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05-17-2010, 03:00 PM
Filed under: Europe (http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/), Hatchback (http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/), Rumormill (http://www.autoblog.com/category/rumormill/), MISC (http://www.autoblog.com/category/misc/)
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Between the Fiat 500 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/fiat500) and the Alfa MiTo (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/alfaromeomito) (to say nothing of the Lancia Ypsilon (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/lanciaypsilon)), Italy's got plenty of Mini (http://www.autoblog.com/make/mini) rivals on the road. But it could gain another, if emerging reports prove accurate in the long run.
The rumors center around the revived De Tomaso. The dormant sportscar marque was recently acquired (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/17/report-rossignolo-buys-de-tomaso-new-models-headed-for-geneva/) by one Gianmario Rossignolo, a former chief executive of Lancia who was previously linked to a take-over of Bertone. Rossignolo has some ambitious plans in place for his new company, acquiring a former Pininfarina factory in the Piedmont region of Italy, where he reportedly plans on building a line of sportscars, luxury sedans and sport-utes. Now reports suggest a premium hatchback to rival the Mini could be in the cards as well.
Any truth to it? Too soon to tell, but Rossignolo's De Tomaso is expected to debut something new in Geneva next year, so if we sit tight, we just might find out.
[Source: OmniAuto.it (http://www.omniauto.it/magazine/12309/de-tomaso-mini)]Report: De Tomaso planning Mini rival? (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/17/report-de-tomaso-planning-mini-rival/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 17 May 2010 13:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/detomaso-mini.jpg (http://www.omniauto.it/magazine/12309/de-tomaso-mini)
Between the Fiat 500 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/fiat500) and the Alfa MiTo (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/alfaromeomito) (to say nothing of the Lancia Ypsilon (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/lanciaypsilon)), Italy's got plenty of Mini (http://www.autoblog.com/make/mini) rivals on the road. But it could gain another, if emerging reports prove accurate in the long run.
The rumors center around the revived De Tomaso. The dormant sportscar marque was recently acquired (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/17/report-rossignolo-buys-de-tomaso-new-models-headed-for-geneva/) by one Gianmario Rossignolo, a former chief executive of Lancia who was previously linked to a take-over of Bertone. Rossignolo has some ambitious plans in place for his new company, acquiring a former Pininfarina factory in the Piedmont region of Italy, where he reportedly plans on building a line of sportscars, luxury sedans and sport-utes. Now reports suggest a premium hatchback to rival the Mini could be in the cards as well.
Any truth to it? Too soon to tell, but Rossignolo's De Tomaso is expected to debut something new in Geneva next year, so if we sit tight, we just might find out.
[Source: OmniAuto.it (http://www.omniauto.it/magazine/12309/de-tomaso-mini)]Report: De Tomaso planning Mini rival? (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/17/report-de-tomaso-planning-mini-rival/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 17 May 2010 13:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Read (http://www.omniauto.it/magazine/12309/de-tomaso-mini) | Permalink (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/17/report-de-tomaso-planning-mini-rival/) | Email this (http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19480114/) | Comments (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/17/report-de-tomaso-planning-mini-rival/#comments)