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5. De Tomaso Founded by an Argentinian, powered by American engines and designed and built in Italy, De Tomaso road cars were nothing if not international. They also happened to look the business, with the likes of the Mangusta and Pantera (pictured) challenging the supercar elite with their stunning shells – not to mention the Ford V8 performance at their disposal. In fact, so promising was the De Tomaso effort that Ford bought its shares in 1973 – only to pull out of the Pantera project as the oil crisis hit months later. Original founder Alejandro de Tomaso retained the rights to produce cars outside of Ford territories and continued to do so for decades – albeit in low numbers and by hand – until several failed development efforts sent the company into liquidation in 2004.