Super strange six-wheeled 70s supercar that could do 200mph and only two were ever made

This supercar from the 70s had six wheels and could do 200mph – so why were only two ever made?

The Panther Six took the motto ‘go big or go home’ quite literally.

It was 16 feet long and seven feet wide, and did we mention it had six wheels?

On paper, it sounds so strange that it should have been a big hit, but things didn’t pan out.

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Taking a closer look at the six-wheeled supercar

The Panther Six was launched in 1977, but never went into serious production.

Panther, the manufacturing company, went bust in 1979.

YouTube channel Oscars Garage did a deep dive into the strange history of the car.

The first of the two Sixes was featured at the 1977 Motor Fair.

As for the second car, that was bought up after Panther went bust.

It wasn’t even a whole car, as it had to be built up from parts.

The first car got a paint job, going from black to blue over silver, in a bid to convince buyers that more than one vehicle had been built.

As such, it served multiple roles, being the show car, press car, and demonstrator.

Despite not making it into full-fledged production, the Six made a few appearances over the years.

It was last photographed at the NEC Classics Show in 1992.

Through some digging, Oscar discovered that the car had been featured in a short-lived magazine Alternative Car World.

As unique as the Six is, it’s got stiff competition from this Nashville museum of oddities, which includes a ‘microcar’.

What had happened to the Six?

In the 1994 feature, the Six was featured in a six-page article, in which it was clear some changes had been made.

The futuristic LED dashboard was gone to be replaced by a more conventional set-up, and the six wheels were now cross-spoke alloys.

According to the article, the Six couldn’t get started so had to be rolled into position for photos.

At the time of the article’s publication, the car’s owner had rejected offers exceeding $188,000.

From that point onwards, there’s no concrete information on the car’s whereabouts.

Car enthusiasts online have claimed it was sent off to Saudi Arabia, but no evidence has been presented.

For all anyone knows, it could still be sitting in the Norfolk barn where it was photographed way back in 1994.

But what happened to the second car?

The fate of the second car

As reported by Oscar, the second car was built by Albert Murco, a secretary and chauffeur to a member of the Saudi royal family.

Painted a dark metallic blue, this one went for sale in 1985.

Sometime in the early 1990s, this car went over to Vancouver in Canada, where it underwent a full rebuild.

The car next showed up in Greece.

Oscar traced this unusual trajectory to Michael Kapoustin, a Yugoslavia-born Canadian, who lived in Bulgaria.

Kapousutin went to jail between 1996 and 2000, at which point the Six went to the UK.

A 2005 photo would show it caked in dust and looking rather dismal.

After getting a makeover, it would appear at the 2008 NEC Classic Car show.

It appeared for sale in 2009, going for $188,000.

But a 2010 magazine feature mentioned that the car was still looking for a forever home, so getting a buyer had clearly proved tricky.

It would eventually sell in 2011 for approximately $42,637.

Which is quite a big drop in price, obviously.

The last sighting of it that Oscar could verify was in Italy in 2015.

There’s nothing more frustrating than a car that goes off the radar for years at a time.

Just take this $100,000,000 Bugatti which hasn’t been seen in decades as a prime example of that.

To examine the storied history of the Six supercar for yourself, head over to Oscars Garage‘s YouTube channel.