{"id":47564,"date":"2020-09-24T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=47564"},"modified":"2020-10-01T14:03:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T14:03:34","slug":"maserati-khamsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/maserati-khamsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Maserati Khamsin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Maserati Khamsin with a glass rear end and front engine concept appeared in 1973 as the successor to the Ghibli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1971 onwards, Maserati developed a new flagship sports car under the internal abbreviation Tipo AM120 to replace the Ghibli, which had been produced since 1966. One year after the premiere of this front-engined sports car, Citro\u00ebn gradually acquired shares in Maserati until these reached 60 percent. While Giulio Alfieri kept his job as chief designer, the French carmaker tried to get a grip on Maserati’s cost structure by modernizing production and introducing new models with technical components from Citro\u00ebn models. For this reason, hydraulic systems such as braking and steering were also migrated to the new mid-engined sports cars Merak and Bora, which were designed to respond to Lamborghini’s smaller models while also attacking other established sports cars. As both models failed to achieve the expected volumes and also failed to meet the expectations placed in them as Porsche 911 competitors, Maserati remained a deeply indebted sports car brand and ultimately dragged Citro\u00ebn into the crisis as well. After Peugeot had swallowed up its French competitor, it parted ways with the Italian sports car brand in 1975, which was now almost insolvent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Maserati with Citro\u00ebn parts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Three years earlier, the last production model developed jointly with Citro\u00ebn, the successor to the Ghibli described above, made its debut at the Turin Motor Show. Due to the Ghibli’s continued good sales, the front engine concept and the naming after a wind, the Khamsin from Arabian deserts and countries on the south-eastern Mediterranean Sea, remained unchanged. It was also the last Maserati developed and built under the direction of Giulio Alfieri. Interestingly, he took over the Ghibli’s platform with unchanged wheelbase for the Khamsin, but equipped the rear axle with independent suspension on double wishbones. From the Citro\u00ebn SM, he took over the power steering with speed-sensitive assistance and the high-pressure braking system with disc brakes and the green brake fluid LHM (liquide hydraulique minerale). The pop-up headlights, the clutch and even the adjustment of the front seats were also hydraulic.<\/p>\n\n\n

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