The De Tomaso Pantera Is An Italian-American Icon

The De Tomaso Pantera is a hybrid, or at least it is in the old sense of the word.

Nowadays, the term “hybrid” refers to a car that uses an internal combustion engine in conjunction with an electric motor. This hasn’t always been the case, though. During the 60s and early 70s, enthusiasts applied that label to sports cars that had European styling and American power. Machines such as the Sunbeam Tiger, Monteverdi 375S, and Shelby Cobra successfully blended the very best that those regions had to offer. Another hybrid that made waves during this period was the De Tomaso Pantera. The emerging Italian automaker teamed up with Ford with he aim of creating a relatively affordable exotic sports car. Instead of using a finicky, hand-built engine, the Pantera was powered by a mass-produced 5.8L Cleveland engine that made close to 300 horsepower. Styling, meanwhile, was handled by Ghia. More specifically, it was handled by an American working at Ghia. It entered the market just before the oil crisis wreaked havoc on the sports car world. While many of its contemporaries either faded away or changed for the worse, the Pantera found a way to endure.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 INTRO
1:24 ALEJANDRO'S EARLY YEARS
3:36 DE TOMASO FIRST CARS
6:56 PANTERA DEVELOPMENT
15:06 LATER YEARS/DECLINE

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