Jalopnik: Pantera

Elvis shot this car because of a girl

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:00:00 EST

Crawling around behind-the-curtains at The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, one of the first cars I noticed was a bright yellow De Tomaso Pantera. But this wasn't any Italo-American exotic. It was Elvis Presley's Pantera and it has the bullet holes from The King's revolver to prove it. Here's how they got there. More »

New DeTomaso Pantera revival "caught" leaving factory

Justin Hyde — Thu, 05 May 2011 09:01:00 EDT

Truth be told, automakers stage many of the photos passed off as "spy shots." Like when a videographer just happens to have his camera pointed at the front gates of DeTomaso when a black, low-slung car rumbles through. More »

The revived DeTomaso lands with a thud

Justin Hyde — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:20:00 EST

An Italian businessman who owns the rights to the DeTomaso brand today unveiled the vehicle he plans to revive it with. Dubbed the SLC, it's everything those of us who had Pantera posters on our bedrooms dreamed of — a dead-eyed, bloated business sedan. More »

For $16,000, Pick Up an Italian Hot Wing

graverobber — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:00:00 EDT

Even though considered a budget exotic, the Pantera's wicked styling has always managed to turn heads. Today's be-winged Nice Price or Crack Pipe example might fit your budget, if you're able to turn a wrench. More »

Not Enough Room For The Two Of Them

Ray Wert — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:30:00 EDT

Our money's on the Testarossa over the non-Dimebag Darrell Pantera. Anyone know how this tête-à-tête at the Targa Tasmania eventually turned out? [Aussie Exotics via PhatDishLibrary] More »

For $15,000, Drive a Fierorghintera

graverobber — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EDT

Consider the prototypical rogue cop: permanent beard stubble, plays by his own rules, fashion sense above his pay scale. Now imagine if he were also. . . a clown. Well, today Nice Price or Crack Pipe has that Clown-Cop's car. More »

For $26,500, Become a Cowboy from Hell

graverobber — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:00:00 EDT

Long before the Prius, a hybrid car was a foreign make with a honkin' big American V8 dropped into it. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pantera is just such a hybrid, and its performance is bred to be high. More »

Malaise? What Malaise? Popular Mechanics Does Supercars, 1981 Style!

Murilee Martin — Sun, 09 May 2010 17:00:00 EDT

You know you're in the Malaise Era when the best quarter-mile times for the wildest street cars money can buy are barely into the 14s. But still, who doesn't want an '81 Aston Martin Volante or BMW M1? More »

The Island That Rust Forgot Attracts Vast Swarm Of Italian Iron

Murilee Martin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:00:00 EDT

One day after the big Park Street Auto Show, the All-Italian Car And Motorcycle Show takes place just across town. No way could I resist a middle-school playground packed with weird Fiats! More »

Automotive Survivors Part II: More Cars Made For At Least 20 Years

Murilee Martin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:00:00 EDT

When we had the 50 Cars Made For Over 20 Years list a few weeks back, we were deafened by the howls of outrage from those whose favorite cars didn't make the cut. More »

PCH, Saturday Night Massacre Edition: 1973 De Tomaso Pantera or 1973 Lotus Elite?

Murilee Martin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! 1973 was quite a memorable year; engine compression ratios were down as US emissions laws sprouted some sharp claws, the Arabs got so pissed about their ass-whooping in the Yom Kippur war that they cut off the oil, and Richard Nixon was forced to fire Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox in the Saturday Night Massacre, in order to save the country from those pinko traitors who would see a Viet Cong flag flying over the White House and celebrate their victory by dumping a megaton of pure LSD in the nation's water supply! Yes, that was a simpler time, a happier bygone era captured in little square Instamatic photographs; think about that next time you're hearing those oldies wheezing out of the speakers at a car show and some grumpy old guy sitting on an ice chest next to his numbers-matching '74 Charger gripes about how much better things were back then.
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The Ten Crappiest Cars Of The 2008 Monterey Auctions

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDT

The Pebble Beach Concours is always a spectacle of the well-heeled celebrating the well-known in the fancy-pants car show circuit. To go along with the car show wine is the cheese, also known as the Monterey Auctions, put on every year by the house of RM Auctions. There are always hit lists of the most desirable and historical cars crossing the blocks for huge sums of money; to wit, Edmunds Inside Line just did their "10 Best Cars at the 2008 Monterey Auctions" piece today. But we tire of such endeavors. That's why we dug around and found out what's at the bottom of the list. Below the fold: The ten crappiest cars at the 2008 Monterey Auctions. More »

March Madness Narrowed To Sweet 16, Round 2 Of Voting Today

Mark Arnold — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Well here we are, Round 2 of Jalopnik-style madness. After the first round of voting, we've eliminated half of the 32-car field. And there sure were some upsets; Parnelli Jones' Big Oly Bronco losing to some white Italian car being perhaps the most shocking. We even had a last minute buzzer-beater, with "Billy" beating out the Rolls Limo by only 2 votes! But, now it's time to vote our sweet 16 down to an elite 8. We'll be one step closer to figuring out which car you think is the coolest on-screen in the 1974 film Gone In 60 Seconds. Update: Polls have closed, voting for Round Three here. More »

March Madness Begins, First Round Of Voting

Mark Arnold — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Yesterday, we gave you the brackets. Today, the voting begins and Jalopnik-style March Madness ensues. If you haven't finalized your own bracket for the office pool just yet, hurry up! The field of 32 cars from the original 1974 film Gone In 60 Seconds is about to get narrowed down by your votes. At the end this round, we'll be down to 16 sweet rides. Ultimately, we want to find out what you think the coolest car in the movie is. Now some cars are cool all by themselves, but you also have to consider what role they played on screen. So who knows what the results will look like? Update: Polls for Round 1 are closed. Vote in Round 2 here. More »

March Madness, Jalopnik Style

Mark Arnold — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:30:00 EDT

Interested in all the March madness tournament bracketry, but not really into college hoops? Maybe you're looking for a way to redeem yourself after penciling-in Duke to go all the way? Whatever the case, we've decided to throw our own Jalopnik-style bracket-madness party! Instead of basketball, we've got cars! And don't think this isn't some randomly-selected field of Consumer Reports top choices. What we have is a 32-car selection from one of the coolest car movies ever made: the original Gone In 60 Seconds from 1974. Through the rest of this week and part of next, your votes will be tallied to decide the winners of each face-off. Polls will open tomorrow, so that gives you today to print out your own bracket, fill in your predictions, tell your buddies, and make up your own office pool. It also gives you time to go watch the movie, but if you want just a quick refresher, we've provided that too. More »

Project Car Hell, Fat Bankroll Edition: Stutz or Pantera?

Murilee Martin — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:30:00 EST

The appeal of a couple of right-hand-drive woody wagons was almost, but not quite, enough to beat out the pair of MGB-GTs plus supercharged Toyota engine in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll. However, both of those choices, painful as they were, were on the inexpensive side. How can a project truly be Hell if you can just walk away from it a little poorer and a lot wiser? That's why we're going to look at a couple of "no turning back now" high-ticket machines today. Each is a car that will blow the dial off the Cool-O-Meter, in true Rock Star Excess style... but only if you can scrape up some more cash (out of your now-depleted reserves) to fix it up. More »

Would You Pay 37 Grand For a '79 Guanci SJJ1 GT?

Murilee Martin — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:00:09 EDT

This is why we love car shopping on eBay- where else do you get the opportunity to buy, in the seller's exact words, "ONE OF THE RAREST AUTOMOBILES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD"? Yes, the Guanci SJJ1 GT, the brainchild of Chicago high-roller John Guanci, who had the inspiration to give the late-70s gold-razor-blade-medallion crowd yet another crypto-exotic sports car... More »

De Tomaso Revisited: The Stefan Schulze "Panthera"

Mike Spinelli — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:44:52 EDT

3D artist and designer Stefan Schulze did something we wish someone inside an actual car company would — revive the design of the Ford V8-powered De Tomaso Pantera of the 1970s. Once sold at Lincoln-Mercury dealerships, the Pantera — along with the Porsche 930 (911 Turbo) — was the symbol of vehicular sexiness for the unisex-salon-and-coke-spoon generation. Schultze's rendering revisits the Pantera shape as a modern retrospective model built atop the bones of a Lamborghini Gallardo. Lamborghini's already put the kabosh on a production version of the Miura concept. Don't expect the "Panthera" to make it through any automaker's boardroom alive. [via Autoblog.it] More »

We Really Want a Pantera

Davey G. Johnson — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:00:00 EDT

For some weird reason, we just suddenly just started suffering from a complete, utter and sheer attack of Pantera-lust, and we're not talking about Phil Anselmo's old band, either. We simply need one, no two ways about it. Please, gracious, well-heeled readers, we will accept delivery at our San Pedro office. We mean, look at the damn thing. Just look at it! More »