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    Pantera — An Italian-American Cat

    Jul 07, 2023 4 minutes

    What if I told you that you could buy a brand-new, genuine European mid-engine supercar — with a powerful American-made V-8 engine, five-speed manual transmission and breathtaking looks — for around $10,000? You’d jump for it, right?

    Don’t be so certain. That offer was made to me, and flat I turned it down. The reason? It was 1972 and the car was the De Tomaso Pantera, and as great of a deal as it was, I was just not ready for it. Pity.

    Building the Pantera

    The man behind the fabulous De Tomaso Pantera was Alejandro de Tomaso, an Argentina-born son of a well-to-do government official. More interested in auto racing than in government or finance, he moved to Italy

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