De Tomaso Pantera

The Pantera is a mid-engine sports car produced by the DE Tomaso from 1971 to 1992. The technical specification features contained the 5.8L Ford 351 Cleveland V8 and 4.9 Ford 351 Windsor V8 engine, its layout was based on the rearmed-engine and rear wheel drive and the body style based on the coupe versions. The car fuel consumption 15 mpg, rear track 1473 mm, front track 1448 mm, kerb weight 1417 kg, power 330 Hp (246 kW), and car maximum speed 159 mph (256 km/h).

The brakes system front 332 x 32 ventilated and cross-drilled, rear brakes system 314 x 28 ventilated/71 Panteras has 15” wheels and brake rotors were smaller than 300 mm etc. The car wheelbase dimension was 2515 mm, height 1100 mm, width 1811 mm and length 4270 mm etc. The Pantera could accelerate to 60 mph (97 km/h) in 5.5 seconds according to Car and Driver since 1971. The Power-assisted 4-wheel disc brakes and rack and pinion steering were all standard equipment on the Pantera. De Tomaso twisted to Marcello Gandini to do a major restyling of the production model. 41 units were built of the Pantera SI until production stopped in 1993.