As long as you don't race your Mangusta or drive silly fast, it does just fine. Actualy it isn't because the car is too light, but kind of big for a backbone chassis design. It was usualy smaller cars that used it like the Vallunga and the Lotus Europa. Pantera went to monocoque design and solved that potential issue. Mangustas are prettier but not as fast as Pantera. So it depends on how you want to use the car. SInce they only made 400 Mangustas and thousands of Panteras, you will spend more for the privilage of rareity.
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