late 1960s, DeTomaso revealed the stunning Mangusta, and the first question on everyone’s minds was, why on earth would you name a 300-hp car after a mongoose? It turns out that this was a ...

When Carroll Shelby pulled out of his partnership with Alejandro De Tomaso, De Tomaso took it personally. Exactly why their deal to build the P70, an Italian-designed replacement for the Shelby Cobra, ...

Alejandro de Tomaso's second production car, the Mangusta, was born from a failed racing partnership with Carroll Shelby. Italian for "mongoose," the name was a deliberate jab at Shelby's Cobra, and ...

His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Every classic car has a backstory that’ll get its raconteur owner through a couple of glasses of Barolo over ...

"I remember the first time I saw one," says Bob Tucker, a now-retired professor of architecture who owned a Mangusta back in the day. "I thought it was the biggest point of departure for automobile ...