Panther Automobile Spotted!
You may, or may not know who Panther are, but we found a good description here:
Panther Westwinds, usually referred to as Panther, was a British specialty automobile manufacturer. The company was founded in 1972 by Robert Jankel and based in Surrey, UK. Panther Westwinds became famous for their retro-styled cars based on production mechanicals. Among the most famous Panther cars were the Panther J72, the Panther Rio and the Panther 6. In 1980, the company was bought by Korean citizen Young Kim and the company shifted focus to other types of cars. In the early 1990’s, Panther was liquidated to the Korean Ssang Yong Motor Company.
So, it seems that Panther is British CLASS, and whats more possibly the own known vehicle of its kind was spotted out in Beijing, being used as a lead wedding vehicle.
CCT highly approves of the use of British class being used as the lead vehicle instead of the vulgar Maybach to the rear.
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If they can drive that around I’m brining an Imp over
I did not see any mention of another model that was produced by Panther Westwinds Ltd. and that was the Panther Lima which had a four cylinder turbo charged Voxhal engine (an English Ford). The body style was the same as the Jaguar SS100 only in a smaller version. I had one of these cars a 1979 and enjoyed it very much finally selling it in 1985.