De Tomaso Pantera spy video a hoax?

More questions than answers

The internet was set abuzz yesterday when several sites, us included, featured a video that was purported to be the 2012 De Tomaso Pantera. We had a funny feeling that we'd seen the car before, but now we know where.

Nearly four years ago, the same vehicle was caught by spy photographers who believed it was the 2009 Lotus Esprit. That assumption turned out to be incorrect, but it raises some serious questions about the authenticity of yesterday's footage.

So was it the Pantera, an early Lotus prototype or else all together? We're not sure, but the Pantera is slated to be unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

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 tomuss94 tomuss94
Well it pulls out of the DeTomaso factory like the deauville in the guys other video..
May 5, 2011 3:10 pm
 JoshBenz JoshBenz
Looks like a mix of theFerrari 458 and a Audi R8.
May 5, 2011 6:53 pm
 M! M!
haha looks like a 348.
May 5, 2011 6:56 pm
 wcfuser14369 wcfuser14369
I agree, looks like a 348 with some bin liners taped to it. Not sure it is real.
May 5, 2011 9:11 pm
 joelynn joelynn
it could be that as DeTomaso has a small budget it has taken many years to develop OR it could be a Proto Spirra- it looks A LOT like a Spirra
May 5, 2011 11:57 pm