Not Sold | 1980 Maserati Kyalami

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Not Sold (Est: £10,000 - £14,000)

1980 Maserati Kyalami

United Kingdom • 18 May 2011 • Lot 237

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This is a rare, right-hand drive 1980 Maserati Kyalami, one of only 43 imported into the UK. It's presented in red with a tan interior and is reported to be in good condition, with recent work on the fuel system, suspension, and brakes.

Condition

6

The car is reported to be in good condition throughout, with a restored fuel system, work carried out on the suspension and brakes, and a smoothly running engine. The rare five-speed ZF manual gearbox changes easily. The listing specifies some reconditioning has been performed.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

AM129 0033

Odometer:

42,380 miles

Reg Number:

RUT158W

RHD/LHD:

RHD

For the origins of the Maserati Kyalami we must go back to 1972.

That year, at the Turin Motor Show, DeTomaso Automobili launched their 'Longchamp', a two-door coupe.

By 1975, Maserati was in the hands of a partnership between Alejandro DeTomaso and GEPI.

Given Maserati's financial restraints, his solution was to call in Pietro Frua's design studio in Turin to re-style the Longchamp and so was born the Kyalami.

The Kyalami, factory designated the Tipo 129 and launched it at the Turin Motor Show in 1976.

The Kyalami didn't follow the Maserati Mistral, Ghibli and Khamsin tradition of naming models after a wind, but followed another tradition of naming its cars after the scene of its racing successes.

This model was named after one of the world's great racetracks, Kyalami in South Africa, where in 1967 a Maserati-engined Cooper, driven by Pedro Rodriguez, won the South African Grand Prix; the Cooper Maserati was powered by a 12 cylinder Tipo 10/F1 engine.

This very rare righthand d...