The Maserati Khamsin, the name of a hot Sahara Desert wind, was developed under the Citroën ownership for the clientele that demanded a front-engined grand tourer on the lines of the previous Ghibli, more conventional than the mid-engined Bora. The first pre-production Khasmin appeared at the 1972 Turin Motor Show. Partly due to the concurrent fuel crisis that shrunk demand for big V8 grand tourers. Production ended in 1982, with 435 vehicles made. 150 of these ended up the States from 1975…
