Italy's Attempt At Luxury is Even Crazier Than You Think! DeTomaso Deauville 

I owned a Deauville for several years, the early version with elegant metal bumpers. A beautiful car in metallic copper colour. It was one of a handful built right hand drive. The British press always criticised it as just a Jaguar copy, but it came out when Jaguar was making the Series 1 XJ6 and the De Tomaso was a far more resolved and modern design (not evident with the black car with the inappropriate red pinstripes and blacked-out brightwork you featured). I had an opportunity on an airport to have several drag runs against an XJ12 and the Deauville comprehensively hosed-off the Jag every run - and I got to 140 mph each time before running out of space... It's certainly a car I wish I'd kept.

I visited the DeTomaso factory in about 1980 and saw one of these being built. The factory was tiny and the cars mostly hand-made. I think they were building about 5 cars at the time I visited, including a Pantera. I must be SO old!

Great to see such a rarity being reviewed. Thanks

Interesting fact. The later De Tomasos used Australian built 351 Clevelands because they stopped making them in the US. The 351 powered a lot of high performance Australian Ford Falcons so that exhaust note is very familiar to anyone who grew up in Australia in the 1970s.

Fun fact: these Cleveland V8s were made in Australia after 1974, all the way to 1988, when our stocks ran out and DeTomaso then had to go to the US 5.0 Windsor.

You are killing it with these obscure car videos. More of this is what i love to see.

You can definitely see why Jaguar wasn't happy with the styling.

That thing sounds amazing! I love different stuff exactly this, excellent and interesting content Jack buddy 👍

Love these quirky car reviews. We remember them from the day, but are unlikely to ever even see one in the flesh. Thanks for putting us in the driving seat.

As a Jag fan and owner this review was especially interesting. Thanks Jack, learned a lot, fascinating stuff!

Those black external rear-view mirrors are "Baby Tornado" made by Vitaloni, a very popular aftermarket accessory in the 1970s used by many small manufacturers to kit out their cars.

Very cool. Always been intrigued by these but never seen any content on them. Well done

Great to see a rarity like this that I had previously never heard of.

Finally, a DeTomaso on your channel, Jack. Great review.

As ever, great video Jack. Really enjoyed seeing this rare beastie

Hi Jack, I liked the car a lot. Beautiful interior and v/8 power. Thanks for showing it in your usual charming and interesting way.

Awesome feature on this Rare and Exotic Italian Beauty. Really enjoyed it. 😍🥰

Amongst all the cars and reviewer’s on RU-vid you managed to find a fascinating car that I had honestly never heard of 🤓 Your killing it Jack 🏆 Thank you 🙌

That exhaust note is beautiful 👌 With some tuning and a shift kit you could probably liven it up a bit. Good thing about the drivetrain is that it's easy to work on if one wanted to. Thanks for sharing 👍

Brilliant review Jack, I really enjoyed that one 👍🙂👍

What a remarkable car and outside my I spy book of cars I thought I’d never see one Jack! Great video, love these unicorns!

I love seeing the cornering capabilities being compared on ‘Jacks Bend’. Very plush looking interior on this interesting car. Thanks again for sharing your views. Best wishes, Bob M

Bring on the reviews of quirky cars! Nice and informative review 👍👍

Jack, that's a great find! I grew up on a happy diet of obscure motorcars like De Tomato, Monteverdi and Jensen etc., I love the Ford exhaust note this thing puts out, and the hand-built nature of the car. Classic!

Probably important to mention it's the Quattroporte 3 you're referring to. The very first one was made between 1963-68 in 4.1 and 4.7 litre guises. That one was quite impactful for the brand as it catered for a wider customer base than their sports car, the 3500GT. The second (based on the Citroen SM) barely even made it out the factory doors!

Well done Jack for continuing to find unusual cars with interesting stories to review does sound good as well

Just loving the rare car content 😎👌

Thank you, great car and great content!

What a lovely car. Thanks for reviewing it,

I love the look of it. I remember reading about it in car magazines in the 80's. Living in the US we never got to see any. I hope to just see one some day. Thank you.

I would drive it just for the interior. It’s simply gorgeous!

Oh Oh,the italian Jag!! Ciao Giacomo,strange car isn't it? I know,is not perfect,but for this reason is one of those attractive and rare objects of italian craftmanship. De Tomaso was a great man,a petrolhead,and a genius that had been a forerunner in many of his projects. Think to the De Tomaso Mangusta and her chassis,or to the Pantera that was intended as a low pice supercar; think to the Biturbo that,of course.was in some ways a problematic car only because they had not money to develop her:but it was a great idea. Think to the italian Mini,styled by Bertone,that he developed with a 3 cylinder 1000 cc Daihatsu engine ,even with a Turbo,more or less the same concept of today's citycars,but 30 years before.And think to the Benelli Sei,the first bike with a 6 cylinder engine,that was powerful and surprisingly had a perfect handling.The Deauville was the less innovative of his projects,but had the advantage of having a big,reliable american engine,full of torque and easy to mantain. This is the tipical hand made italian gt,exotic in every screw,strange,rare and enjoyable. If you think at the beginning of the '80 how many cars of this level were on the market,all with a particular style and personality: Jaguar xj 12,Aston Martin Lagonda.Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9,Maserati Quattroporte,De Tomaso Deauville....All different,all with a strong personality. Thanks for this video and best greetings and Buone Vacanze!

Please make more videos like this, loved it

Awesome sound and I like the interior.Nice review on a car that I never heard of 🙂

You and Harry Metcalfe are using the same roads in the Cotswalds! I can tell by that left hander that goes up the hill . Lovely car this and I never knew it existed. Keep up the good work Jack. Videos like yours are keeping me entertained after some recent major surgery.

I own a 1986 Maserati Quatroporte III (Which I'd like to get back from my mechanic) and it had been bullet proof for more than 10 years before I took it in for a respray and it never came back! More a problem of my mechanic and not the fault of the car. Thanks for this review, I've known of the Deauville, just never saw one reviewed like this. Good work Number 27! 🙂 I look forward to more.

Wish XJ is crazy. Nice video. Keep up the good work.

Nice video. Always loved the Longchamp

De Tomaso, what a beautiful make! The interiors are some of the best looking ones!

Always liked the Jaguar very hard. The reason why I have never bought one is that they were never offered with a manual transmission. Nice review! Seems like the interior is well insulated with the windows closed. Nice leather as well it seems. Cheers from Belgium

Very interesting video. There are not many on the Deauville, as it was produced in such low numbers. The early Deauvilles up to 1974 (series 1) actually had the US made 351 Cleveland 4V, which revved higher and had higher compression ratio, power output was claimed at 330hp, but was probably higher. The Aussie made 351 featured from 1975, apparently tuned in Switzerland before making it to the factory. They had inboard rear disk brakes (as did the Jag XJ), unfortunately they rusted badly, as they were made with cheap steel (as were most Italian cars of the day too). Several were sold in Australia, and a friend of mine actually owned the 1973 silver one that was used as the personal transport for Frank Sinatra during his 1974 tour to Australia. He told me the electrics were a nightmare, and very expensive to restore, with trim parts being unobtainable. Thanks for the video

This channel easily has the most interesting cars. It is one after another.

So glad I came across this review! What an amazing and rare vehicle, with a great, reliable engine and an incredibly comfortable and plush looking interior. One of the best looking cars I've seen - both exterior and interior. Thank you for a great video. Loving these sorts of vehicles I'd love to see a review and hear your thoughts on the Longchamp. I purchased a 1983 model about 8 years ago and find it very comfortable and with superb handling and performance for its time. It's just so low to the ground, raised driveways or spoon drains can prove catastrophic!

Interesting car and video, Jack!

an immediate like just for featuring the deauville. and actually finding one. dream car of mine

Great video Very cool and rare car 👍😊

I have a De Tomaso expert who comes on my Drive Espana tours and often drives a Deauville. One year we were at a swazy stop where Jaguar were launching the XE. Heard a lot of Jag men look over to the car park and ask 'is that a Jag?' and then go over to look and come back a bit non plussed!! Super car

Interesting video, glorious sounding car.

Never seen this car before, thank you showing us this :)

I suspect Jaguar later gave the Deauville a bit of a back-handed compliment with the the camouflage panels for the XJ40. Anyway, that looks like you're driving round Harry Metcalfe's manor.

A very cool and special car indeed. Have a soft spot for those kind of elegant but very sporty sedans. Another one in the row would be the Quattroporte or Lagonda. Would love to see more of those cars in a channel, bit tired of the sports car stuff out there. Refreshing car review Jack!

I owned a masarati bi turbo for about 2 years,loved it looks and gorgeous v6 sound ,no problems with it except the air con pump siezed

OMG Jack im so jealous of you! I love that car, what a beast!

Jack what we love most about Italian cars are their driveability n their craziness, they have to handle n stop well to be safe with Italian style driving, I remember very well when i goes going back to Cyprus from Greece the ship first wen to Egypt then Naples n back throughthe Corinth canal to Cyprus was my first time seen so many Vespas togeher but what impressed me the most wa how young Italans where iving sticking their heads out of their cars n whistling to every pretty girl without slowing down at all when I told my mate back home he said its why Italian cars handle n stop so well cause of the crazy way young Italians drive i think it was late 1958 early 59 myy youth years gone for EVER

Love these videos

love it, thanks.

Great review

Beautiful luxury four seater, regrettably conceived by a troubled brand going through tormented times. Thanks for sharing !

Great to see something so unusual on the road. Very nice.

I owned a chrome-bumper '78 I think. Bronze in colour. The first owner collected it from the factory and... drove it to Australia! He even did a Targa Tasmania in it. Factory adjustable suspension. I bought it from Duttons here in Melbourne - a highly respected classic car dealership who were really excellent to me. I would recommend them any day. I sold the car (one of maybe only 10 rhd) because it dawned on me one day, as a daily driver, where would I buy. for instance, a front clip if I had a shunt? oh, and the front rubber boots would split every time I was on full right-hand lock, spilling all the power fluid out. When on song, a great GT car though.

Great Video, and love the channel. Im in Australia and had a Series One Jag XJ6 back in 1988 - 1989, it spent more time off the road, back of a tow truck or just not starting than being driven. The most unreliable car ive ever had. Alot of guys back then would take out the Jag 4.2L 6 and install small block Chevy 350 Ci engines in them or ford 351 ci engines and essentially turn them into what this Detomaso is. ... Very clever..

Interesting car, only seen a very few over the years, I prefer the elegance of the earlier chrome bumper cars, but you can say that about the Jaguar too. I really like Tom Tjaarda’s design, yes it was a spin off on the basic Jag shape, but the frontal treatment worked well and looked more modern than the series 1 XJ that was current when it was released. That said the XJ is a fabulous car for all its problems and I think I’d rather have a V12 in the series one Double 6 guise or in the XJC than the De Tomaso. Thanks for bringing this lovely piece of automotive history to us Jack.

That looks incredible. I would love to tour the country with the family in that! Hello from New Zealand.

Sounds lovely!

Thanks Jack, another take on the 'Gentleman's Express'. Bit odd looking, but has presence. Good Maserati info to! 🙏

I knew nothing about this car (until now), however as a Detroiter I knew instantly what the source of the sound was!

A very cool car one i knew nothing about so great to see it in action .

The Deauville looks more similar to the xj40 which came later than xj6 . The Deauville is very beautiful.

Thanks for sharing this story. I never heard of the Deuville. My neighbor bought a Mangusta and gave me a ride in it as a kid. What a cool experience!

I always loved this car. I lt absolutely mimics the XJ and to my eye an Alfa Romeo 105 series 2000 gtv in which I spent a lot of time as a child. Fortunately Dad had one . Love you content.

ive always liked those detomaso's and ofcourse old school masser's. great motors

This gearbox should not be shifting at less than 4k RPM. The Ford 'Cleveland' 351 (5.7L), even with a small carburetor, will pull hard to about 5k RPM. With more aggressive intake / exhaust, it's more like 6k. The transmission's linkage to the throttle needs adjusting.

There are a lot of V8 converted Jags here in the USA. This car is in the same company of nice rare cars like Iso Grifo, Montiverde, etc. What we used to call hybrids because of a European manufacturer using an American powertrain for reliability.

This was exciting ❤️

Interesting car , looks like a jag ...as 1st thought it was until I started watching it and realised it wasn't, but nice and informative to watch

I've heard of the Deauville but I didn't know about how it looks until today. Looks spiffing, though. And sounds glorious.

I've never heard of it before.. cool video

I think it’s a handsome and interesting car. I love the Italian take on the Jag styling. DeTomaso certainly knew how to style a car. The Pantera is a stunning looking car. No idea how it drives though.

Really cool!!!

Man what a beautiful car! Gorgeous

The Deauville always had a cool factor other sedans didn't have because of the Italian heritage. And yeah right off I could see a lot of Quattroporte in that interior, from that period. Jack, would love to see you get your hands on an Iso Griffo or Revolto or similar. :) Love these oddball car vids.

Beautiful auto! I see that armrest reminding me of Maserati! I can imagine how the leather smells

Great review of the Deauville, Jack. Interesting that you're on the same road that Harry Metcalfe does his reviews on. Great minds......

Hell, yessssss. The caracter. That is the key word. Last month I gave my new 520d G30 to my son and my wife, and bought well maintained '93 XJ 81 Daimler with 6 liter V12 for 10t€. My 90yr old dad told me to do so, and when morocco red Jag came home, dad was first to sit on passanger seat. What a time to remember we had that day. In september we will have a road trip to Croatia. There is phenomenal road down the coast. Daimler will enjoy it and do what it was made for long time ago. My son will stay at home to enjoy that great BMW infotainmemt together with his teen friends.

Good video, I knew of the car, but I've never seen one on the road.

Nice video - I really like the Deauville. It would be great to see a video on the Maserati Quattroporte III / Royale and the even more elusive Bitter SC Saloon and Monteverdi Tiarra! (may be difficult for the latter as only 3 in existence I believe )

Wow Jack you can find some obscure stuff! I’ve been around a bit and have never heard of the Deauville. It looks like the bastard love child of an XJ6 and a big Fiat saloon … which it sort of is😂

Italian design and british style the perfect match for a car! Greeting from Italy

Best pronunciation of "Quattroporte" I've ever heard from a non-native. and great video overall!

I had a bright yellow 1973 DeTomaso Pantera GTS right hand drive, it had the Cleveland 351 that had been reworked to around 350 hp, 5 speed gated ZF with LSD, lovely sound. Terrible gas mileage at 9 to 16mpg. Was an easy car to live with drive and maintain, it even had air con, I would love to have it again, but it is so very impractical. Now they have become too costly for me to purchase another one.

Jack, an E type Jag has the front bumper attached to the forward hinged bonnet, so it moves with the bonnet. That's a nice looking vehicle, don't believe I've ever seen one before.

It looks like a cross between an XJ6 and the later XJ40. I like it a lot. Fantastic noise from that V8!

Sounds amazing

Wow. never knew. Beautiful

That interior is lush! 😀

Haha, your face from 5:50 says it all...... 😂😂😂

This is the perfect sound 🔝😎

I love the aesthetic of this car, beautiful ❤

Deauville is a Beauty , it sounds great👌🏻😎

Really interesting. Didn’t know anything about this car at all. 👊