German title

Chassis no. AM120*264* Engine no. AM115/10/49*264*

From an important Bavarian Sports Cars Collection

 

- High-quality restoration, for nearly 100,000 €

- Original engine and transmission

- Rare, elegant and original model

- Desirable 4.9-litre model, returned to European spec

- No reserve

 

Supplied new on 26 October 1977 to Qatar, this Maserati Khamsin was then white (’Bianco Polo’) with blue velour upholstery. Bought in 2015 in Italy by its current owner, a major collector of Italian sports cars from Bavaria, it was completely restored between 2016–2020. The engine was entrusted to Sportwagen-Center-Sieben, a Maserati specialist at Thulbach in Bavaria, the body and paintwork to Ostermeier in Munich and the interior to the Autosattlerei Kraft, also in Munich. The total cost of the restoration amounted to 95,000 euros, a figure reflected in the quality of the entire car, with its utterly beautiful red paintwork, immaculate blue velour interior, which looks exactly as it did originally, and superbly finished engine. The latter is the original unit (confirmed by the Maserati factory), as is the gearbox. It would be an understatement to say that this car does justice to this little known model from Maserati, which is particularly rare as only 435 cars were built from 1974–1982.

 

Named after an Egyptian wind, the Khamsin was the last Maserati designed by Giulio Alfieri and in this desirable version with its 320bhp 4.9-litre V8, it featured all-round independent suspension and Citroën’s hydraulically assisted systems for its brakes and steering. Its styling by Marcello Gandini for Bertone combined elegance and originality, with a glass panel at the rear in which the taillights seemed to float. This is a magnificent example of this powerful, elegant and unusual model.

Photos © Maximilian Vogl