De Tomaso collapses - again

De Tomaso, once famous for the 1970s Pantera, and sometime owner of Maserati, Moto Guzzi and Innocenti, has gone bust again.

Alejandro de Tomaso seemed to thrive in inverse proportion to the profits of his companies – there always seemed to be another Italian government bailout around the corner. One of his 1990s designs, the Bigua even ended up as the pointless MG SV pseudo-supercar that MG Rover directors thought was so much more fun to play with than the hard work of running a car company.