Maserati Khamsin
Maserati Khamsin (1975 )
The Maserati Khamsin was a by the Italian car manufacturer Maserati produced from 1973 to 1982 sports car.
The Khamsin, named after an Egyptian desert wind, was the successor to the Maserati Ghibli and was presented as a prototype at the Turin Motor Show in 1972.
The production version of the Maserati Khamsin presented at the Geneva Motor Show 1973. Towards the end of the same year he went into series production.
The wedge-shaped body, whose special features included pop-up headlights and a glass insert in the rear end plate, had been drawn in the house Bertone.
The technique of Khamsin corresponded in many parts of the Ghibli; However, the new model had a rear independent suspension with trailing arms instead of the rigid axle, the rising-rate power steering came from the Citroën SM. Available a 4.7 - liter V8 with 290 hp and a 4.9 -liter V8, each of the Ghibli were to arise, but the latter reduced in power from 335 to 320 hp. The standard was a five-speed manual transmission; wish there was a three- speed automatic.
Until the end of 1982 originated from Khamsin total of 425 copies.
An open version of the Khamsin there was not factory. However, there is a single Khamsin Spyder. This is a 1975 built vehicle that came with standard coupe form to a customer in the United States. There subsequently was converted into a two-seater Spyder. The workshop, which has carried out this conversion is not known. The car still exists. It has been offered in February 2007 at the Rétromobile Paris by Christie's for sale.
Swell
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