On VeloceToday.com there's three articles on the Mangusta Here's one of them
http://www.velocetoday.com/archives/11736#more-11736 ...
. One owner, Dick Ruzzin of Detroit always responds saying how he has improved his (Chevy powered) Mangusta, but I say that it doesn't matter how much some later owner improve the car, as he did, but how the car was when it was first offered. That's the proof of the pudding. And what made the Mangusta frustrating its that it was beautiful but very flawed. A concours (the Steve McQueen themed one) is coming up in Chino Hills. If I remember to go, maybe I can ask Jonathan Williams who tested the original Mangusta prototype why the car ended up so screwed up. He is supposed to be a celebrity guest there.