Panoz Roadster 1992

The TMC Costin was made in Ireland in the 1980s using four-pot Ford engines, but when US firm Panoz bought the project, it turned up the wick considerably by fitting a Ford 5.0-litre V8. At first the Roadster featured a steel chassis, but this was switched to aluminium in 1996 with the arrival of the AIV, with a 4.6-litre V8. By the time production ended in 1999, 44 Roadsters had been built.