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The Charade Turbo and Charade De Tomaso models had the upgraded 1.0-litre "CB" series engine, called the CB50 and CB60. The CB50 was fitted with a very small IHI turbocharger, which increased its power to 80 PS (59 kW; 79 bhp) ( JIS ) in Japanese market cars or CB60 producing 68 PS (50 kW; 67 bhp) ( DIN ) in European export models.
In 1993, de Tomaso suffered a stroke. He retired as head of De Tomaso Modena, succeeded by his son Santiago. Alejandro remained active in design work. He helped in the engineering of the sports version of the fourth generation Daihatsu Charade, introduced in 1994, which was known as the Daihatsu Charade De Tomaso.
In 1985, at the Tokyo Motor Show, Daihatsu introduced the 926R, a prototype of a mid engine Charade, developed together with De Tomaso. This race specification CE engine was built in DOHC 12-valve configuration , producing 120 PS (118.4 hp; 88.3 kW) @6500rpm and 147 N⋅m (15.0 kg⋅m; 108.4 lbf⋅ft) @3500rpm.
Daihatsu Charade 926 Turbo; Daihatsu Charade DeTomaso 926R; Ferrari 288 GTO; Ferrari 288 GTO Evoluzione; Ferrari 308 GTB Michelotto; Ford Escort RS 1700T; Ford RS200 E; Ford RS200 E2; FSO Polonez 2000; Honda Ballade Sports car [1] [2] Lada Samara EVA; Lada VFTS; Lancia 037; Lancia Delta S4; Mazda RX-7 FB; Mercedes 190E Cosworth; MG Metro 6R4 ...
Nissan pioneered the installation of the turbo engine in the vehicle lineup, while Mitsubishi Motors set up turbo engine versions in a full-scale lineup this year. Even for a 1-liter engine car, Daihatsu Charade, a turbo version, the Charade Detomaso Turbo was displayed as a reference model at this year's motor show. Meanwhile, recreational ...
Tomaso's Italian Villa in Norton has 50 years' worth of family photos that will soon come down with a change in ownership. For decades, Tomaso's Italian Villa founder Betty Thomas ran a tight ship ...
De Tomaso Automobili Ltd. (previously known as De Tomaso Modena SpA) is an Italian car-manufacturing company. It was founded 1959 by Alejandro de Tomaso in Modena . It originally produced various sports prototypes and auto racing vehicles, including a Formula One car for Frank Williams Racing Cars in 1970.
“The World Bank participated wholeheartedly in the charade — occasionally it beetled its brows and raised feeble requests for more information on issues like the resettlement and rehabilitation of what it calls ‘PAPs’ — Project Affected Persons. (They help, these acronyms — they manage to mutate muscle and blood into cold statistics.