Further development
It all starts with the designation. Sometimes it is referred to as GTSi, then as 90 Si, in Italy as Si, in England the 90 was enough. Which in turn indicates the year of the revision, 1990, so almost 20 years after the first Pantera, only then did DeTomaso give his most famous model an intensive revision. The design came from Marcello Gandini – well, he didn’t succeed in everything either. On the other hand, the widened mudguards and the wild rear spoiler were in line with the taste of the time, as demonstrated by the Ferrari F40 from 1987. At the beginning, it was still a somewhat wild affair; the new parts were made of GRP and placed on the existing sheet metal parts. In total, only 41 of these ‘new’ Panteras were built; two were wrecked in crash tests, one went to a museum, 38 were sold, only in Europe; at a later date, Pavesi converted another four into Targas. Incidentally, the rear lights came from the Alfa Romeo 33.
A Ford V8 continued to provide the power, but now with 5 litres of displacement, fuel injection and 305 hp. The )= Si rolled on 17-inch rims, which also provided space for larger disc brakes that could now cope with the impressive performance – a top speed of over 270 km/h. However, the steering was still not servo-assisted, and in general the Pantera remained rather more in the 70s in technical terms, making it a rather snappy driving machine. The example we are showing here, chassis number #9617, was sold in this yellow colour to Germany in 1991. And now, with just 18,763 kilometres on the clock, it is coming up for auction at RM Sotheby’s in Miami in 2025, where it is expected to fetch between 150,000 and 200,000 dollars.
Of course, we have already told the whole Pantera story here, and the DeTomaso story here. You can find more exciting vehicles in our archive.
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