Maserati 5000 GT
At the end of the 1957 sports season, the organizers of the World Sportscar Championship (FIA), also in the wake of the general consternation…
The Maserati 5000 GT Gianni Agnelli
The Maserati 5000 GT Agnelli: Pininfarina, the most successful Italian coachbuilder, in the 1950s who was closely associated with Ferrari, did not manufacture its own version of the Maserati 5000GT. Nevertheless, a Pininfarina body was mounted on a 5000 GT chassis. The trigger was the Italian industrialist Giovanni “Gianni” Agnelli, long-time managing partner of the automobile manufacturer Fiat. Among other things, Agnelli privately drove a Ferrari 400 Superamerica, which was equipped with an individual body from Pininfarina. The structure, generally perceived as strict, had a front panoramic window, a high front section and a large radiator opening. In 1961 Agnelli had the Pininfarina body of his Ferrari was built on to the chassis of the Maserati 5000 GT. The car drove without any branding in the following years.
At the end of the 1957 sports season, the organizers of the World Sportscar Championship (FIA), also in the wake of the general consternation…
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