Amazing to see the two of them together after so many years apart, and what beauties they are too. They certainly put my '92 De Tomaso era Biturbo 430 into the shade! The lines and proportions may seem slightly awkward to some eyes, but I think they are both perfection on wheels and the interiors are delicious to look at.
Your 430 is certainly a nice car,and the De Tomaso era little Maseratis are gaining interest and value.They are rare and the consideration for them is growing because they are fantastic cars to drive and one of the last examples of craftmanship in a car. Many of them,expecially those produced from 1985,are also reliable cars,if kept with a minimum of knowledge and attention. Some of them,like the Biturbo S and Si,all the Spyders,the Karif,the 2.24,the Racing,the Ghibli 2 and the sedans Biturbo 420 S,420 Si and 430 will have an interesting future as Classics.
The on-road video is once again the envy of any would-be classic car videographer. The color grading is spot on, giving a subdued look compared to the overly saturated look of most videos.
You've outdone yourself again Simon! I think the Aga Kahn's version is absolutely stunning and that's a great colour for any car. Exceptional choice of music also, very appropriate...
It's been a while and just went to the channel the other day to see if I had missed a notice. Too cool! Love Masers and these are the pinnacle road cars, cousins to the great 250F racer. The small odd-shaped dash binnacle is very interesting. Thanks Simon!
Beautiful, I love those 2 5000 GT (or 3 if you include the Mexico engined with the same style). Pietro Frua is imho one of the most refined italian designer, a lots of fine details a very elegant mixing chrome and leather, and "feminine" thin lin. His A6/G54 are imho among the nices design ever. And with that big V8. The Aga Khan has a stunning colour. The 5000 Gt Frua design might divide but I love it ( and all the Mexico Frua too), an absolute dream car. I hoped you ll get your hands on the Ghia 5000 GT found in Saudi Arabia and get a nice restoration of this one.
I have to agree with you regarding Pietro Frua: there are two Frua bodied QuattroPorte’s (series 2 I think and there may be more) that are absolutely sensational to look at.
People have no idea how prestigious Maserati was in the late 50's to early 70's. The 5000 GT cost about 10 times the price of a Jaguar E type and was the fastest and most expensive car of its time, the 3500 GT cost the same and outsold the Ferrari 250 GT, even though it used an in-line 6-cylinder engine instead of Ferrari's V12s. Cars like the Maserati Mistral, Ghibli and Indy also outsold their competitors from Lamborghini and Ferrari, often costing more and using 6 and 8 cylinder engines instead of 12 cylinders. Maybe that's why Maserati never felt the real need to develop a V12 engine for its road cars, leaving them restricted to a few racing models... Unfortunately, after being bought by De Tomaso, all the legacy and tradition of the company was thrown in the trash and Fiat ended up transforming it into a 2nd class Ferrari in the late 90's. Recently, it seems that they have finally decided to re-establish the tradition and prestige of the brand with the MC 20 and the new GranTurismo, but it is still far from the heyday and I sincerely hope that it is not too late for that.
Incredibly gorgeous, special and rare cars. My secret favourites though I would never even be able to drive one. From the various designs I would prefer the Alemano or Pininfarina ones. I like the Frua front, but not the side profile / hind quarters. But truly overjoyed to see Kidston on a 5000 GT special. Thank YOU!
There is a Quattroporte for sale in Sweden right now (see Classicdriver) in the same wonderful purple metallic color as the car behind Mr. Candini during his interview in the workshop, about minute, 5:50
Fire the guy who overlayed the engine sound with that awful version of the Stones song. Much appreciated. Otherwise thank you very much for showing such rare cars.
Very cool would also be interested in the story of Agnelli's Pininfarina bodied 5000GT. Considering that was built after Pininfarina had effectively an exclusivity clause with Ferrari it says something of Agnelli's influence that Ferrari didn't object to a Pininfarina bodied Maserati (which also had a remarkably similar body to Agnelli's Ferrari 400 Superamerica.
