1959 Maserati 5000 GT (Touring)

Maserati 5000 GT (Touring), 1959 - 'Shah of Persia'
Maserati 5000 GT (Touring), 1959 - 'Shah of Persia'
Maserati 5000 GT (Touring), 1959 - 'Shah of Persia'
Maserati 5000 GT (Touring), 1959 - 'Shah of Persia'
Maserati 5000 GT (Touring), 1959 - 'Scia di Persia'
Maserati 5000 GT (Touring), 1959 - 'Scia di Persia'
Maserati 5000 GT 'Scia di Persia' (Touring) - 1959 Turin Auto Show
Maserati 5000 GT 'Scia di Persia' (Touring) - 1959 Turin Auto Show
Maserati 5000 GT (Touring), 1959 - Interior
Maserati 5000 GT (Touring), 1959 - Interior
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While Reza Khan Pahlavi, the Shah of Persia was taking delivery of his 5000 GT (#103.002) in Teheran, Maserati were diplaying a similar 5000 GT 'Scia di Persia' (#103.004) at the Salone di Torino. This car was purchased by Basil Read, a South African businessman. Two 5000GT were built this year – both with Touring bodies.

Maserati 5000 GT (#103.010), 1961 - was the third Touring built car that was re-manufactured for Prince Abdel Majid Bin Saud in 1965. (renumbered as #103.090)
The Maserati 5000 GT sports car was truly a car 'Fit for a King', for it was the Shah of Persia, now Iran, who instigated the concept of this true supercar.

When in 1958 the regulatory body of motor sport, the FIA, decided to reduce the maximum engine size for the World Sportscar Championship to 3000cc, Maserati, who had had a real championship contender in the 450S, were left with several 5-litre V8 engines on their hands.

In 1959 the Shah, a great Maserati enthusiast, commissioned a road going sports car with the 5-litre race engine. Maserati decided to mount the engine in a modified 3500GT chassis. This car became known as the 5000GT 'Shah of Persia' and gave rise to a limited production of 'custom made' 5000GTs.

The term 'custom made' can easily be applied to this model for no two cars were identical even if some of the differences were only minor. Some of the world's richest and most influential people wanted to own a 5000 GT most notably the Aga Khan, Italian industrialist Giovanni Agnelli and American multimillionaire sportsman Briggs Cunningham.

The most common, if you can call 22 out of a total production of 34 cars built between 1959 and 1965 common, 5000 GT was the car with coachwork by Allemano. Allemano's 5000 GT was conservative in design when compared with the other examples by Touring (3), Frua (3), Monterosa (2), Pinin Farina (1), Ghia (1), Michelotti (1) and Bertone (1) but still oozed class.


Вскоре после того, как компания Maserati освоила серийное производство "3500GT", она прекратила свое участие в спортивных соревнованиях. Причиной тому трагедия, произошедшая с одним из ее 4,5-литровых автомобилей на этапе чемпионата мира среди спортивных машин в Каракасе (Венесуэла). К этому несчастью прибавились огромные финансовые потери на заказе технологического оборудования для спортивных машин.

В результате у Maserati остался небольшой, но очень ценный запас двигателей V8 для гоночных машин "450S". Это подтолкнуло компанию к созданию автомобиля "5000GT" с данным мотором. "5000GT" представлял собой сочетание 5-литрового двигателя V8 с четырьмя распредвалами и заимствованной у "3500GT" ходовой частью, получившей передние дисковые тормоза.

Так появилась первая дорожная модель Maserati с V-образным 8-цилиндровым двигателем, впервые показанная на Туринском автосалоне 1959 г. и поставленная на производство в октябре того же года. Кузова для нее поставляли лучшие итальянские фирмы. Больше всего кузовов - 22 штуки - изготовила Allemano ("Аллемано"), по 3 поставили Touring ("Туринг") и Frua ("Фруа"), 2 - Monterosa ("Монтероза") и по одному - Ghia, Pininfarina, Michelotti ("Микелотти") и Bertone ("Бертоне"). Варианты от Allemano и Frua отличали блок-фары – большая экзотика в то время.

Такие изготовленные вручную автомобили, чрезвычайно дорогие и очень скоростные, быстро подняли международный авторитет компании Maserati. Она стала признанным производителем суперавтомобилей. Maserati 5000GT конкурировала с Ferrari V12. Продавалась она по огромной цене. Всего выпустили чуть больше тридцати штук. Первый экземпляр достался иранскому шаху, все остальные были раскуплены «сливками» общества, которых не отпугивала неприлично высокая стоимость данного автомобиля. Кузов шахского автомобиля был создан миланской фирмой Carrozzeria Touring. Делался он из алюминия.
По материалам: www.classiccarcatalogue.com; www.maserati-alfieri.co.uk; avtoclassika.com
Разработки студии Touring
1927 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Cabriolet 'Royal Touring' (Touring), 1927 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A 'Touring Belvedere' (Touring), 1927 Lancia Lambda Faux Cabriolet (Touring), 1928 Fiat 520 Cabiolet (Touring), 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Berlinetta (Touring), 1930 Fiat 525 N Cabriolet 'Royal' (Touring), 1930 Officine Mechanica 665 S Mille Miglia Cabriolet (Touring), 1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS 'Flying Star' (Touring), 1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GTC (Touring), 1931 Fiat 522C Roadster 'Flying Star' (Touring), 1931 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Spyder 'Flying Star' (Touring), 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Cabriolet (Touring), 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Coupe Aerodinamico (Touring), 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Coupe Spyder (Touring), 1932 Citroen Tipo 6C Coupe Cabriolet Regina d’Italia (Touring), 1932 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8B Progetto 'Tip Top' (Touring), 1933 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 GT Berlinetta 'Freccia di Belzebu' (Touring), 1933 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 GT 'Tip Top' (Touring), 1933 Fiat 508 Cabriolet 'Ametista' (Touring), 1933 Fiat 508 Cabriolet 'Smeraldo' (Touring), 1933 Lancia Augusta Cabriolet (Touring), 1934 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B Coupe (Touring), 1934 Lancia Artena Cabriolet (Touring), 1937 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 MM 'Superleggera' (Touring), 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Berlinetta (Touring), 1937 Lancia Aprilia Berlinetta Aerodinamica (Touring), 1938 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B MM Spider (Touring), 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Le Mans Speciale (Touring), 1938 Fiat 1500 Cabriolet (Touring), 1938 Fiat 508 C 1100 Mille Miglia Spider (Touring), 1938 Lancia Aprilia Cabriolet (Touring), 1938 Lancia Aprilia Spider (Touring), 1938 Lancia Astura 'Flying Star' (Touring), 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Berlinetta Aerodinamica (Touring), 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Spider-Corsa (Touring), 1947 Bristol 401 Berlinetta 'Superleggera' (Touring), 1947 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8C Monterosa Coupe (Touring), 1948 Ferrari 166 Inter (Touring), 1949 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Villa d’Este (Touring), 1949 Ferrari 166 MM 'Barchetta' (Touring), 1949 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8C Monterosa Special Sedan (Touring), 1950 Fiat 1400 Berlinetta (Touring), 1951 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Villa d’Este Cabriolet (Touring), 1951 Ferrari Inter Berlinetta (Touring), 1952 Alfa Romeo C52 Disco Volante (Touring), 1952 Pegaso Z-102 Spider 'Tibidabo' (Touring), 1953 Pegaso Z-102 Berlinetta (Touring), 1953 Pegaso Z-102 'Thrill' (Touring), 1954 Hudson Italia (Touring), 1955 Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Cabriolet (Touring), 1955 Pegaso Z-103 Berlinetta Hardtop (Touring), 1956 Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Cabriolet (Touring), 1956 Aston Martin DB2/4 Spyder (Touring), 1956 Pegaso Z-103 Berlinetta Panoramica (Touring), 1957 Maserati 3500 GT Coupe (Touring), 1959 Maserati 5000 GT (Touring), 1960 Alfa Romeo 2000 Sprint 'Praho' (Touring), 1961 Aston Martin Lagonda Rapide (Touring), 1961 OSCA 1600 GT Coupe (Touring), 1962 Maserati 3500 GT (Touring), 1963 Sunbeam Venezia (Touring), 1964 Lamborghini 350 GT (Touring), 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia GTC (Touring), 1965 Lamborghini 350 GTS (Touring), 1965 Lamborghini Tigre (Touring), 1966 Aston Martin DBSC (Touring), 1966 Fiat 124 Cabriolet (Touring), 1966 Lamborghini 400GT 'Flying Star II' (Touring), 2008 Maserati A8 GCS Berlinetta (Touring), 2008 Maserati Bellagio (Touring), 2010 Bentley Continental 'Flying Star' (Touring), 2011 Gumpert Tornante (Touring), 2012 Touring Superleggera Disco Volante, 2014 Mini Superleggera Vision (Touring), 2015 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Lusso (Touring), 2016 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Spyder (Touring), 2017 Artega Scalo Superelletra (Touring), 2018 Touring Superleggera Sciadipersia, 2019 Touring Supperleggera Sciadipersia Cabriolet, 2020 Touring Superleggera Aero 3, 2021 Touring Superleggera Arese RH95, 2023 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (Touring)
Автомобили марки Maserati
1932 Maserati V4 Sport (Zagato), 1934 Maserati 1100 Tipo 4CS, 1947 Maserati A6 1500 Berlinetta Speciale (Pininfarina), 1949 Maserati A6G 1500 Panoramica (Zagato), 1954 Maserati A6G (Zagato), 1954 Maserati A6GCS Berlinetta (Pininfarina), 1955 Maserati A6G Spider (Zagato), 1956 Maserati A6G/2000 Spyder (Frua), 1957 Maserati 3500 GT (Allemano), 1957 Maserati 3500 GT Coupe (Touring), 1957 Maserati 450S Coupe (Zagato), 1959 Maserati 3500 GT Coupe (Bertone), 1959 Maserati 3500 GT Spider (Frua), 1959 Maserati 3500 GT Spyder (Vignale), 1959 Maserati 5000 GT (Touring), 1960 Maserati 5000 GT (Monterosa), 1961 Maserati 3500 GTI Coupe (Frua), 1961 Maserati 5000 GT (Ghia), 1961 Maserati 5000 GT Coupe (Bertone), 1961 Maserati 5000 GT 'Gianni Agnelli' (Pininfarina), 1961 Maserati 5000 GT Indianapolis (Allemano), 1961 Maserati 5000GT (Michelotti), 1962 Maserati 3500 GT (Touring), 1962 Maserati 3500 GT 'Tight' (Boneschi), 1962 Maserati 3500 GTI Coupe (Frua), 1962 Maserati 5000 GT (Frua), 1962 Maserati Sebring (Vignale), 1963 Maserati 3500 GTI Spider (Vignale), 1966 Maserati 3500 GT Coupe (Moretti), 1966 Maserati Ghibli (Ghia), 1966 Maserati Mexico (Vignale), 1968 Maserati Ghibli Spider (Ghia), 1968 Maserati Simun (Ghia), 1969 Maserati Indy (Vignale), 1971 Maserati Bora, 1972 Maserati Boomerang (ItalDesign), 1972 Maserati Khamsin (Bertone), 1974 Maserati Coupe (ItalDesign), 1974 Maserati Quattroporte II (Bertone), 1984 Maserati Biturbo Spyder (Zagato), 1988 Maserati Karif (Zagato), 1995 Maserati Auge (Castagna), 2000 Maserati Buran (ItalDesign), 2001 Maserati 320S (ItalDesign), 2003 Maserati Kubang GT Wagon (ItalDesign), 2003 Maserati Quattroporte (Pininfarina), 2005 Maserati Birdcage 75th (Pininfarina), 2007 Maserati GS (Zagato), 2008 Maserati A8 GCS Berlinetta (Touring), 2008 Maserati Bellagio (Touring), 2008 Maserati Chicane (IED), 2011 Maserati Kubang, 2014 Maserati Alfieri, 2015 Maserati Mostro (Zagato), 2022 Maserati Mostro Barchetta (Zagato)
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