[DeTomaso] How come Alejandro de Tomaso called his most famous car a Pantera ?

Thu Dec 9 21:08:30 EST 2021

I "thought" it was a comment comparing a pouncing cat with all that "power" in the rear haunches

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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How come Alejandro de Tomaso called his most famous car a Pantera ?

 Note: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=cougar+vs+panther+difference
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    On Thursday, December 9, 2021, 07:37:48 PM CST, racerglen--- via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:  

   Aren't a cougar and pantera the same animal?

  Glen
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  On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 5:33 PM, MICHAEL DREW via DeTomaso
  <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

  Originally they were going to use the Cobra name. Early magazine
  reports of the prototype call it that.
  I believe it was Rick McBride, the guy who did the initial press
  photography of the yellow prototype, who first suggested Pantera? Could
  be urban legend thougha|.
  Mike
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  > On Dec 9, 2021, at 17:24, Michael Becker <[2]mikebecker679 at gmail.com>
  wrote:
  >
  > i>>?  Maybe it had something to do with the mindset of Ford and
  Lincoln
  >  Mercury at the time.A  Lincoln's theme catch phrase at the time was
  >  "the sign of the cat". A popular car in their lineup at the time was
  >  the Cougar. Maybe they wanted a another cat name with a foreign
  twist.
  >  Mike
  >
  >  On Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 11:21 Patrick HALS
  <[1][3]patrickhals at gmail.com>
  >  wrote:
  >
  >    A  A Everyone knows why the Mangusta is called the Mangusta.A
  >    A  A But why exactly is the Pantera called the Pantera ?
  >    A  A Thank youA
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