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32-530: The Indy was conceived as an alternative to the Ghibli offering a V8 engine and room for four people; it effectively replaced both the ageing six-cylinder 2+2 Maserati Sebring —which descended from the 1957 3500 GT — and the first generation Quattroporte . Two coachbuilders showed their proposals at the November 1968 Salone dell'automobile di Torino , both based on a Maserati 4.2-litre chassis. On Ghia 's stand there

64-429: A 2.8-litre V6 for export, at first coupled with a 5-speed manual, then from 1995 with the 6-speed manual. A 4-speed automatic was optional. The coupé was built for luxury as well as performance, and its interior featured Connolly leather upholstery and burr elm trim. At the 1994 Geneva Motor Show , Maserati launched an updated Ghibli. A refreshed interior, new wing mirrors , wider and larger 17-inch alloy wheels of

96-519: A cushion without a backrest were added to the production model, allowing the Ghibli to be marketed as a 2-door 2+2 fastback coupé . Deliveries started in March 1967. The car was powered by a front placed quad-cam 4,719 cc (4.7 L; 288.0 cu in) dry sump V8 engine mated to a five-speed ZF manual transmission , with a three-speed automatic transmission being optional. The engine had

128-550: A modified fuel system and 17-inch 5-spoke Speedline wheels completed the outfitting. In 1995 eight races were held, two in Italy and six across Europe. In 1996, the car received a modification upgrade, resulting in similar track times to those of the Ferrari 355 Challenge . After the end of the 1995 racing season, several of the original 23 cars were used in national GT events. Like the Biturbo,

160-627: A more curvy approach with his Lamborghini Calà , Maserati Spyder , Ferrari GG50 and Grundig Space Fidelity . Giugiaro is widely known for the DMC DeLorean . Notable in its own time for its unique design, the car was prominently featured in the Hollywood blockbuster movie series Back to the Future . His most commercially successful design was the Volkswagen Golf Mk1 . In 1976, Giugiaro explored

192-511: A new dashboard . In 1972, Maserati added the Indy 4900 to the range, equipped with the new 4.9-litre V8. Production of the Indy ended in 1975. In total 1,104 were produced, 440 of them were Indy 4200s, 364 were Indy 4700s and 300 were Indy 4900s. The Indy used unibody construction. The suspension layout was shared with the Ghibli. At the front there were double wishbones , with coaxial hydraulic dampers and coil springs , and an anti-roll bar . At

224-518: A new design, fully adjustable electronic suspension and ABS brakes were added. The Ghibli Open Cup single-make racing car was announced in late 1994. Two sport versions were introduced in 1995. The first was the Ghibli Kit Sportivo, whose namesake handling kit included wider tyres on OZ "Futura III" split-rim wheels, specific springs, dampers and anti-roll bars . The second was the limited edition Ghibli Cup , which brought some features of

256-519: A new taxi concept with the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), which became the 1978 Lancia Megagamma concept. Fiat had commissioned the 1978 concept from Italdesign , asking for a 4-meter length, high roof, high h-point , multi-functional, monospace design — but ultimately decided the concept was too risky for production. In retrospect, the Megagamma was more influential than successful in its own right. It

288-399: A power output of 310 PS (228 kW; 306 hp). It had a 0-97 km/h (60 mph) time of 6.8 seconds and a top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph). The 2-seat Ghibli Spyder went into production in 1969. Its convertible top folded under a flush fitting body-colour tonneau cover behind the front seats. A detachable hardtop was available as an option. The Ghibli SS

320-440: A twin-turbocharged 330 PS (243 kW; 325 hp) or 410 PS (302 kW; 404 hp) petrol and a 275 PS (202 kW; 271 hp) turbodiesel, making the Ghibli the first Maserati production car to be available powered by a diesel engine. An eight-speed automatic transmission is standard on all models; all wheel drive is available with the most powerful V6, although not in right hand drive markets. Production of

352-584: The Alfa Romeo 105/115 Series Coupés , often featured tastefully arched and curving shapes, such as the De Tomaso Mangusta , Iso Grifo , and Maserati Ghibli . In the late 1960s, Giugiaro made increasingly angular designs, culminating in the "folded paper" era of the 1970s. Straight-lined designs such as the BMW M1 , Lotus Esprit S1 , and Maserati Bora followed. He changed again during the early 1990s, introducing

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384-637: The Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002. He was awarded the Compasso d'Oro industrial design award six times. In addition to cars, Giugiaro designed camera bodies for Nikon , Navigation promenade of Porto Santo Stefano , in 1983, the organ of the cathedral of Lausanne (composed of about 7000 pipes) in 2003, and developed a new pasta shape, "Marille". He also designed several watch models for Seiko, mainly racing chronographs, as well as office furniture for Okamura Corporation. Giugiaro's earliest cars, like

416-662: The Ghibli Primatist , featuring special Ultramarine blue paintwork and an interior trimmed in two-tone blue/turquoise leather and polished burr walnut trim. Production of the second generation Ghibli ended in Summer 1998. It was replaced in the Maserati range by the 3200 GT . A single-make racing series for the Ghibli, the Open Cup, was run two seasons—1995 and 1996. Twenty-five Ghibli Open Cup racing cars were prepared. They were based on

448-534: The Lake Lugano , Guido Cappellini broke the flying kilometre's World Speed Record on water in the 5-litre class, piloting a composite -hulled speedboat powered by the biturbo V6 from the Ghibli Cup and belonging to Bruno Abbate's Primatist/Special Team. The boat ran the kilometre at an average speed of 216.703 km/h (134.653 mph). To celebrate the world record Maserati made 60 special edition Ghiblis called

480-464: The 1960s . The Ghibli was first unveiled as a 2-seater concept car at the November 1966 Turin Motor Show . Its steel body, characterized by a low, shark-shaped nose, was designed by a young Giorgetto Giugiaro , then working at Ghia . The car featured pop-up headlamps , leather front sport seats , alloy wheels and 205R15 Pirelli Cinturato N72 tyres. Two rear seats consisting of nothing more than

512-615: The AM336, a V6 twin-turbocharged coupé from 1992 to 1998; and the M157 , an executive saloon from 2013 until late 2023. Ghibli is the Libyan Arabic name for the hot dry south-westerly wind of the Libyan desert . The original Ghibli ( Tipo AM115 ) is a two-door, 2+2 V8 -engined grand tourer . American magazine Sports Car International named it number nine on its list of Top Sports Cars of

544-620: The Cup was recognisable from its 5-spoke split-rim Speedline wheels and badges on the doors. Only four exterior colours were available: red, white, yellow and French blue . The sporty theme continued in the Cup's cabin with black leather, carbon fibre trim, aluminium pedals and a MOMO steering wheel. A second round of improvements resulted in the Ghibli GT in 1996. It was fitted with 7-spoke 17" alloy wheels, black headlight housings, and had suspension and transmission modifications. On 4 November 1996 on

576-530: The Ghibli had unibody steel construction, with a conventional longitudinally-mounted , front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout . Suspension was of the MacPherson strut type at the front and semi-trailing arms at the rear, with coil springs , double-acting dampers and anti-roll bars on both axles. The differential and rear suspension arms were supported by a bushing-insulated subframe . It also featured ventilated disc brakes on all four wheels, and steering

608-580: The Open Cup racer into a road-going model; it debuted at the December 1995 Bologna Motor Show . It has a 2.0 L (1,996 cc) engine rated at 330 PS (243 kW; 325 hp). At the time the Ghibli Cup had the highest ever specific power output of any street legal car at 163.0 hp; 121.6 kW (165.3 PS) per litre, surpassing the Bugatti EB110 and Jaguar XJ220 . Chassis upgrades included tweaked suspension and Brembo brakes. Visually

640-537: The Shamal on 2-litre cars, while 2.8 litre cars initially used a 5-speed ZF unit and were update with the Getrag gearbox in 1995. At the rear axle there was Maserati's "Ranger" Torsen limited slip differential from the Biturbo, with an added oil cooler. The most recent, third generation of the Ghibli ( Tipo M157 ) was unveiled at the 2013 Shanghai Motor Show . The Ghibli is offered with three different 3.0-litre V6 engines:

672-570: The V8 Shamal flagship, it was an evolution of the previous Biturbo coupés; the interior and basic bodyshell were carried over from the Biturbo. The Ghibli was launched at the 62nd Turin Motor Show in April 1992. The Ghibli was powered by updated 24-valve twin-turbocharged engines which had seen use on the Biturbo range: a 2.0-litre V6 coupled to a six-speed manual transmission for the Italian market, and

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704-399: The car consumed copious volumes of fuel, but Maserati fitted the car with two independent 50 L (13.2 US gal; 11.0 imp gal) fuel tanks , which could be filled via flaps on either side of the roof pillars. The Ghibli name was resurrected with the unveiling of the 1992 Ghibli ( Tipo AM336 ), a two-door, four-seater coupé offered with twin-turbocharged V6 engines. Like

736-449: The higher output, dry sump Tipo 115 units of the flagship Ghibli. This article about a classic post-war automobile produced between 1945 and 1975 is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Maserati Ghibli Maserati Ghibli is the name of three different cars produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati : the AM115, a V8 grand tourer from 1967 to 1973;

768-400: The rear there was a live axle on semi-elliptic springs , with a single longitudinal torque arm , hydraulic dampers and an anti-roll bar. Magnesium wheels were standard, originally fitted with Pirelli Cinturato 205 VR15 tyres (CN72) until 1972 when it changed to 215/70VR15 Pirelli Cinturato CN12, while Borrani wire wheels were optional. Even by the standards of its time and class,

800-425: The rear there was a live axle with semi-elliptic springs , a single longitudinal torque arm , hydraulic dampers and an anti-roll bar. Brakes were vented and servo-assisted discs on all four wheels. The engines were Maserati's own all- aluminium , four overhead cam Tipo 107 V8 family, and were fed by four Weber 42 DCNF twin-choke carburettors ; they had a wet sump , and were thus related but different from

832-532: The third generation Ghibli was halted amidst slumping sales in late 2023. Giorgetto Giugiaro Giorgetto Giugiaro ( Italian pronunciation: [dʒorˈdʒetto dʒuˈdʒaːro] ; born 7 August 1938) is an Italian automotive designer. He has worked on supercars and popular everyday vehicles. He was born in Garessio , Cuneo , Piedmont . Giugiaro was named Car Designer of the Century in 1999 and inducted into

864-403: The two-litre model, with their tipo AM 577 engines tuned to 320 PS (235 kW; 316 hp) by using roller-bearing turbochargers, a freer-flowing exhaust, and remapped fuel computers; a roll cage , Sparco racing seats, a Momo racing steering wheel, aluminium shifter knob and pedals, 5-point belts, automatic fire extinguishing system, an aluminium sump guard, carbon fibre air-intakes,

896-436: Was servo-assisted rack and pinion . The engine was the latest evolution of Maserati's all-aluminium alloy, DOHC 4 valves per cylinder 90° V6 engine , fitted with water-cooled IHI twin-turbochargers and two air-to-air intercoolers , one per each cylinder bank. Weber - Magneti Marelli IAW electronic fuel injection and ignition system was used. The gearbox was a Getrag -supplied 6-speed manual transmission from

928-462: Was introduced in 1969. Its new engine was stroked up by 4 mm (0.16 in) to displace 4,930 cc (4.9 L; 300.8 cu in) and was rated at 335 PS (246 kW; 330 hp) at 5,500 rpm and 481 N⋅m (355 lbf⋅ft) of torque at 4,000 rpm. Its top speed of 280 km/h (174 mph) made it the fastest Maserati road car ever produced at the time. SS models have an additional /49 designation (ex. AM115/49 ). A Spyder version

960-509: Was introduced in the same year. Total production amounted to 45 Spyders and 425 coupés. In all, 1,170 coupés and 125 Spyders (including 45 Spyder SS) were produced. The Ghibli went out of production in 1973; it was succeeded the following year by the Bertone -designed Khamsin . The Ghibli used a tubular frame with a spot welded on body. Front suspension used double wishbone type, coaxial dampers and coil springs , and an anti-roll bar . At

992-539: Was preferred, and the production model was launched by Maserati at the Geneva Motor Show the following March. The car was christened Indy in honour of Maserati's two victories at the Indy 500 . At its launch in 1969 the Indy was offered with a 4.2-litre V8 engine. From 1970 a 4.7-litre Indy 4700 was offered alongside the 4200; the same year some interior updates were introduced, including seats with retractable headrests and

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1024-479: Was the Simùn, a 2+2 berlinetta designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro ; on Carrozzeria Vignale 's, a sleek 4-seater fastback penned by the internal technical office led by Virginio Vairo and Elio Mainardi. Both coachbuilders had already an established relationship with Maserati, as Vignale had been responsible for the 3500 GT Spyder, Mexico and Sebring, while Giugiaro had recently penned the Ghibli at Ghia. Vignale's prototype

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