De Tomaso Pantera
From: Italy
Price: $151,540. car to die peacefully. Although –
Birthdate: Already arrived. Pantera now feels as primitive as, well?
How to say it: “Day-toe- MA-so Pan- TEAR-uh
With its newly squared-off jaw and a Maserati Shamal—style wing at the base of it’s windshield, many feel the Tomaso Pantera is now far less attractive than it was, ahem in 1971.That has evidently had no effect on Italian and German buyers, however, who simply won’t allow the car to die peacefully. Although Pantera now feels as primitive as, well a twenty year old car, it’s midship-mounted 305-hp Ford V-8 ensures it remains fast.
About 100 will be produced annually under the benign and bemused eye of knowledged playboy Santiago de Tomaso, who, according to our Italian correspondent,”has learned to play the press as skillfully as his father.” Which is saying something.