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 first Maserati 5000GT car in the Tipo 103 series was the Shah of Persia, delivered to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had been impressed by the Maserati 3500 after a test drive but demanded a more exclusive car for himself. He commissioned Maserati’s chief engineer Giulio Alfieri to fit a slightly modified 5-litre engine from the Maserati 450S in the 3500GT’s chassis.
Carrozzeria Touring developed the superleggera aluminum body of the two-seater coupé. The second car, also a Shah of Persia by Touring, was displayed at the 1959 Salone dell’automobile di Torino.
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 early years In early 1926, two lawyers from Milan – Felice Bianchi Anderloni and Gaetano Ponzoni – decided to leave behind the world…
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