New $3 million De Tomaso P900 too loud, mad for life on road
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Because the new V12 – which is being futureproofed to run on carbon neutral synthetic fuels – won’t be ready until sometime in 2024, De Tomaso is offering a smaller engine package for impatient rich sorts who can’t be bothered to wait. The oven-ready engine is a Judd V10 which De Tomaso says is related to the Benetton B197 F1 car’s powerplant. Not a bad super-sub. 

Power goes to the rear wheels alone via a bespoke Xtrac paddleshift gearbox. Acceleration starts and lap time estimates haven’t been announced yet, but De Tomaso says the P900 will be capable of LMP racing car style performance. Which means Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro buyers might get the hump at this upstart chasing them into a braking zone. 

Why a V12? The new company owners say they’ve found blueprints in the De Tomaso archive that suggest the company was planning to go head to head with Ferrari and Lamborghini and build its own V12, but only one prototype was built before the project was canned. So, there’s the righting of a historical wrong, alongside the ‘because we can and it’ll sound cool’ reason.

For billionaires who like to get competitive with other billionaires, there’s also going to be a De Tomaso Competizione racing series for the car. The company takes care of mechanics, storage and transportation – all you have to do is turn up and try not to crash into the heir to a crypto empire. Probably why you can also have race driver tuition as part of the ownership package.

Are you sold, billionaires of the world? Surely a V12 hypercar with facebending cornering performance and the potential to run on clean fuels is a better investment than an antisocial network…