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Originally Posted by TwinsPoppa
Oh man ... brings back memories!
Remember the DeTomaso Pantera?
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Yes, I remember it well, and it is a very fitting car in this thread about 80's excess, style, purpose, etc.
Start with the de Tomaso Mangusta. Beautiful design, slow, unsafe, unreliable, poorly constructed, but did I mention beautiful design?
This evolves into the early Pantera. Nice design, a little faster, safer, and more reliable.
And then came the destruction of that design over the next 15 years or so, essentially turning a nice design into a caricature. This took us into the '80s, and was all about competing with cars like the Countach. Add on body kits, tacky spoilers, poorly-engineered turbos, etc.
Interesting story on the Mangusta, it is a translation of the word mongoose. Why a mongoose? Because it is one of the few animals that can beat a cobra. Guess who the competition was?