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Designer Dreams Up Modern Mangusta Legacy Concept

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Photo: Maxime de Keiser
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When you were little, your bedroom wall was probably also ‘populated’ by a number of supercars that are no longer with us today. And if you were born in the 70s, one of the cars you were lusting for was probably the De Tomaso Mangusta, which came before the Pantera and was built between 1967 and 1971.
Some 401 units were built in total, of which 150 were for the European market and were powered by a 4.7-liter V8, the rest having pop-up headlights and a bigger but less powerful 5.0-liter Ford lump.

The iconic shape would make for a great car today, and design graduate Maxime de Keiser came up with this exciting design for a modern-day version. He’s kept the ridiculously low total hight of the car and its four-headlight iconic front end.

"Like the original, it had to be spectacular and communicate an impression of wild ferocity and power while recalling the serenity of a feline at rest, and the elegance of the animal that doesn't need to fear anything," the designers says.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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