De Tomaso's first road car used a Ford Cortina engine and a Volkswagen Beetle transaxle, and in 1966 one sat in the Museum of Modern Art.
Lead trim: Vallelunga 1.5 Ford Kent (104 hp)
De Tomaso Vallelunga1964–1967
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FactDe Tomaso's first road car used a Ford Cortina engine and a Volkswagen Beetle transaxle, and in 1966 one sat in the Museum of Modern Art.
The De Tomaso Vallelunga is a mid-engine sports car produced from 1964 to 1967 (59 built), the first road-going automobile made by the company, named after the Autodromo di Vallelunga, where the Vallelunga 1500 prototype raced after being shown at the 1963 Turin Auto Show. The prototype had a backbone chassis with a stressed-member engine and formula-car suspension under a barchetta body built in Modena; when nobody bought the concept Alejandro de Tomaso had Carrozzeria Fissore build a new aluminium body on the rolling chassis, and the resulting coupé styled by Franco Maina was shown at the Turin show in November 1964 (as many as fifteen built, the last few scrapped by the coachbuilder). In 1965 production moved to Ghia, which assembled 50 with fibreglass bodies based on Maina's design (58 coupés in total; the barchetta was a prototype), and in 1966 Ghia loaned a Vallelunga to New York's Museum of Modern Art. The engine is a 1.5 L straight-four Ford Kent from the Cortina, tuned to 104 hp at 6,200 rpm with twin Weber 40DCOE2 carburettors, mated to a Volkswagen Beetle transaxle, in a fabricated sheet and tubular steel backbone chassis with racing-derived double-wishbone front and multi-link rear suspension.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallelunga 1.5 Ford Kent (104 hp) | 1964–1967 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 104 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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