1967 Maserati Ghibli Coupe

The Maserati brothers' involvement with fast cars dates to 1914 and includes many early Grand Prix cars. In 1926 they founded the Maserati marque and won the Targa Floria that year. Then, in 1937, they sold out to the Adolfo Orsi family where racing success continued. This included multiple Indy 500 wins and Juan-Manuel Fangio world championship in 1957.

The Ghia-styled Ghibli is considered to be one of the most beautiful and practical GT cars ever built. Its low shark-nosed, aggressive posture was penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro while designing for Italian coachbuilder Ghia. The car debuted at the 1966 Turin Motor Show to much fanfare. It proved to be the most popular Maserati vehicle since the 3500GT, outselling its two biggest rivals, the Ferrari Daytona and the Lamborghini Miura. The low-slung design necessitated a dry-sump system for the 330 horsepower 4.7 liter V8. It breathes through four twin-barrel Webers and has 310 horsepower (341 ft-lb. of torque) that give it 0-60 times of 6.8 seconds and a top end of 154 mph. It also has four-wheel disc brakes, double wishbone suspension, coil springs and an anti-roll bar up front, plus leaf springs and an anti-roll bar in the back. The car also featured pop-up headlamps, leather interior and alloy wheels. To slake its thirst, twin 13-gallon fuel tanks filled via flaps on either side of the roof pillars were added.

This car was stored in the late 1980s and is regularly driven on long, fast, trips; much as it was intended.