Neato! I never saw this before...

"Tom McParland" (tommcparland)
10/17/2013 at 11:00 • Filed to: Maserati

...it is a Maserati Shamal, I don't know anything about it but I kind of want one. Anyone want to school me on this?

DISCUSSION (34)

AbigGRNboot > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:03

Oh, dem flares!!

mycarneverruns87 > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:03

That thing is fantastic looking! I want I want I want!!!

twinturbobmw > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:04

I think it was like an older Ghibli that shared the same body. 1989-96, 3.2 twin turbo V8.

A3R0 > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:05

It is very cool!

Tom McParland > twinturbobmw
10/17/2013 at 11:10

Twin turbo V8....now I really want it.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:11

Kinja'd!!!

This and the Ghibli II are the cars I use when people rag on the Biturbo. The Shamal uses the same base structure as the 80s cras (albeit galvanised), and the Ghibli uses the base structure and the base engine.

Neither of which are slouches at all. Badass cars.

If I was to build a car to do time attack/ Gatebil type things I'd pick a Shamal (replete with 4.7l GranTurismo V8 with twin turbos).

Menebrio > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:12

Kinja'd!!!

Is this a wing?

Tom McParland > Menebrio
10/17/2013 at 11:12

I dunno, but I like it.

CAR_IS_MI > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:14

I have wanted one of these for a long time. If only I could afford it, and the fees to import and legalize it in the good ole USA...

Tom McParland > CAR_IS_MI
10/17/2013 at 11:17

Of course...all the cool cars I want I can't have where I live even if I had the monies. I should have been born in Europe.

It's a "Porch-uh" > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:17

Good find! With the wide haunches, it looks a bit like a Italian Nissan R32 GT-R.

Fl1ngstam > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:20

Older than the Ghibli II, and much rarer. It was a limited production special placed above all the Biturbos. Styling was by Marcello Gandini (check out the signature rear wheelarch shape similar to the original Countach). That little feature above the wipers is indeed a "wing" of sorts.

I love it.

Tom McParland > Fl1ngstam
10/17/2013 at 11:21

Thanks! this is why I didn't go to Wikipedia and just asked Oppo.

Menebrio > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:22

Twin Turbo V-8, you say??? So much want. It's like an Italian M3 (e30)

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:22

There is so much that is so wrong with how this car looks. Yet it ends up being pure sex. The headlights, the cowl intake(?), the B pillar, the trunk gap... Just wrong, every bit of it. Yet words can't express the amount of want I have for this car that I've just seen for the first time.

SpeedSix > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:26

Kinja'd!!!

Japanese registration?

Fl1ngstam > twinturbobmw
10/17/2013 at 11:27

Different body, although some of the design details were carried over to the Ghibli. The Shamal is far more exclusive and unique.

Tom McParland > SpeedSix
10/17/2013 at 11:27

Looks like it.

BarryDanger > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:33

Yup, for $1300 I am tempted to buy this and just see what happens.

http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/4132633101…

Kinja'd!!!

Chairman Kaga > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:41

I seriously feel sort of sweaty right now. I always thought he Alfa SV was the ultimate step up, but now.. oh mah lawd, Miss Scahlet.

Sparf > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:41

Everything below the window on the side remind me an awful lot of my Celica. The line below the beltline is near-identical as is the shape of the box fenders (with the exception being that they are a bit wider on this car). In other words this is pure sex because I absolutely love those lines on my car!

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Menebrio
10/17/2013 at 11:43

likely a laminar airfoil.

Sort of a wing... but close to the body, and designed to keep airflow organized, and 'attached' to the body, rather than cavitating and causing air turbulence.

It likely keeps airflow over the hood organized, and directed cleanly over the windshield, in an effort to keep the airflow clean over the roof. It probably also serves to shield the windshield wipers from airflow and creating turbulence, when they are stowed.

Otherwise, it is a form of cowl scoop, that directs airflow into the cowl for either interior climate control, or possibly an engine air intake source, if the aircleaners draw from the back of the engine bay, near the cowl.

Not really designed for significant lift, or inverse lift... just airflow management.

BJ > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 11:43

It's gorgeous! DO WANT.

Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken > Menebrio
10/17/2013 at 12:17

It forces wind over the screen to clear it.

Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 12:20

Kinja'd!!!

I've seen this one in Japan, at Fuji. I live not far from there.

Tom McParland > Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken
10/17/2013 at 12:28

Wow...so jelly. If you ever come across it again, MOAR PICTURES PLEASE!

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 12:30

Oh, have you got that in background size?

Tom McParland > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
10/17/2013 at 12:31

Sorry this is the biggest I could get, it was via Pinterest and the original site can't be found. :(

Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 12:32

I think I've seen it twice, Japanese petrol heads like eclectic cars, you won't find more passionate or dedicated enthusiasts than in Japan!

Tom McParland > Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken
10/17/2013 at 12:35

That is one of the many reasons I would love to visit Japan someday. Say, pardon my ignorance, but how is the food safety situation since the earthquake/power-plant disaster? I hear all kinds of things but would like to know the scoop from inside.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 12:40

No worries, google image search for the win.

Kinja'd!!!

Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 12:48

Well they stopped food production in certain areas near there, the good thing is many farms use greenhouses here. A lot of food comes from much further south too, but for sure there must be contamination to a certain extent. We live in an area unaffected by the tsunami or Fukushima physically but its probably impossible to escape the effects completely. I buy local food in season, in winter I often get a Costco delivery from Tokyo, people don't want products from China here after some problems they had with that. But I have read different reports and its hard to see the complete picture.

Tom McParland > Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken
10/17/2013 at 12:50

Thank you for the rundown...I don't have the money or the time to visit in the near future but when my children are a bit older I would love to take them.

Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken > Tom McParland
10/17/2013 at 12:59

Its a difficult country to visit on your own, At least Toyko can be overwhelming and confusing. If you've lived in NYC your whole life it might seem a but less intense but there is nothing quite like it. Train signs were translated into western characters for the world cup and it has helped me! Reading Utsukushigaoka in our letters is much easier than sounding it out in Japanese!