Steve, the Tiger at the first site is beautiful. While the Panoz is a
great company, with a history of winning in their race cars, the body
style of the first Tiger is really what a car should look like compared
to the Panoz, with the funny styling and the instruments in the center
of the dash. Weird.
Wonder how much and what the details of the first Tiger are?
Larry
Steve Laifman wrote:
> Tigers, 'Pines,
>
> In case you missed it, there really is a company, located in Hawaii,
> of all places, that is building a Ford Aluminum V-8 production
> (limited) SUNBEAM TIGER. It looks very much like a modern version of
> the Austin Healy at the rear, and good looking at the front as well.
> Great pictures.
>
> The connection is:
>
> < http://www.sunbeammotorsports.com/tiger.htm >
>
> Strangely enough, the identical car seems to actually being produced
> and sold in Hochston, Georgia (US) 1-888-467-2600, by Panoz Auto
> Development Company under their own name "Panoz Esperante" (no, I did
> not leave off the " ' " as in Esperante', they did). Better pictures
> on their web site,
> < http://www.panozauto.com/ >
>
> List Price $89,950 USD.
>
> I am going to put it into our contest for the best 2005
> TigersUnited.com story.
>
> Drool over this 320 HP 4.6 L Ford Cobra Mill, 5.1 sec to 60, 106 in
> WB, 3200 lb beauty.
>
> I WANT IT!!! (But I don't see any stripe decals on the side!)
>
> Steve
>
> Theo Smit wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> An unrelated bit of browsing on Slashdot (http://slashdot.org) led me to
>> search the US Patent and Trademark Office's website (www.uspto.gov)
>> for the
>> trademark "Sunbeam". Surprisingly, there are two live trademarks on
>> "Sunbeam
>> Tiger" and one on "Sunbeam Alpine", assigned to Michael T. Hughes,
>> and filed
>> on January 26, 2004. As I understand it, the type of filing indicates
>> "intent to use", not "currently using". The trademarks include motor
>> vehicles as well as clothing items, and he's registered 'Sunbeam'
>> back in
>> 2001 as well.
>>
>> What gives here? Is Mr. Hughes going to build us model year 2005
>> Tigers? Or
>> are we going to be harassed for using the phrase "Sunbeam Tiger" when
>> referring to things not marketed by him?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Theo
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