De Tomaso

When was the last time you saw curves like this on a car? Possibly back in the 1960s with designs like the early Corvette Stingray, which was one of the places De Tomaso drew inspiration for its big return to the stage with this curvaceous, hyper-analog P72 supercar.

The Italian city of Turin played host to a new and important Concours d'Elegance this week when the inaugural Parco Valentino Classic was run in conjunction with the fifth Parco Valentino Motor Show from June 19 to 23, 2019.

Ares Design has started limited run production of its Panther ProgettoUno, a US$700k homage to the 1971 De Tomaso Pantera based on the guts of a Lamborghini Huracan. It looks terrific, goes like a Lambo - and yes, it rocks those classic pop-up headlights.

Rétromobile has been running since 1976, when the most expensive car in the world cost less than $100,000 and long before the term retro had become fashionable. It is one of those places where auctions truly can throw up some remarkable objets d'automotive art. This year it did not disappoint.