Panoz Esperante

The Panoz Esperante is a sports car manufactured by Panoz, a Georgia-based car manufacturer. Despite sharing the name with the Panoz Esperante GTR-1, they were unrelated.
First shown at the 2000 New York Motor Show, the Esperante followed up on the company's first model, the minimal Roadster. The company designed the Esperante to be easy to manufacture, with the chassis designed in five modules making extensive use of extruded aluminum. There was no welding involved; pieces were bonded and bolted together instead. Panoz also took advantage of the numerous aviation craftsmen located in and around Atlanta, for design and manufacture as well. The engines for the first generation were sourced from Ford Motor Company's Modular V8 family....