Another New Pantera Rumor

I know it's just a rumor, but if it's 600 hp GM, 1200 kg and looks like the picture, I'll be lining up. May not afford it from new, but one day...

That car looks great. I cannot wait to see what is finally shown. I hope their money problems get fixed and they can actually produce cars.

That car looks like a tarted up version of Stephan Schultz' Panthera concept designed to go on a Gallardo chassis.



http://www.firstsignal.de/?p=19
http://www.seriouswheels.com/c...y-Stefan-Schulze.htm

I'll believe it when I see it, and can touch it! I still can't afford to buy one!

I would love to see a new "Pantera" type of sports car enter the marketplace. A sports car that is both exciting to look at and performs like a brute such that it stirs up visceral emotions strong enough to last a lifetime. One that is powerful, yet affordable enough that a teenage boy in high school can say to himself ... one day I'll own one of those cars ... and it isn't a pipe dream that is out of his reach. A new sports car that isn't a status symbol (i.e. like a Ferrari) or a me too car (i.e. like a Corvette) but an individualists car ... like a DeTomaso!

How many of us current owners fit into that description?

I don't think the new DeTomaso and I see eye to eye on that subject. They don't understand the experience I'm talking about ... they don't care about high school boys and visceral emotions. But Alejandro understood what its like to have a car under your skin ... and what it means to be an individualist.

I own my dream car ... I'm just as passionate about it today as I was when I first saw one at Peyton Lincoln Mercury in 1971. I'm not in the market for a new dream car. I'm still tight within the grip of that visceral emotion. But I think the young guys in high school today deserve their own "Pantera" experience, so yeah bring on the next Pantera!

I've been working on 6018 lately, and I gotta tell you, opening the doors and being hit in the face with that smell .... that Pantera fragrance ... there's just nothing like it. If they bottled that smell I'd wear it for cologne.

-G

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I've been working on 6018 lately, and I gotta tell you, opening the doors and being hit in the face with that smell .... that Pantera fragrance ... there's just nothing like it. If they bottled that smell I'd wear it for cologne.

Ahh yes George the sweet smell of "Pleather"

The Pantera's aroma is very unique. I remember that same smell of my first, #4060 back in the 70s. And #4134 smells the same.

Maybe to fine leather purists it is cheap. But to me it is part of the unique character I love about Panteras.

I know it is only an artist's picture. But the front of the Panthera is better. More flat, angular and too me carries the original Pantera theme.
Jeff

Overall, I like the look. However, I don't care for the design of the wheel arches. I would prefer that the body came out to meet the outer edge of the wheel like the 5s.

if thrue..i have a second hand BMW 650 for sale !

Interesting, but I have too much blue in my veins to drive a Chevy.

So, are there plans for this new Pantera to make it to the states? If so, where would I find this info? Thanks, Alex

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Originally posted by Dave2811:
According to this article:
http://www.autobild.de/artikel...pantera-1856745.html
A new Pantera will be at the 2011 IAA in Frankfurt in September. Google translation:

The Italian sports car maker De Tomaso is at the IAA in 2011 (15th to 25th September) the new version of Pantera ("Panther") before. The athlete is powered by a 600-hp V8, the De Tomaso took over from GM. The body is made of aluminum, the curb weight is said to be under 1,200 kilograms. Prices are not fixed yet. De Tomaso built until the middle car of the year, after the Italian industrial family Rossignolo had bought the naming rights.

That GM motor will make the car the best! I think they got the idea from us....

http://blog.saccrestorations.net

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Originally posted by Chris Bell:
That GM motor will make the car the best! I think they got the idea from us....

http://blog.saccrestorations.net

let us know when the royalties start rolling in!!

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Originally posted by Wade:
Interesting, but I have too much blue in my veins to drive a Chevy.

If I wanted a chevy power sportcar I would get a corvette. They really should use the Ford GT engine..!

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If I wanted a chevy power sportcar I would get a corvette. They really should use the Ford GT engine..!

To each his own...

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Originally posted by DEVIL:

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Originally posted by Wade:
Interesting, but I have too much blue in my veins to drive a Chevy.

If I wanted a chevy power sportcar I would get a corvette. They really should use the Ford GT engine..!

I kinda agree here. No offense, Scott and Chris!

I'm with you Chris...each to there own.

For me, A new Pantera? I'll believe it when I see it! Chevy or Ford engine!

Besides, I'm sure it will be out of my price range?

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Originally posted by DEVIL:

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Originally posted by Wade:
Interesting, but I have too much blue in my veins to drive a Chevy.

If I wanted a chevy power sportcar I would get a corvette. They really should use the Ford GT engine..!

is that engine still in production ? and used in any other car then the FGT's, now today ???
any idea of price of that Ford engine compared to the Chevy ??? just curious....

Ford/Chevy? Always a good topic. I was born and bred with Chevy, and in my younger years I wouldn't buy anything else. But things have evolved. Now I have one Chevy, I have two Chrysler's as the daily drivers, and of course two DeTomasos with Ford Clevelands. I like them all.

I doubt anybody driving a Pantera, old or new, can feel/guess what brand of V8 is powering it.

And now the flame statement: I think we all should be glad DeTomaso made a deal with Ford and not GM/Chevy. Why? Not because the Cleveland was superior to the Chevy, but since the Chevy-following is so much bigger, the car would have been more sought after and therefore more expensive for us to buy.

When my half-race Cleveland has its final breakdown, if someone like saccrestorations has kit ready, I'd consider a swap to that Chevy engine.

The Ford GT motor is no longer available from Ford. The engine last listed for ~$35,000 plus I heard a $7200 core charge from Ford. That engine was not used in any other Ford production car.