The De Tomaso Mangusta completes the sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in 6 seconds and 21.4 seconds later it already reaches 200 km/h. The top speed is 242 km/h. The unladen weight is 1,385 kg with an engine under the butterfly doors of 4.7 litres with 306 SAE hp (224 kW) at 6,200 rpm, the torque 542 Nm.
The car journalist and former racing driver Paul Frére claimed to have even reached 250 km/h (155 mph).
I have been practicing vintage car photography for more than 35 years and here I mainly photograph normal everyday vehicles which were still on the road en masse over 30 years ago. But also cars with extraordinary, beautiful design. From time to time I take pictures of cars, .. Read more…