The long saga of the planned revival of the De Tomaso brand seems to be edging towards a conclusion with the news this week that Gian Mario Rossignolo has sold the licence for the production its proposed Deauville to a Chinese company

A media report this week suggests that Italian entrepreneur Gian Mario Rossignolo has found an Indian institutional investor to pump 100 million euros into his ambitious plans to revive the DeTomaso name with a series of sports/luxury vehicles

Pininfarina has two very different cars on its stand in Geneva, and as well as presenting the new Ferrari FF, it is also showing the De Tomaso Deauville a 5-door luxury crossover that it has designed for Gian Mario Rossignolo revival project

De Tomaso debuted its crossover prototype today in Geneva and outlined ambitious plans: next up will be a new Pantera sports car and the reborn firm also hopes to buy Fiat's closure-earmarked Termini Imerese factory on Sicily

DeTomaso has this morning released four official images of its new Pininfarina-designed SLC concept luxury crossover which will get the relaunch of the Italian brand underway when it is unveiled at the 81st Geneva Motor Show next week

ItaliaspeedTV: Views of Pininfarina's rundown contract manufacturing factory in Grugliasco which has now been handed over to the reborn DeTomaso marque showing the new signage in place although little else so far appears to have changed

DeTomaso has released official information today about its forthcoming concept crossover as well as a new image of a car that has been castigated across the press in recent days, both for its styling and its raid on the Cadillac parts bin

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: As Gianmario Rossignolo counts down to the presentation of his SLC concept in Geneva, Pininfarina's former manufacturing facility in Grugliasco, Turin, has now been rebranded with DeTomaso signage

Gianmario Rossignolo's plans to revive the legendary DeTomaso brand name to adorn a new range of innovative aluminium-chassied vehicles have edged a step closer with the news that he will show off his first concept in Geneva

Gianmario Rossignolo's ambitious plans to set up an new Italian automotive brand producing innovative aluminium bodied prestige cars are edging ever closer to reality with the news that he has now bought the rights to the famous De Tomaso name

Certainly the most muscular and aggressive car set to go under the hammer this evening during RM Auction's sale in London this evening will be a perfect condition example of the wild Gp4 De Tomaso Pantera Competition Coupe

Gianmario Rossignolo is finally on the threshold of realising his car manufacturing ambitions as he takes control of Pininfarina's Grugliasco factory in a deal which sees the historic Italian design house winding down its car building operations

Photo Gallery: SpaItalia 2008 - De Tomaso

The assets of the former sports car maker De Tomaso which went into liquidation four years ago, including the rights to the famous name, will change hands at the end of this month as the sell off process finally reaches its conclusion

Long forgotten by time the De Tomaso Pantera Series II Prototype unexpectedly reappeared at Villa d'Este where it attracted huge attention as it was paraded down the red carpet by none other than legendary Pantera designer Tom Tjaarda

Photo Gallery: Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este - De Tomaso Pantera Series II Prototype

One of the highlights of the MPH Classic show which opens at Earls Court on Thursday will undoubtedly be a stunning and unique De Tomaso Pantera, one of the finest and most developed examples of this evocative supercar

The DeTomaso Pantera will be the featured model at this year’s ItalianCarFest, a weekend gathering of Italian cars in Grapevine, Texas, which will also see the car's designer Tom Tjaarda attending as the guest of honour

The famous Italian sportscar maker De Tomaso could shortly be returning to production with reports circulating that the firm has been sold to an English buyer

A meeting of the shareholders of historic Italian sportscar builder De Tomaso last week took the decision to put the company into liquidation

Alejandro de Tomaso, racing driver, car manufacturer, including being a previous owner of the Maserati marque, and industrialist passes away aged 74, after a long fight against illness