Panoz Deltawing GT for the road: Dart-shaped sports car to be launched

Deltawing Technology Group, who own US-based Panoz, plan on building a sports car and a four-seater saloon, although no timescale has yet been announced

Currently the Panoz Deltawing racer is competing in a sports car championship in the USA, but there are plans to build a road-going sports car built on the same unusual deltawing lines.

Deltawing Technology Group, who own US-based Panoz, plan on building a sports car and a four-seater saloon, although no timescale has yet been announced. Both planned cars will keep the narrow front track and the 30/70% weight distribution front/back of the racer. The idea is to produce a car that can be as fast as its rivals for half the fuel consumption.


 Prices are expected to be in the $60-70,000 area for the GT sports car and $27-30,000 for the four-seater saloon. 

It is understood that the cars will have lightweight aluminium chassis with the engines mounted across the rear. The GT sports car two-seater will have a turbocharged four-cylinder engine producing around 340bhp, while the saloon will have a three-cylinder engine producing around 110bhp.

As yet there are no further details on the drivetrains, but it is envisaged that the deltawing vehicles will be powered by a range of engines, including hybrid, electric, petrol and compressed natural gas.

Prices are expected to be in the $60-70,000 area for the GT sports car and $27-30,000 for the four-seater saloon.

Deltawing boss Don Panoz said: “I’m certainly no tree-hugger and have no opinion on global warming, but if you have better fuel economy and lower emissions, then that makes a contribution to society.”