[DeTomaso] New Pantera?

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Jeff,


            I have been thinking about this.   I agree with Tom 
Tjaarda's comment.   I also would note three other notable sports cars: 
the Porsche 911, the Corvette and the Mustang.   Unlike the Pantera, all 
of them have continued through the decades.  Their styling has not 
remained unchanged, but has evolved.  The evolutionary iterations of 
each have not always been better and better, i.e. the Mustang II.   All 
three of them have had very successful designs that incorporated the 
fundamental characteristics of their ancestors.

            I do like the recent design although it does not the have 
perfect proportions of the Tjaarda design.  It is mostly correct, in my 
opinion, and it is unlikely that we shall see a perfect design for the 
second generation Pantera.


                      Aesthetically yours,  Chuck Engles






On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Jeff Detrich wrote:

> No radiator openings? Unless the 2 front ones at the outside duct to 
> the
> radiator. Also I'm not really a fan of the rear end - too long and 
> pointy.
> Current design for supercars is to have the rear wheels pushed as far 
> back
> as possible. And the lines are probably too crisp compared to current 
> cars.
> I sort of agree with Tom T, start over and come up with a new classic
> design.
>
> Just my 2¢ worth.
>
> Jeff
> 6559
>
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Charles McCall 
> <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I agree - I like it, and think it is a worthy continuation of the 
>> Pantera
>> line. Very nice update of the classic lines
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Julian Kift
>> Sent: martes, 12 de diciembre de 2017 16:30
>> To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] New Pantera?
>>
>> This is the car the Chinese should have built.....
>>
>>
>> https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/project-
>> panther-new-italian-super
>> car-lambo-base
>>
>>
>> <https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/project-
>> panther-new-italian-supe
>> rcar-lambo-base>So many design cues I think Tome would be proud of, I
>> like a
>> lot. That said it's still a Lamb(o) in a Cat skin, shame it's not 
>> going to
>> be a modern Ford V8 power.
>>
>>
>> Julian
>>
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