+fireamx quote
"The Pantera was built in Italy by the Detomaso Plant and only used a Ford engine.
Everybody referes to it as a FORD."

"Probably the one car that shares the most similar convoluted build and distribution circumstances to the Crossfire, would be the Opel GT.
It was conceived by a General Motors and its subsidiary OPEL, built by a French contractor, Brissonneau & Lotz, and sold in America by the Buick Division. But even though they built over 100k of them, I don't remember anybody refering to them as a Buick."

Actually, the Pantera (a drop dead stunning car imo ) was marketed by Mercury dealers.

I do remember TV adds for your Buick-Opel dealer.