Birth of Maserati Ghibli, peculiarities of production
The appearance of Maserati Ghibli (hereainfter – Ghibli) in the market was influenced by a few reasons: Maserati S.p.A. (hereinafter – Maserati) wanted to replace Maserati Mistral model that was in the market since year 1963, moreover it pursued to attract new clients with more powerful and faster representative of “Grand tourerâ€.
Ghibli debuted in Turin auto-show in year 1966 and turned in production on 1967. It was the direct rival to Ferrari Daytona and Lamborghini Miura.
The interest in Ghibli was high in the market, especially in North America, therefore the production volumes were greater than it was expected. During the year 1967 and 1973 it were manufactured 1170 units of coupe (including SS modification), 125 units of spyder (including SS modification) Ghibli models in total.
Ghibli is Arabian origin word, meaning hot, dust carrying wind, blustering in the deserts of North Africa. Ghibli, being successor of Maserati Mistral model, distinctly highlighted Maserati's trend on car names – Maserati Bora, Maserati Khamsin models were also denominated as names of winds.
Design, interior
What was so strong in Ghibli bringing Frank Sinatra to buy this car? Why didn‘t he choose other rivals being “on the wave†those times? May be he enjoyed the double damper tails, curling up to the left side of the car? Possibly pop-up based and rarely “without necessity†seen front lights? Perhaps the lever of handbrake, sticking out the driver's seat? Undoubtedly we would receive from Frank Sinatra “in return†for this sarcasm. And his return would be based not only because we gave him a prominence in none of areas of his achievements, but emphasized the “accents†noticeable to frequent classic car lover.
This design of the car was the masterpiece of Giorgetto Giugiaro, which was developed when working at Carrozzeria Ghia & Gariglio Company, at the beginning of his carrier. Notwithstanding the design of Ghibli was one of the first works in this company, even looking from today's perspective, it was a creation of high professionalism.
Entire article could be found on the following link:
http://www.dsautomobiles.com/our-library/maserati-ghibli-i/16
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www.dsautomobiles.com
The appearance of Maserati Ghibli (hereainfter – Ghibli) in the market was influenced by a few reasons: Maserati S.p.A. (hereinafter – Maserati) wanted to replace Maserati Mistral model that was in the market since year 1963, moreover it pursued to attract new clients with more powerful and faster representative of “Grand tourerâ€.
Ghibli debuted in Turin auto-show in year 1966 and turned in production on 1967. It was the direct rival to Ferrari Daytona and Lamborghini Miura.
The interest in Ghibli was high in the market, especially in North America, therefore the production volumes were greater than it was expected. During the year 1967 and 1973 it were manufactured 1170 units of coupe (including SS modification), 125 units of spyder (including SS modification) Ghibli models in total.
Ghibli is Arabian origin word, meaning hot, dust carrying wind, blustering in the deserts of North Africa. Ghibli, being successor of Maserati Mistral model, distinctly highlighted Maserati's trend on car names – Maserati Bora, Maserati Khamsin models were also denominated as names of winds.
Design, interior
What was so strong in Ghibli bringing Frank Sinatra to buy this car? Why didn‘t he choose other rivals being “on the wave†those times? May be he enjoyed the double damper tails, curling up to the left side of the car? Possibly pop-up based and rarely “without necessity†seen front lights? Perhaps the lever of handbrake, sticking out the driver's seat? Undoubtedly we would receive from Frank Sinatra “in return†for this sarcasm. And his return would be based not only because we gave him a prominence in none of areas of his achievements, but emphasized the “accents†noticeable to frequent classic car lover.
This design of the car was the masterpiece of Giorgetto Giugiaro, which was developed when working at Carrozzeria Ghia & Gariglio Company, at the beginning of his carrier. Notwithstanding the design of Ghibli was one of the first works in this company, even looking from today's perspective, it was a creation of high professionalism.
Entire article could be found on the following link:
http://www.dsautomobiles.com/our-library/maserati-ghibli-i/16
Source:
www.dsautomobiles.com