Production of the Dreamy De Tomaso P72 Hypercar Will Begin This Year

Argentinian racing driver Alejandro De Tomaso launched his first supercar, the Vallelunga, in 1963. The mid-engined Vallelunga was first aluminum bodied, then fiberglass, and built in small numbers. De Tomaso named it after the Vallelunga circuit outside of Rome, Italy, where he did most of his testing, and it led to the much more widely-known Pantera.

Fast forward to 2019, when the revived-from-the-dead De Tomaso brand debuted the P72 as a retro-styled tribute to its history. It’s a showstopper, with a swoopy profile and haunches that evoke a panther just before it leaps forward. At long last, the company has finally announced that it’s starting production of this gorgeous hypercar in the second half of this year.

Gorgeously crafted, the P72 is built on an all-carbon monocoque chassis and is powered by a mid-mounted supercharged Ford V8 engine. The company has a history with Ford; the Vallelunga shared a four-cylinder engine with the Blue Oval’s Cortina and sold the Pantera for a time at U.S.-based Lincoln and Mercury dealerships.