The
Maserati Ghibli is a
Gran Turismo car produced by
Italian manufacturer
Maserati in two generations: first from 1966–73, and again as the
Maserati Ghibli II from 1992–97.
The original
Maserati Ghibli is a two-door, two-seater
GT released by Maserati in 1967. The
V8-powered Ghibli debuted at the 1966 Turin Motor Show and proved to be the most popular Maserati vehicle since the automaker withdrew from racing in the 1950s, outselling its two biggest rivals, the
Ferrari Daytona and the
Lamborghini Miura. So well regarded was the Ghibli
Sports Car International named it number nine on its list of
Top Sports Cars of the 1960s.
The Ghibli's steel body, renowned for its low, shark-shaped nose, was designed by
Giorgetto Giugiaro. Giugiaro, who today heads his own company
ItalDesign, worked at coachbuilder
Ghia when he designed the Ghibli.
The car was powered by a front-placed quad-cam 330 hp (250 kW) V8 engine. It had a 0-60 mph acceleration time of 6.8 seconds, had a top speed of 154 mph (248 km/h) and could be operated by either a five-speed
manual or three-speed
automatic transmission. Even by the standards of its time and class, the car consumed copious volumes of fuel, but Maserati fitted the car with two 50 L (13.2 US gal; 11.0 imp gal) fuel tanks,
[1] which could be filled via flaps on either side of the roof pillars. The car also featured pop-up headlamps, leather sport seats and alloy wheels.
The
convertible Ghibli Spyder went into production in 1969. The Spyders were relatively rare, and were outnumbered by the coupés by almost ten to one. The slightly more powerful Ghibli SS (335 hp) was released in 1970. The Ghibli went out of production in 1973 and found a successor the following year with the
Bertone-designed
Khamsin.
In all, 1149 Coupes, 125 Spyders and 25 Spyder SS models were produced.
| Model | Engine | Displacement | Power | Fuel system |
| Ghibli | V8 dohc | 4719 cc | 340 PS (250 kW; 335 hp) | 4 pcs Weber 38DCNL carburetor |
| Ghibli SS | V8 dohc | 4930 cc | 355 PS (261 kW; 350 hp) | 4 pcs Weber 38DCNL carburetor |
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