Garage of Leno: 1975 Maserati Khamsin Menghadirkan
Garage of Leno: 1975 Maserati Khamsin
make you want a classic Italian style sports car of the 1970s? Have you ever thought about the Maserati Khamsin? Although little known outside the real fans of Maserati, I think that this is the epitome of this style/look of the car for that period, and as it is built under the tutelage of Citroën there is also a comfortable Cruiser and very advanced for its time, I might add.
Jay Leno has transferred its presentation of an example of US-spec of the Khamsin, 1975, which gave the classic look of Euro - the car was all but ruined from the aesthetic point of view by the Stateside crash with ugly and repositioned bumper lights security managers.
the Khamsin is not owned by Leno himself, belonging to a local California Maserati enthusiast who had bought the car, made the conversion as well as some minor work on the car, but kept very original. Even the bright yellow paint is exactly the same as that with all these years, he left the factory.
in addition, as Maserati was owned by Citroën at the time, the Khamsin, which was named after a hot wind of the Egyptian desert, gets a lot of touches of mark by the French automaker. For example, she has assisted variable hydro, which turns at low speed and during parking maneuvers, yet weight upward again as the car speed. Disc brakes and the clutch are also hydraulic. Even the driver's seat can raise or lower via hydraulics. Speaking of seats, Jay Leno them rents several times during the trip of the car.
still, regardless of all the interesting technical solutions that make this unique car, it is the Marcello Gandini that stands out. There's nothing to really like him on the road, or as many of them as a matter of fact, only 430 were built between 1974 and 1982, of which 155 were ruined for export to the United States.
by Andrei hamid