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Panhard's greater cabin width. Less pleasing were the awkward gear box, still without synchromesh on the bottom ratio, and the steering which was heavy at low speeds. Performance, especially for the top of the range 50 hp (37 kW) "PL 17 Tigre" was helped by the Panhard's lighter body, although the extent of Panhard's weight advantage had been reduced over the previous decade as aluminium had become more expensive and light metal panels had been substituted for some of the steel ones. Pricing issues may explain why PL 17 sales levels were too low to enable the model to reach the volumes of the Aronde.
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as the Passy and later also Sport, with the Tigre engine. For 1963, a new design based on the PL 17, called the Arista JD (after its designer, Jacques Durand; it was also called the Arista Sport and Sport Spécial), appeared. While lighter and faster than a regular PL17, the rather expensive Arista
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Panhard was a little longer and a little wider, leaving dealers trying to explain why an 850 cc Panhard should cost more than a 1300 cc Simca. Panhard
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