De Tomaso Pantera: which version to buy
There is one factory version in this catalogue: 5.8 MT. It is a Coupe, one generation, sold from 1970-01-01 to 1991-12-31. If you are choosing a Pantera from these data, you are not picking between engines or gearboxes.
There is one factory version in this catalogue: 5.8 MT. It is a Coupe, one generation, sold from 1970-01-01 to 1991-12-31. If you are choosing a Pantera from these data, you are not picking between engines or gearboxes. You are deciding whether 5.8 MT itself matches the numbers you need: 330 hp, 243 kW, 5800 cm³ Gasoline, 8 cylinders, V-shaped, boost No, Carburetor, Manual 5, RWD, 5.5 s to 100 km/h, 256 km/h, kerb 1417 kg.
Nm, fuel use, tank, ground clearance, wheels, and gross weight are not measured here. Those gaps do not hide a second trim. They are missing fields on the only version.
Which Pantera version to buy
5.8 MT is the only named version. There is no second row to split by horsepower (no duplicate names like two “3.3 AT” lines). Arithmetic on this row is the whole comparison.
Power per litre: 330 hp ÷ 5.8 L = 56.9 hp/L (5800 cm³ = 5.8 L). Weight per horsepower: 1417 kg ÷ 330 hp = 4.30 kg/hp. Power per tonne of kerb mass: 330 hp ÷ 1.417 t = 233 hp/t. kW vs hp on the same car: 243 kW is the catalogue figure next to 330 hp; they describe 5.8 MT, not two engines.
What extra money does not buy in this dataset: a second displacement, an automatic, all-wheel drive, a turbo, or a later generation. Production ran 21 calendar years (1970 through 1991) with modifikaciy: 1. A later VIN does not, on these facts, mean a different factory spec.
Buy 5.8 MT if you want that 330 hp / 5.8 L / Manual 5 / RWD package. Do not buy it expecting a measured fuel figure, a measured tank, or a measured Nm — those are not measured.
Generations compared: what changed
1 generation (key 1357): 1970-01-01 to 1991-12-31, Coupe, 1 version.
There is no 2nd generation in the data, so there is no generation-to-generation change in hp, kg, or seconds. Restyling is not listed as its own generation. The span is one generation, one body, one version name: 5.8 MT.
What stayed fixed for the whole run, on the numbers given:
- Engine: Gasoline, 5800 cm³, 8, V-shaped, 2 valves per cylinder, boost No, Carburetor
- Output: 330 hp, 243 kW; rpm for power not measured; moment_nm not measured; moment_rpm not measured
- Drivetrain: Manual, 5, RWD
- Performance that is measured: 5.5 s to 100 km/h, 256 km/h
- Chassis labels: Independent, spring front and rear; Ventilated disc front; Disc ventilated rear
- Kerb: 1417 kg
What did not change because it was never a second figure: fuel consumption, CO2, eco class, tank, ground clearance, wheels, full mass, compression, engine location, fuel type label.
Engine and specs (the only row)
| Version | hp | kW | Nm | Displacement (cm³) | Fuel | Cylinders | Layout | Boost | Gearbox | Gears | Drive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 MT | 330 | 243 | not measured | 5800 | Gasoline | 8 | V-shaped | No | Manual | 5 | RWD |
Bore × stroke on 5.8 MT: 102 × 89. Compression: not measured. Induction: Carburetor. Engine position: not measured. Fuel grade: not measured.
Valves: 2 per cylinder. That is 8 × 2 = 16 valves on this engine — arithmetic from the given cylinder and valve counts, not a second engine.
Performance, mpg, and what is not measured
5.8 MT 0–100 km/h: 5.5 s. Top speed: 256 km/h.
City consumption: not measured. Highway: not measured. Combined: not measured. There is no mpg number in the source. Do not treat a missing mpg as “this car has no fuel use”; the catalogue did not measure it.
CO2: not measured. Eco class: not measured.
If you rank cars by 5.5 s and 256 km/h, 5.8 MT has those two figures. If you rank by litres/100 km or mpg, this version cannot be ranked from these data.
Seconds per 10 hp (a simple density of the acceleration claim): 5.5 s at 330 hp. Top speed per 100 hp: 256 ÷ 3.30 = 77.6 km/h per 100 hp. Those ratios only describe 5.8 MT.
Dimensions, weight, tank, wheels
Kerb weight 5.8 MT: 1417 kg. Gross weight: not measured. Payload from these two fields cannot be calculated; one addend is missing.
Ground clearance: not measured. Tank: not measured. Wheels: not measured.
You cannot choose a Pantera here by tyre size, tank range, or ride height. Those filters have no numbers.
Front and rear suspension labels are the same: Independent, spring. Brakes: Ventilated disc front, Disc ventilated rear (English labels as in the data). Clearance still not measured, so the suspension text is not a substitute for a millimetre figure.
Reliability and problems (what the numbers do and do not say)
This catalogue does not list failure rates, recall counts, or common faults. Reliability and problems are not measured.
What you can still say without inventing faults:
- 5.8 MT is Gasoline with Carburetor and boost No. There is no turbo figure to maintain and no diesel row to compare.
- Gearbox is Manual 5, not an automatic alternative.
- Drive is RWD only.
- The same 330 hp / 5800 cm³ / 1417 kg / 5.5 s / 256 km/h set is attached to the whole 1970–1991 window. A “late” car is not a different power or weight line in this file.
If a seller’s advert quotes a different hp, Nm, or kg, that claim is outside this table. The table has one power, one displacement, one kerb mass.
Which version: a short decision list
1. Want the catalogue Pantera at all? The version name is 5.8 MT. Body: Coupe. Brand: De Tomaso. Model: Pantera. Generations: 1. 2. Want more than 330 hp from a second factory tune? Not in these data. Difference vs a missing second version is not a number we have. 3. Want automatic or more than 5 gears? Not listed. 5.8 MT is Manual, 5. 4. Want AWD? Drive is RWD. 5. Want a measured torque, mpg, tank, or clearance? not measured — walk away from this sheet if those are deal-breakers, not because another version has them. 6. Weight vs power: 4.30 kg/hp and 233 hp/t on 1417 kg and 330 hp. That is the only power-to-weight pair. 7. Power vs size: 56.9 hp/L on 5800 cm³. That is the only specific output. 8. Acceleration vs speed: 5.5 s and 256 km/h together, not one without the other in the file.
There is no “cheaper engine” and no “extra money for more hp” inside this model’s data. The extra money, if any, is not a factory horsepower step. It is outside the catalogue.
Specs recap for 5.8 MT (so a pulled paragraph stays true)
De Tomaso Pantera 5.8 MT (1 generation, Coupe, 1970-01-01–1991-12-31): 330 hp, 243 kW, power rpm not measured, Nm not measured, moment rpm not measured, 5800 cm³, Gasoline, 8, V-shaped, 2 valves per cylinder, boost No, Carburetor, compression not measured, bore × stroke 102 × 89, engine location not measured, fuel not measured, 5.5 s to 100 km/h, 256 km/h, Manual, 5, RWD, city/highway/combined use not measured, tank not measured, CO2 not measured, eco class not measured, kerb 1417 kg, gross not measured, ground clearance not measured, wheels not measured, Independent, spring front, Independent, spring rear, Ventilated disc front, Disc ventilated rear.
That is the full version set. Choosing among Panteras in this catalogue is accepting or rejecting 5.8 MT, not picking a sibling.