Italian coachbuilding company ARES design and style has formally unveiled its first personalized supercar – the Panther ProgettoUno. Creation will be restricted to just 21 units, with every bearing a price tag tag of €515,000 (roughly £465,000) when it comes this summer season. 

The Panther ProgettoUno is based mostly on the exact same chassis as the Lamborghini Huracan – but its styling is motivated by the De Tomaso Pantera. ARES has equipped a new carbon fibre physique with a similarly sharp nose, wedge-shaped profile and pop-up headlamps.

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Like the Pantera, the Panther also has a slatted engine deal with and an intense rear diffuser, which houses an monumental upswept quad-exit exhaust procedure. Last but not least, to give its personalized supercar the exact same broad stance as its non secular grandfather, ARES Design and style has equipped a set of wider rear wheels and fatter tyres.

Inside of, the Panther options a retro-styled carbon fibre dashboard, with yesteryear-styled toggle switches and traditional white-on-black analogue gauges. There is also a fresh new pair of leather-based-trimmed sporting activities seats, together with a specifically produced Daniel Hertz stereo procedure.

It’s run by a fettled edition of the Huracan’s obviously aspirated 5.two-litre V10 engine, which has been equipped with a new stainless steel exhaust procedure and a reflashed Eu. Output has amplified to 641bhp and 600Nm of torque – which is 10bhp more than the vary-topping Huracan Performante.

The engine is mated to the exact same seven-velocity twin-clutch gearbox and four-wheel-push procedure as the Huracan and, to retain the engine’s performance in check out, there’s a set of Brembo carbon ceramic brakes with six-piston calipers.

ARES Design and style was founded by ex-Lotus CEO Danny Bahar in 2015. The brand name is based mostly in Modena, Italy, and because its start, it has developed and created modified variations of present luxury automobiles, offering distinctive normally takes on the Rolls-Royce Wraith and Bentley Mulsanne.

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