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wanna koenigsegg · Nov 18, 2006, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by nist7

....doh! I feel stupid.

Easy mistake, They are thought to be European because they own Lotus.

VTEC_Dreams · Nov 18, 2006, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nist7

....doh! I feel stupid.

So Panoz is basically a very successful racing team that also made a few road legal cars on the side?

To my understanding Don Panoz is the name of the guy who actually owns the American Le Mans Series, and also Road Atlanta, and a bunch of racing sharings, the rights to the Champ Car chassis' and a few other famous race tracks here in the U.S. His son Danny owns the car company Panoz who makes the sports car and convertible Esperante and all the Panoz racing cars who have competed in the ALMS and other series'. Unfortunately, they don't usually do too incredibly well in racing because they are up against monster companies like Audi and Cadillac who have limitless resources, where as Panoz is like 10 guys with a hand built made-from-scratch car. They usually end up having reliability issues (like every racing team does) and just can't fix them in time due to being such a tiny team. Still, they do pretty well overall for thier size, and they are quite persistent and still enter tons of races regardless of chances of victory.

Ghalos · Nov 18, 2006, 5:21 PM

Danny Panoz is his son, he owns and runs the company, he's also the main man behind the road cars. He's had a 60's Mustang for decades, and crashed it, three times, totalling it twice.

He's rebuilt it each time.

That's the type of car enthusiast you want building your car. They've got a deal with Ford in which they get the SVT Cobra s/c'ed V8's, and tune 'em a tad.

A darn good recipe imo.

car lover !! · Nov 19, 2006, 9:36 AM

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Originally Posted by zeyk

i didnt like this manuf much...coz there cars don't look so good.but my fav of them is this..the esperante gtr.love the tail lights.

I like how this car looks.. and it is the best model from Panoz I think .
I've made a comparo about this.. try to view my comparison threads . The title is "American vs Italian" if I'm not mistaken . Quite a lot of posts in and those are good posts .

Seriously, I don't know about American cars that much but I would say Panos is just a small company that generates fast little freaks . I would say a 5 second sub 0-60mph sportscar is fast .

BMW speed · Nov 19, 2006, 10:07 AM

i really really like that car . the Panoz is a really SEXY car . IMO it is an Exotic car , it has aggressive looks, sexy lines . It has thrilling performance , and definetly a scary exhaust music , what's not to like in it ? !!

Tom Kristensen · Nov 19, 2006, 10:24 AM

Holy mother of Jesus Christ. Panoz made a road car of the GTR-1. I thought it was a P1 car.

frewin1987 · Nov 19, 2006, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by wanna koenigsegg

Easy mistake, They are thought to be European because they own Lotus.

lol no they dont own Lotus, Proton owns Lotus...

obscuur habitus · Nov 22, 2006, 6:21 AM

damn that's ugly...

S2K rulz all · Nov 22, 2006, 7:41 AM

Has anyone got any stats cause i played a game and there cars did not seem very fast....

Robbie · Nov 22, 2006, 8:04 AM

this may be a good site...

www.panoz.com

or maybe try google..

Zhukov · Nov 22, 2006, 12:09 PM

We can be thankful that these guys started the American Le Mans series.

You know, I don't think I have ever seen a road test on these cars, and at all honesty, when I look at a roadcar it doesn't catch my attention that much. Although, the race car versions are quite interesting.

Tom Kristensen · Nov 22, 2006, 12:16 PM

I'm in love with that road car. Le Mans road cars are Gods gift to the automotive world. It looks extremely cool, and the chassis's basic design lived on through the next revolution, the batmoblie which were actually on the pace of the R8.

Nov 18, 2006, 5:21 PM	#18
Ghalos SCF Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: New York Posts: 11,863	Danny Panoz is his son, he owns and runs the company, he's also the main man behind the road cars. He's had a 60's Mustang for decades, and crashed it, three times, totalling it twice. He's rebuilt it each time. That's the type of car enthusiast you want building your car. They've got a deal with Ford in which they get the SVT Cobra s/c'ed V8's, and tune 'em a tad. A darn good recipe imo. __________________ "I couldn't fire someone today and it made me sick, firing people is a perk of my job!"

Nov 19, 2006, 10:07 AM	#20
BMW speed "King Of Cool" Join Date: May 2006 Location: Beirut, Lebanon . Posts: 2,283	i really really like that car . the Panoz is a really SEXY car . IMO it is an Exotic car , it has aggressive looks, sexy lines . It has thrilling performance , and definetly a scary exhaust music , what's not to like in it ? !! __________________ Only God Will Judge Me ... "As long as they keep my 911 I'll be happy til I die". --- monkeyfkker

Nov 22, 2006, 7:41 AM	#24
S2K rulz all Experienced Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 619	Has anyone got any stats cause i played a game and there cars did not seem very fast.... __________________ Proudly Australian

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Tom Kristensen SCF Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 11,862 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Holy mother of Jesus Christ. Panoz made a road car of the GTR-1. I thought it was a P1 car.

Nov 22, 2006, 6:21 AM	#23
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Robbie R.I.P. Yoyo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 12,844	this may be a good site... www.panoz.com or maybe try google..

Nov 22, 2006, 12:09 PM	#26
Zhukov Starting Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Japan Posts: 27	We can be thankful that these guys started the American Le Mans series. You know, I don't think I have ever seen a road test on these cars, and at all honesty, when I look at a roadcar it doesn't catch my attention that much. Although, the race car versions are quite interesting.

Nov 22, 2006, 12:16 PM	#27
Tom Kristensen SCF Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 11,862 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	I'm in love with that road car. Le Mans road cars are Gods gift to the automotive world. It looks extremely cool, and the chassis's basic design lived on through the next revolution, the batmoblie which were actually on the pace of the R8.