Danny Bahar is famous for grand supercar plans – his five-model blitz when at Lotus is the stuff of automotive legend – and the S1 Project is more evidence of Ares moving past coachbuilding and into bespoke manufacturing.
That is already under way with the Legends Reborn series, homages to past supercar greats that marry classic looks with modern platforms and drivetrains. The first of those, officially ProgettoUno but unofficially the Ares Pantera, was also on show at Salon Prive, impressing for its strong flavour of the now near-iconic de Tomaso Pantera from the 1970s.
It was first shown last year and this is the seventh of 21 that Ares plans to make. Underneath the all-carbon body is a Lamborghini Huracan Performante whose V10 performance the Ares Pantera emulates, with 0-62mph in 3.1 seconds and a 200mph top speed.
“The Lamborghini is bigger than the Pantera but the proportions are very similar, which is why we chose it and why it works so well,” says Riccardo Pozzato. You certainly couldn’t mistake the source of its inspiration for anything else. Cost of a car just like it is €515,000 which includes the donor Lambo.