[DeTomaso] Comparison: 1971 DeTomasso Pantera vs. 2008 BMW 135i
JDeRyke at aol.com
JDeRyke at aol.com
Wed Jul 11 22:32:52 EDT 2012
A more realistic comparo for these writers would have been a narrow-body
'81 Pantera GTS or Gr-3 and an '80s BMW M-1; at least they're in the same
sales price, same mfg decade and market segment. Or maybe they did such a
comparo and the results didn't turn out well....?
In a One Lap of America event some decades ago, a Pantera and an M-1 went
head to head, with the M-1 winning by a narrow margin after blowing an engine
during one segment and having a new one installed overnight, at unknown but
undoubtably substantial cost. The Pantera drove to & from (Paul McCarty-
Texas based?) while the M-1 was trailered both ways.
FWIW- J Deryke
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