{"id":83666,"date":"2021-11-04T13:23:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T13:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=83666"},"modified":"2021-11-15T09:56:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T09:56:54","slug":"55-years-of-maserati-ghibli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/55-years-of-maserati-ghibli\/","title":{"rendered":"55 Years of Maserati Ghibli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On November 3, 1966, applause and cheers of enthusiasm were heard at the Ghia stand at the Turin Motor Show. The reason had been unveiled shortly before and was to be a new sports car for Maserati. Giorgetto Giugiaro, who wasn’t yet working independently at the time, was responsible for the design. As model name the company from Modena decided for a powerful, warm wind in North Africa, the Ghibli. In this way, they wanted to emphasize the speed and the “heat” of the technical specifications of the new sports car. In fact, the name also fits well with the wedge-shaped design of the body, which seems to get in the way of the wind as little as possible. Giorgetto Giugiaro envisaged a significant break here compared with previous models by seamlessly integrating the passenger compartment into the lines. Maserati also used pop-up headlights for the first time on a production car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite project of Giorgetto Giugiaro<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Giugiaro himself still refers to the Ghibli as one of his most beautiful designs. He had only recently moved from Bertone to Ghia. For the design of the Ghibli he only took three months. A very similar concept car of him had already been shown in Turin in 1964. In addition to the steeply raked windshield and the very long, flat hood, the triangular C-pillar was particularly eye-catching. This became the leitmotif for later model series. At the front, the narrow chrome bumper integrated the flat, wide radiator grille. Meanwhile, the rear bumper encompassed the entire area from the rear to the wheel arches. From the end of 1968, the open Spider version completed the range. While the front elements up to the doors were unchanged from the Coup\u00e9, a modified rear end with a flatter trunk lid and soft-top box was used. This had a metal cover under which the soft top could disappear completely.<\/p>\n\n\n

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