Panoz

Panoz is an American manufacturer of sports cars and limited edition luxury vehicles. The company was established in 1989 by Dan Panoz. The company has produced race cars and road-going cars such as Panoz Roadster and AIV Roadster, Panoz Esperante, Panoz Avezzano, Panoz Esperante GTR-1, and the Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S.

Since 1997, Panoz cars have competed in racing series around the world. Team Panoz Racing race the Panoz Avezzano in the Pirelli GTS class, and in 2018 won the Manufacturer's Championship. In addition to Le Mans series wins, an Esperante GTLM won the GT2 class at the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the same year, won the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring and was on the podium at the endurance season finale, 2006 Petit Le Mans. For the 2007 American Le Mans season, Panoz contracted longtime BMW Motorsport partner Prototype Technology Group to campaign the GTLM in the ALMS and Le Mans. Panoz has also provided IndyCar with the G-Force GF05 and GF09; and the Champ Car World Series with their final race car, the Panoz DP01 which was the final chassis used under ChampCar until the unification of the American open wheel series in road racing.