With its Ford engine, the Pantera was supposed to be easier to maintain than something with a finicky Italian engine.

有了福特的发动机，索潘特拉应当比采用难伺候的意大利发动机的车更容易维护，然而要让索潘特拉正常运转却并非易事。

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The Pantera had the distinctive look that Italian car designers have evolved, part sculptured elegance and part flash.

ECONOMIST: Alejandro De Tomaso, car maker, died on May 21st, aged 74

The Mangusta also had a Ford engine, and led to the deal under which Ford supplied the Pantera engine, and displayed the car in its American showrooms.

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In 1974 Ford ended the deal because of America's new emission laws, but the Pantera continued to be manufactured and it was sold into the 1990s in other countries.

ECONOMIST: Alejandro De Tomaso, car maker, died on May 21st, aged 74