A De Tomaso Pantera was used for the sports car in this story as the Ford Motor Co. was the sole provider of automobiles for the show. Ford had an exclusive license to import De Tomaso cars into the U.S., which meant that the show's producers could get a fancy sports car for the show and Ford got a lot of free advertising.
The shot of the exploding car seen in the new credits for season five were taken from footage used in this episode.
The yellow race car that is unloaded from the container and taken on a test drive up the mountain is a De Tomaso Pantera, which has a V-8 engine; however, the soundtrack is from a 12 cylinder engine.