#TBT To Our Original Test of the De Tomaso Pantera GT5

-This here ain’t no Little Bo-Peep car. It’s no breathless blue-blood bunny banger for tripping ever so daintily down the lane. This is a car for kicking ass. It makes you feel tough. It makes you drive tough. It makes you look tough in the eyes of the world. And if you can drive it well when calling on its prodigious speed, you are tough.This is the Pantera’s second chance. First imported by Lincoln-Mercury from 1971 through 1974, it has never had trouble generating excitement. Heck, its original price was less than $10,000, a perfect plateau for less-than-rich Pretty People. READ MORE ››

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