From the Archive: There are other cars we would rather drive but none we would rather be seen in.
For the record, the de Tomaso Mangusta is mortal. It is a car assembled from workaday nuts, bolts, and aluminum castings just like every other car. That is what it is for the record; for the driver, it is high adventure.
We have said that the Mangusta exists for the beauty of its shape, and yet the chassis is something of a masterpiece in its own right. Of course, it is a mid-engine layout. No car could have so little overhang and taper down to its ends like that and still have an engine of any size anywhere but in the middle. The frame is a backbone arrangement and is singularly responsible for making the Mangusta about as habitable as any 43-inch high automobile could ever be.
Engineering problems like this tend to amplify the difficulty of designing a successful mid-engine passenger car. No one disputes that a mid-engine location provides favorable weight distribution for a racing car but, at first, the location of the engine entirely within the wheelbase in a car that is supposed to carry passengers and luggage seems like an irresponsible luxury. But think about it for a while.
If the Mangusta is meant to do anything it is meant to handle well, and its capabilities are certainly well above anything that can be used in polite traffic. The de Tomaso Mangusta is a car assembled from workaday nuts, bolts, and aluminum casting just like every other car. That is what it is for the record; for the driver, it is high adventure.
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