{"id":9179,"date":"2018-07-24T10:09:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T08:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internationalclassic.com\/?p=9179\/"},"modified":"2019-05-20T16:10:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T14:10:54","slug":"maserati-5000-gt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/en\/maserati-5000-gt\/","title":{"rendered":"Maserati 5000 GT"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the years 1957 and 1958, the manufacturing of the series by Maserati was fuelled by the inexhaustible source of the 6-cylinder engine, which finally took off with the 3500GT. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Knight Commander Orsi and Mr. Omer, the managing director, gave the go ahead to that best project, that is, using the 8-cylinder engine too. They were both fruit of the glorious past in sports. However, the final push came from the Persian Shah, who, thrilled by a test on the AM 101, the Maserati 3500 GT, commissioned a special car which was more powerful and faster. Therefore, they came to proposing that engine which, over the course of the year, powered a technical line which still exists today (I\u2019m referring to the 90\u2019s). <\/span><\/p>\n

The AM 103 type, better known as Maserati 5000 GT, was assembled with a good proportion of already well-tested components, which had been taken from the AM 101 Type, that is, the Maserati 3500 GT. Therefore, the most important part of this car, technically speaking, is represented by the 4950 cc V8 engine. It was directly derived from the Maserati 450S engine, only increasing the cc size and maintaining, only for this first specimen, the distribution with gears and the 4 carburettors with a power of over 350HP on the test bench. <\/span><\/p>\n

The bodywork, created by the Carrozzeria Touring<\/em>, was a coupe with original and impressive lines, with a finely worked leather interior. The prestigious finishes contributed to its definition as the most sumptuous car in automotive production. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text]