{"id":78915,"date":"2021-08-30T13:18:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T13:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=78915"},"modified":"2021-09-03T06:39:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T06:39:40","slug":"panther-j72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/panther-j72\/","title":{"rendered":"Panther J72"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

British cars with a wildcat in their name come from Jaguar. So far, so true. However, from 1972 onwards, there was another car brand that met both of the above requirements. This was Panther Westwinds from Weybridge. Company founder Robert Jankel briefly worked unsuccessfully as a car salesman after leaving school and then joined Goldfields, a children’s and youth fashion company owned by his family. However, he was soon drawn back to cars and so in 1972 he sold his shares and founded Panther Westwinds. Based on high-volume technology and drivetrains, he wanted to create independent vehicles that would be sorted into the sports car and luxury car categories. In 1980, the company was doing so badly financially that Robert Jankel finally sold it. The new owner was the South Korean company Jindu Industries, headed by Young C. Kim. In November 1986, the SsangYong Group took over and incorporated Panther into its existing car division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panther 6 and J72 are still known today<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Until 1990, the vehicles were produced in Great Britain, then in South Korea until 1992. After that, SsangYong concentrated on the production of off-road vehicles. Robert Jankel managed to buy back the Panther brand name in 2001. He actually wanted to return to the sports car business once again and worked on a new model for this purpose. Due to his death on May 25, 2005, his work came to a halt. Today, especially the open sports cars with looks inspired by pre-war cars are well known. However, there is a special model that also makes the hearts of car fans beat faster. In 1977, Robert Jankel presented the Panther 6, whose name referred to the number of wheels. The two steerable front axles with 14-inch wheels took up the design principle of the Tyrrell P34 from the Formula 1 World Championship. Behind the passengers was an 8.2-liter V8 engine from Cadillac with twin turbochargers. Only two units were built.<\/p>\n\n\n

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