Panther 6


The Panther 6 was a British six-wheel convertible produced by Panther in 1977. The car is powered by a mid-mounted Cadillac V8 engine with twin turbochargers paired to a three-speed automatic transmission. Only two cars were made, both of which are known to still exist. One is in Saudi Arabia, and the other was shown at the 2008 NEC Classic Car Show by the Panther Car Club and at the 2015 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este by Albert Fellner.
The six-wheel configuration was inspired by the Tyrrell P34 racing car. The layout consists of one pair of larger rear wheels with Pirelli 265/50VR16 tyres, and two pairs of smaller steerable front wheels with Pirelli 205/40VR13 tyres. This concept of the Panther Six was considered an early masterpiece of a true supercar.
The specification included a detachable hard top and convertible soft top, electronic instruments, air conditioning, an automatic fire extinguisher, electric seats and windows, a telephone and a dashboard-mounted television set.
Claims for the top speed of this vehicle suggested it was capable of over ; however, these claims are unsubstantiated as neither were ever seriously test driven at the time.

Twin front axle