The Most DANGEROUS Sports Car Ever Made!

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The Most DANGEROUS Sports Car Ever Made! In 1967, a gorgeous Italian sports car appeared that looked like pure automotive perfection. The De Tomaso Mangusta stood just 43 inches tall with butterfly wing engine covers and razor-sharp styling that turned heads everywhere it went. But this beautiful machine hid a terrifying secret that would claim lives and leave professional racing drivers spinning out of control. This is the story of the most dangerous sports car ever built, and it all started with revenge. Alejandro de Tomaso fled Argentina in 1955 after being caught up in political trouble. He arrived in Italy with almost nothing except his racing skills and massive ambition. He settled in Modena, the heart of Italian supercar country, and eventually started his own car company. But before the Mangusta, de Tomaso got involved in a partnership that went horribly wrong. Carroll Shelby, the legendary builder of the Cobra sports car, teamed up with de Tomaso to build a new racing prototype. Then Shelby suddenly abandoned the project, leaving de Tomaso furious and humiliated. The Argentine decided to get revenge in the most elegant way possible. He would build a car specifically designed to kill the Cobra. The name "Mangusta" means mongoose in Italian. Mongooses are the only animals that can hunt and kill cobras because they're immune to snake venom. Everyone in the car world instantly understood the message. De Tomaso hired a 27-year-old design genius named Giorgetto Giugiaro to create something spectacular. What Giugiaro delivered was absolutely breathtaking. The Mangusta featured dramatic gullwing engine covers, sharp angular lines, and styling that looked like the future. It was a rolling work of art. But underneath that stunning body lived a nightmare. Between 62% and 68% of the car's weight sat over the rear wheels, creating handling so unpredictable it could spin out without warning. The steering was painfully slow, making it nearly impossible to catch a slide once it started. Professional test drivers compared it to the infamous Chevrolet Corvair, one of the most dangerous cars ever sold in America. Owners reported spinning out fifteen times in a single day. One racing champion spun 360 degrees while driving in a straight line. At least one owner died in a crash. The Mangusta demanded absolute respect and severely punished anyone who failed to give it. Only 401 were ever built before production ended in 1971. ____ We do not own the footages/images compiled in this video. It belongs to individual creators or organizations that deserve respect. By creatively transforming the footages from other videos, this work qualifies as fair use and complies with U.S. copyright law without causing any harm to the original work's market value. COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. _____