Welcome to the 'Official Heritage Channel' ✅ for Panther Westwinds (commonly known as Panther).

Robert Jankel was a car enthusiast who founded his original company, Panther Westwind, in order to build his own cars. His success was built on his ability to innovate whilst using standard parts, such as Jaguar engines, and adding his own refinements of materials, body styling and interiors. His most popular car was the Panther Lima which was styled like a 1930s roadster but used modern fibreglass materials – more than 1,000 models of this car were built.

Alongside Panther Westwind, Robert established the Jankel Group – a coachbuilding company. When he turned his focus to this side of the business, it was to build customised versions of existing cars for high-end brands including Rolls Royce and Bentley. Cars built in this period include the Rolls Royce Silver Spur and specialist all-terrain vehicles for Range Rover.

We are here to keep that very same Spirit of Panther Alive.