La Mangusta...
... le seul animal
capable
de doer
un cobra!
The Mangusta...
...the only animal
that is capable of
to kill a cobra!
(loose translation)
1969 Advertising / publicité / advertising in France
Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro (who was then still chief designer at Ghia) and built by Carrozzeria Ghia SpA / Italy In 1968 De Tomaso bought the bodywork factory when it got into financial difficulties. In four years only 401 pieces were built and according to the online register of Mangusta International there are still at least 115 Mangusta on the road (2011), most of them in the USA.
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…