2001 SUPER RARE QVALE MANGUSTA WITH LOW MILEAGE FOR SELL NO RESERVE NO KIT CAR!

2001 SUPER RARE QVALE MANGUSTA

WITH LOW MILEAGE FOR SELL NO

RESERVE NO KIT CAR!

ANOTHER FUN TOY FOR YOU! PLEASE

CHECK OUT MY 911 ON THE OTHER

LIST! NR!Runs and drives excellent! Clarion Navigation with back-up cam. No any kind of leak!

Only selling it because too many toys

and I have to spend more than half

yearstay overseas every year :( No

time to play with my toys......

"The Qvale Mangusta had a complicated origin, even by the standards of Italian-American sports cars. The original idea came from Maserati technical director Giordano Casarini, who in 1993 was inspired by a ride in a TVR Griffith in the UK.

Casarini was a friend of Alejandro de Tomaso, who had suffered a heart attack and was debating what to do with his company. Casarini suggested de Tomaso build a V-8 powered Italian TVR, and de Tomaso asked him to spearhead the project. Casarini agreed; de Tomaso obtained his release from Maserati and contacted designer Marcello Gandini to style the new car. The idea was to use a 4.6-liter DOHC Ford V-8 powertrain, and have a retractable hardtop similar to that used by the TVR.

A prototype De Tomaso Bigua was finished in time for the 1996 Geneva Motor Show, but the Italian government balked at financing due to de Tomaso’s ill health. Casarini retraced his steps to Kjell Qvale, the US distributor for Maserati, who agreed to stake the project if the car would be named the De Tomaso Mangusta, after the successful 1967-71 supercar.

In 1997 a factory was set up in Modena with Bruce Qvale in charge. The chassis of the new car was designed by F1 designer Enrique Scalabroni, who had worked for Williams and Ferrari. The body featured a folding top in which the center panel was removable, leaving the remaining two parts folded behind the seats. The car was launched at the 2000 Los Angeles Auto Show with a price of $78,900, and the company announced it would compete in the Trans-Am series.

By this time de Tomaso was feeling better and planning to relaunch his company. Because Qvale had been footing the bill, he angrily pulled out of the project — taking the design and production with him. Now called the Qvale Mangusta, 29 cars were built for crash testing and ultimately 284 would be sold.

The performance was certainly competitive, with 320 brake horsepower, 0-60 in 5.3 seconds and a top speed of 160 mph. Reviewers were unimpressed by the rather unusual styling, but the ingenious folding top did draw some praise." -hagerty website

Come to see the car and test drive it with financial proof ($20000) at Pasadena Motor Cars (which all my car's maintenance take place, they are the best and specialists of Land Rover, Jags, and Aston Martin). the address is:
55 Beacon Place, Pasadena, CA 91107

Sicnce this is a 14+ years toy, this car is being sold As Is. Salvage title since right front end damages long long time ago, frame is strong and stright! No any kind of engine damages! I encourage you to ask all questions no matter how small you may think it is as at times things can get overlooked that may be of concern to you and normal to me. Its so subjective. Payment must be cleared within 3 days of the end of the auction. Must be in cash or cashier check.
Thank you for looking and goodluck with this NR auction! Life is short, and have fun! :)
bidder less than 3 feekbacks contact me before bidding!

On Sep-24-16 at 12:18:48 PDT, seller added the following information:

LATE PRODUCTION #279 OF 284! LOW MILEAGE TOY! NOT A KIT CAR!

On Sep-25-16 at 00:00:04 PDT, seller added the following information:

I had it around 2 years and most of the time I just modified little things here and there as you can see light tinted front and tail lights tith paint, took tail lights gilles off, letters off(no sure if I still have those), rims and brakes painted, changed set of tire with Pirelli brand with great treadware and less than 500 miles! upgraded the head unit with navigation (not cheap), restored the interior, polished the paint, tinted the glass like blue(3M),and so much more...... I added no more than 3000 miles since I owned it! as I said, I really dont have time with my toys now and I like something unique. Sorry I dont have the window sticker, books I guess, I never want to sell this toy before since its unique and fun and easy to find parts. ButI will check my trunk. When I had the car all fliuds checked and a fresh oil changed and feul pump replaced to a new one. I had records at the shop with all of my cars. Also I forgot the mention one my my Pic with those red and black contectors, those are for a CTECK battery maintainer which also included, I never use cheap stuff on my toys. If you have time pass walk around, is strongly recommended! I dont want to shoot you a offer since the auction already here and I got many bidders and I care about my toy no only about money, nice to hear you looking for it for a while, after you see it in person, let me know :)

On Sep-25-16 at 11:09:50 PDT, seller added the following information:

I DO NOT OFFER A BIN PRICE, NO BUY IT NOW OPTION :)

On Sep-25-16 at 23:13:24 PDT, seller added the following information:

carfax couldnt show full stories for this kind of car,current registered, tag good to 06/17