Alejandro de Tomaso was an Argentine racing driver and businessman, born in Buenos Aires on 10 July 1928 and died in Modena, Italy on 21 May 2003. Implicated in a plot against President Juan Peron in 1955, he fled to Italy and settled in Modena. He drove in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, starting with the 1957 Argentine Grand Prix, and scored no points. In 1959 he founded the Italian sports car company De Tomaso Automobili, later De Tomaso Modena, which built prototypes, racing cars and from 1963 high performance sports cars such as the Vallelunga, Mangusta, Pantera and Guara, mostly on aluminium backbone chassis. Under his leadership the group acquired Ghia, Vignale, Benelli, Moto Guzzi, Innocenti and, in 1975, Maserati. He suffered a stroke in 1993 and was succeeded by his son Santiago.
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Defining ContributionFounded De Tomaso Automobili in 1959 and built aluminium backbone chassis sports cars including the Mangusta and Pantera 1 Connections
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was an Argentine racing driver and businessman
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10 July 1928 in Buenos Aires
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21 May 2003 in Modena, Italy
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was an Argentine racing driver and businessman
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In 1959, he founded the car company De Tomaso Automobili Spa
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In 1959, he founded the car company De Tomaso Automobili Spa
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Starting in 1963, De Tomaso Modena also built high-performance sports cars
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