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  Panoz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Panoz has built one GT-RA with an automatic transmission, mainly for corporate groups who sign up to drive the GT cars but have an employee who is ill at ease with a stick.
Panoz has built over 500 of these little pickle-shaped roadsters over the last three years, and hopes to soon be selling that many each year.
The Panoz school is similar to the "total immersion" language classes in that the Panoz instructors force the students into complete involvement at the earliest possible time.
www.john-ross.net /panoz.htm   (11396 words)

  
 Panoz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Panoz Motor Sports Group holdings also include the Panoz Racing Series, Mosport International Raceway, Road Atlanta, Sebring International Raceway and the Panoz Racing Schools.
Panoz also builds the G-Force chassis used in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series which have distinctive triangular air intake inlets.
Panoz and will also produce all chassis for the ChampCar series beginning with the 2007 season.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Panoz   (198 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Panoz Esperante   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Panoz shows promise of maturing into a shapely, competent roadster, and Danny Panoz promises the first buyers will be able to unload their extra $81,961 on one by this fall, once he obtains tops and bodies for the 100 or so completed chassis sitting in his factory.
Panoz is aiming for a more classic sports-car experience and succeeds in part with a lower driving position, a compact three-spoke steering wheel that neatly conceals its airbag, and two pontoon fenders that bracket the view out the windshield.
Throttle response is lustier in the Panoz, and it trounces the Mustang Cobra and the Mangusta in acceleration and braking.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Panoz-Esperante   (1343 words)

  
 Automotive Industries: One Man Who's Doing It
Panoz is handling the situation like a veteran plant manager, albeit one with his name on the building and a few hundred customers eagerly awaiting their cars.
The reason for the delay, says Panoz, was the need to redistribute some of the job tasks in the assembly bays, so that the technicians in each bay complete their work at roughly the same time.
Danny Panoz founded his company in 1989, with two technicians and an old county highway department salt shed for a "factory." For the next decade, he and his growing team built and evolved the Roadster, a purist two-seater that blends sports car verve with street rod styling.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3012/is_9_180/ai_65352729   (1433 words)

  
 Panoz Auto Development Company
The company was the culmination of Panoz’s lifetime love affair with the automobile, dating from the moment he traced his name in dust across the nose of a sports car while a mere child.
The thunderous Panoz cars left an indelible mark on the racing community and are still favorites for their chest-pounding blast.
The Panoz Esperante was introduced in April 2000, which was the second vehicle from Panoz in less than ten years.
www.panozauto.com /FAQList.htm   (1610 words)

  
 2005 Panoz Esperante Review - ForbesAutos.com
Panoz is among the most exclusive American sports car manufacturers, making its Esperante a solid alternative to high-clout exotic sports cars from overseas.
Panoz is a small suburban Atlanta sports and racecar builder that caters to a select clientele of wealthy automotive enthusiasts for whom exclusivity and performance matter above all else.
Panoz was founded in 1989 and put out its first car, the Roadster, a year later.
www.forbesautos.com /reviews/2005/panoz/esperante/feature.html?partner=moreoverpartner=moreover   (614 words)

  
 Automotive Manufacturing & Production: PANOZ: In FAST Company - Brief Article
One of the huge engineering nightmares at Panoz was the new onboard emissions recovery regulation, which has led to its decision to discontinue building the Roadster.
One of the great hopes for the future at Panoz is to continue to work with more big automotive suppliers as a springboard for their technology.
Since Panoz engineers are geniuses at packaging and adapting parts into their vehicles, they can rapidly deploy new technologies, giving those suppliers a key jump into the market.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FWH/is_5_112/ai_62837165   (1434 words)

  
 Panoz Racing School - RacingSchools.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Panoz Racing School, focusing on active dynamic racing, gives students the skills and ability to pursue a racing career or hobby upon their completion of our three or four day course.
The Panoz GT Race Series is a new race series that utilizes identical Panoz GT-RA racecars in road races at Road Atlanta.
Panoz Racing School students are liable for damaged or flat-spotted tires in all programs using Panoz racecars.
www.racingschools.com /rs/Panoz-Racing-School-c-951.html   (1133 words)

  
 Feature Article - Panoz: In Fast Company - 05/00
The car carries a Ford Mustang Cobra engine and transmission, a rear axle and differential from the Lincoln Mark VIII, a third brake light from the Ford Taurus, tail lights from a Land Rover, side view mirrors from the Mazda Miata, and sun visors from the BMW Z3.
Currently, Panoz is working with Visteon on a number of developments, from transmissions to electronics.
Panoz developed the aluminum frame of the Roadster in conjunction with Alumax Inc. (now a part of Alcoa).
www.autofieldguide.com /articles/050005.html   (2304 words)

  
 Team 2002 - Panoz Motor Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Early in 2002 I was invited to a experience the Panoz LMP900 01 by Dr Don Panoz.
One was run in the Professional Sports Car Series by Panoz, and three were represented in the FIA GT Championship by two teams – the French DAMS and British DPR teams.
Introduction at the beginning of the year of the all new Panoz LMP 07 prototype powered by the Panoz V8 4 liter engine.
www.gunnarjeannette.com /7_team.php   (545 words)

  
 Panoz Esperante - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Esperante is a sports car made by Panoz Auto Development Company.
There are several models of the Esperante: the base model, the GT, the GTLM, the GTS, and the JRD (an aftermarket upgrade brand similar to Roush Mustangs).
Additionally, Panoz is more than willing to work with the buyer to make special modifications to any of the stock models.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Panoz_Esperante   (305 words)

  
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The Panoz (nee G Force) chassis was an initial member of the Indy Racing League family in 1997 as the IRL began to use specific equipment.
Panoz is the name of "the products we produce and sell ourselves" while the Elan name refers to the side of the company that performs engineering and manufacturing exercises for other companies.
Panoz IndyCar Series chassis will be campaigned by at least eight IRL full-time entrants during the 17-race tenth anniversary Indy Racing League season in 2005.
www.americanlemans.com /News/Article.aspx?NewsID=805   (546 words)

  
 Panoz Esperante - Automotive Articles .com Magazine
Built with a steel space-frame chassis, an integrated tube-steel roll cage, and plastic body panels, the front-engine, rear wheel drive Panoz Esperante houses a carburetor-fed, V-8 big generator of an engine that delivers zero to 60 in a little under five seconds - heavy stuff on mid-city streets.
Supposedly, the Esperante is built on a modular extruded aluminum chassis that Panoz claims is as rigid as a BMW Z8.
Panoz however, stands out as the only domestic manufacturer to bring a viable competitor to the super-exclusive sports convertible market dominated by European houses BMW, Aston Martin and Mercedes Benz.
www.automotivearticles.com /Panoz_Esperante.shtml   (387 words)

  
 Kingsbarns, near St Andrews, Scotland - Golf development news - Don Panoz
Panoz never finished college, although he continued to study pharmacy on his own.
Seen from Interstate 85, as it perches imperiously on the rumpled green carpet north of Atlanta, it is as imposing in magnitude as it is incongruous in its rural Georgia setting.
In 1997 Don Panoz decided he wanted his own racing team and so Panoz Motor Sports was formed in Georgia.
www.kingsbarnslinks.com /localnews/golf/developers/panoz.htm   (1403 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - He's the ultimate small-volume automaker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Panoz Esperante owner Patrick Dempsey, the actor and producer who lives in Hollywood, says he likes the U.S. heritage: "It's really important to have it built in this country.
Their enthusiasm aside, small-volume automaking such as Panoz does is considered an insane pursuit, because costs are high and chances of success are not.
He formed a Panoz motorsports company, separate from Danny's operation, and hired top chassis and engine builders to ensure the Panoz race cars were competitive.
www.usatoday.com /money/companies/management/2004-09-12-panoz_x.htm   (1463 words)

  
 Panoz Racing School :: About Us :: Cars
The Panoz GT-RA is an authentic REAL race car in all respects and the only purpose-built GT racing sports car being used in a racing school anywhere in the world.
The Panoz GT-RA takes its inspiration from the Panoz world racing experience (La Mans and American Le Mans Series) as well as the Panoz Esperante Coupe, Panoz GTR-1 and Panoz LMP class Roadster S. This is not a converted-from-production model.
Panoz GT-RA technical features *(detailed in the chart below) include a tube-frame with full race suspension and specially prepared, 250 hp, 5.0-liter Ford V8 powerplant, double A-arm front suspension, coil-over shocks and live-axle Ford rearend with four-link suspension.
www.panozracingschool.com /AboutUs/CarProfile.aspx   (293 words)

  
 History of Don and Nancy Panoz - Chateau Elan Winery & Resort
Panoz has recently turned his interest to the world of professional car racing.
Panoz is a director of St. Andrews Bay Development in Scotland, Fountainhead Development Corporation, The Legends, Château Élan Winery and Resort, Élan Natural Waters, and Ridgewood Hotels.
Panoz was a member of the AMEX International Committee, a Director of Portuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe, Ireland, a Patron of the Irish America’s Cup and a Managing Trustee Board member of the University of Georgia.
www.chateauelanatlanta.com /history/index.html   (687 words)

  
 Sports Car News: Panoz Factory Team Returns To ALMS
Panoz indicated that the team's schedule of races for the remainder of the 2004 season will be determined following the Mid-Ohio race.
The Panoz factory team was a mainstay of professional sports car racing from 1997 through 2002, enjoying popularity not only in North America but also abroad in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the European Le Mans Series and the FIA GT Series.
The Panoz team was voted Best Team at Le Mans in 1999 and seven different sports car racing championships have been won by Panoz entries.
www.fastmachines.com /archives/sports_car/001798.php   (708 words)

  
 Panoz News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Panoz News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
The Panoz Esperante GTLM is a uniquely emotional American sports-car design that makes a bold statement about Panoz's performance future.
A team of engineers got a lot of attention when they bolted some wings onto a $100,000 Panoz Esperante sports car and got it off the ground, for a Monster Garage episode that aired this week.
www.topix.net /autos/panoz   (554 words)

  
 * Panoz - (Car): Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Panoz's front-engine, rear-drive race car drew its share of skeptics when introduced in 1997.
Well known to sports-car enthusiasts and racing fans, Panoz Auto Development came to life early in the 1990s as a low-volume manufacturer of a roadster called the AIV (aluminum-intensive vehicle).
With entries from Porsche, Panoz and a wide variety of other carmakers previous involved, it seems only natural that seasoned veteran Lamborghini is to unveil a new GT supercar for the series.
www.bestknows.com /car/panoz.html   (483 words)

  
 PTG >> Series >> Grand American Road Racing
The Panoz Motor Sports Group, which includes the American Le Mans Series, is an entity comprised of many of the motorsports holdings of Don Panoz.
Panoz moved to Ireland, the land of his mother, s birth, and in 1969 founded Elan Pharmaceuticals.In subsequent years, after going public in 1985, Elan would set Wall Street records with four consecutive years of 100 percent profit growth.
Panoz, who returned to the United States in the early 1980s, personally owns more than 25 patents worldwide, most significantly those for his pioneering work in the development of time-release medication and the nicotine patch.He and his wife, Nancy, have their primary residences in Braselton, Ga., and Surfers Paradise, Australia.
www.ptgracing.com /series.htm   (3271 words)

  
 Panoz Racing Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Many who earned their stripes in the Panoz series have gone on to higher levels of racing including major-league ALMS competition.
On the first day of practice, GT class drivers draw for the car they drive during the ALMS week (that includes practice and qualifying rounds as well as the race itself) and they are assigned an individual crew chief.
He is a strong promoter of sports car racing in his native Mexico and was awarded the first-ever Sponsor’s Trophy in 2004 as the Panoz Racing Series driver who best promotes the idea and sportsmanship of racing in all aspects of his life.
www.roadatlanta.com /NEW_PRSeries/news_1.lasso   (712 words)

  
 Business Wire: Panoz Esperante GTLM Scores First AMLS Class Victory and Sets Two New Track Records; American Race Team ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Panoz Esperante GTLM racecar is a competition version of the production streetcar from Panoz Auto Development, America's premier independent manufacturer of hand built, high performance automobiles.
The Panoz victory was also a first for Pirelli, which was the tire used by both Panoz Esperantes.
Panoz Auto Development is America's premier independent manufacturer of hand-built, high performance automobiles.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_April_19/ai_n13632096   (790 words)

  
 The Motor Sports Forum - Ganassi duo on sharp end of Glen grid with Panoz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Panoz felt good but the weather keeps changing and the track surface was getting hotter.
Panoz chief aerodynamicist Nicholas Alcock stated it was "good to see Ganassi's team doing so well on the road courses because they've put a lot of effort into their road course performance and that showed today.
WATKINS GLEN - Four of the seven Team Panoz drivers landed in the top ten for tomorrow's penultimate 2005 IndyCar Series contest, the Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix presented by Argent Mortgage.
www.motorsportsforum.com /contents/showthread.php?threadid=23317   (924 words)

  
 cars.com: 2005 Panoz Buying Guide | Panoz Prices
Serious sports car enthusiasts and racing fans know the Panoz name well, but the small Georgia firm is largely unknown to the general public.
Panoz Auto Development came to life in the early 1990s as a low-volume manufacturer of the AIV Roadster.
Panoz doesn't necessarily change its products on a model-year schedule.
www.cars.com /go/crp/makes.jsp?year=2005&make=Panoz   (179 words)

  
 Used Panoz Car Parts, Accessories, Engines, Transmissions, Body Parts, Lights and more   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Our extensive network of Panoz salvage/junkyards and auto recyclers can be a great place for you to find that incredible good buy of Panoz used parts.
A wrecked Panoz car or truck is initially brought into the salvage yard to be dismantled.
Note all Panoz part price quotes are negotiable to an extent, so do not walk out from a deal before trying to barter.
www.professionalcarcare.com /parts/store1bestpanoz   (439 words)

  
 WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2005-0174
Panoz Auto is well known as a producer of, among other things, small-volume luxury sports cars and race cars.
Complainants contend that the Disputed Domain Name is confusingly similar to their PANOZ mark, that Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the Disputed Domain Name, and that the Disputed Domain Name was registered and is being used in bad faith.
Because Panoz Auto and Respondent reside in the United States, it is appropriate to apply the principle of constructive notice of Complainants’ trademark registrations established by 17 U.S.C. See Cellular One Group v.
arbiter.wipo.int /domains/decisions/html/2005/d2005-0174.html   (2257 words)

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