Panther Lima. 2300cc. 1980

History

Panther Westwinds in 1972 by Robert Jankel founded and had its headquarters in Weybridge , in the county of Surrey , in the south east of England . Due to the financial problems he took over in 1980 Jindu Industries, the south Korean plank entrepreneur young C. Kim, the company. In the year 1987, in 1988 it took over firmierende SsangYong Motor Co., Ltd. the Panthers brand. The production of the United Kingdom ended in 1990. Up models 1992 were still under the name Panther of the car company of the Panther in South Korea produce. Robert Jankel bought in 2001 called the Panther of South Korea, new property. Until his death in 2005 that he was working on a new design of sports cars. His son Andrew Jankel called it "the unfinished symphony" ( engl:. "unfinished symphony"). The production of this car should be in the united States have a place.

Cars

Panthers produced in small series sports cars and roadsters with engines from other manufacturers. The most famous of the company was the six-wheeled Panther Six, as more than 300 km / h fast convertible was planned and attracted much attention in 1979, when it was known. Of the six Panther, however, only a prototype was built. (A second after they have been assembled from spare parts.)

Other models such as Kallista and Lima oriented in its design of the appearance of the automobile in the 1930s.

Cars Panther were for many years in Germany available; Auto Becker in Dusseldorf was the largest importer and distributors. Only in South Korea, the delivery of the Kallista was possible, because the change of the activities of the panther.

Models of Panther:

• Panther J. 72 (1972, two-seater convertible with a six cylinder engine of the Jaguar )
• Panther De Ville (1974, five-seater sedan with an engine of twelve-cylinder Jaguar; british car most expensive in the 1970s)
• Panther Lazer (1974, dreisitziger Roadster with an engine of six-and a twelve-cylinder of the Jaguar , it sold only one vehicle was)
• Panther Rio (1974, four-door Car boutique five-seater based on the Triumph Dolomite with interior modified exterior and high-quality technical series no changes, made in 35 copies).
• Panther Lima (1976, two-seater convertible with a four-cylinder engine from General Motors )
• Panther 6 (1977, two-seater convertible with an engine of eight-cylinder Cadillac with six wheels)
• Panther Kallista (1984, roadster two-seater with six-cylinder engine from Ford )
• Panther Solo (1987, two + two-seater coupé with four-cylinder engine from Ford)

Manufacturing of other companies:

Panther Westwinds also presented upcoming cars for other brands here. This applies for example to the Felber FF . The beginning of 1975 he took over the production rights of the pantera to the one that failed recently French Monica 560 , the computer Robert Jankel with a V12 engine from Jaguar and wanted to go back to the sale. For this project, however, was not concerning the oil crisis of the mid 1970's.