[DeTomaso] Pictures of the new Detomaso in flesh and blood

michael@michaelshortt.com michaelsavga at gmail.com
Wed Feb 16 22:45:19 EST 2011


to put it in perspective,  a Pantera was 2x more than a Corvette and half as
much as an average 3 bd, 2 bath house (about 25k) in 1971.  it's all
relative. a Dino 246 gts was 16k and a 365 Gtb (Daytona) was about 21k.
Michael
On Feb 16, 2011 10:34 PM, <JJD1010 at aol.com> wrote:
> The spirit of the original Pantera was as an affordable exotic, not a
> $175K car. When new, the Pantera was $10K-12K while the Dino was many
thousand
> more. BB512s, Lambos and Masers were much more expensive, in the $20Ks.
So,
> it seems to me, that what we want is an affordable exotic to capture the
> true spirit of the Pantera.The only thing that I can think of in recent
> memory that came close to this "spirit" was the NSX.
>
> Let's be careful what we wish for.
>
> Jeff
> 6559
> Did you know that the words "race car" spelled backwards still spells
> "race car"?
>
>
>
> In a message dated 2/16/2011 8:59:37 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> jefude at yahoo.com writes:
>
> Sadly this POS will kill any chance of a new Pantera. It will
> NOT sell and the company will fold. Maybe it would be best if the new
> company
> fails, could you imagine what the new Pantera would like? It would be
> well like the disgrace of the “new
> “Q Mangusta.
>
>
> Now if some bright and wealthy entrepreneur would build the “Panthera”
> that would be exciting!
>
>
>
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