2011 DeTomaso Deauville (Pininfarina)
At the Geneva International Motor Show, the revived Italian marque showed off its first car.
As the former director of Lancia, Telecom Italia and Zanussi, and now freelance entrepreneur Jean Mario Rossignolo, who invested 116 million euros in the new De Tomaso, said in Geneva, it will not appear before the public a sports coupe or a convertible, but … a crossing The prototype, named Deauville (previously introduced as SLC), was designed by renowned design studio Pininfarina. The name Deauville has already appeared in the history of the company, under which a large sedan was produced in the seventies of the last century.
As for the newer De Tomaso Deauville, its bodywork is a sort of crossover-sportback alloy. According to rumors, two gasoline engines will be offered for the novelty - a V8 with 550 hp. with. and 300-liter V6. with., as well as a diesel V6 with a capacity of 250 liters. with.
The revived De Tomaso is to be assembled at Fiat’s Sicilian plant. The production volume of the SLC crossover is about 3,000 pieces per year. In addition, new sedans (3,000 per year) and coupes (2,000) are being developed. The latter will likely be based on the Ghepardo prototype unveiled last fall.