A man brought one over from Saudi Arabia, and my dad got to bring it home. He gave me a ride to high school, and did I felt special! I just remember how well it handled; it had no body roll and felt like it was on rails.
i think its great that Jay has many cars and knows his onions on the tech spec BUT he also really appreciates car design. In a world where most car nuts jus quote speed, horsepower etc etc - its nice to know someone else can also appreciate pure design, shape and form for what it is. im not the only one who looks daft when they touch and caress a car that is a piece of art. good on you Jay. regards. DC.
Yep seen and agreed . I find him and his program soothing and relaxing unlike the annoying top gear program where its all about speed and horse power and some unwanted comedy. This is old school . If you have money to spare and live near by some where then this is the guy you wanna see to buy a car from.
David Clowsley that's one of the loveliest comments I have read on on here. I completely agree with you. The times that I have stood caressing a Jaguar E-Type and running my hand from the very front of the hood down the side of the car feeling every nuance in shape and curve just as the designer imagined. Same with the Lamborghini Miura. I love just staring at the beauty and form of these thoroughbreds and gorgeous cars. Very well said sir.
What a gorgeous car! I've always been partial to Gandini designs. I owned a Fiat X1/9 that I believe was designed by him when he was working for Bertone. It is the most beautiful car that I have ever owned! Thanks for featuring it , Jay!
I really love the way the hood has the intake grills, but not from left to right, purely functional, there is a inlet grill on the left but a little behind the other. That's what makes these 70's Italian cars unique, they all have some sort of special design feature.
Beautiful car .. thanks for pointing out the fine details ... I'm sorry that Mr. Magnon has passed away. The fine shape of this magnificent car says a great deal about his character. thank you Jay.
That sticker on the windshield is actually the break in period! ''Maserati preferisce Agip'' = Maserati prefers Agip ''VETTURA IN RODAGGIO'' = Car breaking in (it shows that the car is clearly brand new!) ''Nei primi 1500 km (or ''kilometri''), non superare i 4000 giri'' = For the first 1500 kilometers, do not pass 4000 revolutions
Ray Boccino so it needs to avoid France in the late 18th century, and America in in the late 18th century, and Russia in the early 20th century and Romania in the late 20th century. That's just 4 revolutions. It needs to avoid a further 3996 revolutions within 1500 km.
These older Italian cars have a period of initial usage with a special abrasive oil in the engine. The engine wears to its perfect tolerances in the first 1500 km at a maximum 4000 rev/min. The burrs on the piston rings remaining from the manufacture process are eliminated, and all the mechanical parts adapt to each other. Then the abrasive oil containing burrs is replaced by normal oil in the servce. Today for example, Fiat Aegea cars have a similar rodaggio period but they dont use a rodaggio oil anymore. If the rodaggio period is obeyed, the engine lasts longer.
Beautiful looking car. I also like original, and un-restored cars. I've heard of the Maserati Khamsin, and I've seen pictures of the car, but I've never seen one in person, nor have I seen a video done on the car. This is a real treat! Thanks. :)
"Vettura in Rodaggio" means car in the break-in period. I couldn't read it all but I am guessing that they are advise on how to manage the car during the break-in period.
Wow! Beautiful automobile. I remember it well. It reminds me of my 1975 Chevrolet Vega.....which was sort of the same in that it also had four wheels.....and an aftermarket FM converter. I modified my Vega also. I did not replace the bumpers, but I did cut the roof open with a jigsaw to install a pop up sunroof. The sunroof only leaked when it rained!!!!
Hi Jay, love your videos.. btw "VETURA IN RODAGGIO" that you mentioned in this video means "vehicle running in" and the sticker shows the the preferred max revs for the first 1500kms as 4,000rpm. Thanks for your great love of cars and bikes, your passion brightens our day!!
@@chrispompanoRemember, AGIP is the Italian state national oil company, Maserati was partly state owned.... Italians wouldn't use anything else that Italian made stuff unless they had to because they didn't make it themselves. Very protectionist, but I'd say that Italian engineering is some of the most elegant in the entire world and still is. The sticker says "Do not exceed 4000 rpm for the first 1500 km", which by the way accounts for 2/3 of max engine speed. There's not much to be had up top, so in all practicality 5500 is max revs, although you might push it further. I doubt the valvesprings where made to cope with high revs, it's a GT after all. I have seen them engine swapped for the newish 4691cc ~or 4,7 liter if you will V8 engine from the newer GranTurismo. I have seen that engine in al the classics; Khamsin, Indy, Bora and the achingly beautiful Ghibli (my favorites are the Ghibli and Bora.
Beautiful Maserati. I love that you could hop in and do a long road trip in comfort and style. Jay is a true petrol-head and purveyor of all things denim.
Why didn't they just exchange the plexiglass for sheet metal for the US version back in the day? Would have been a much more elegant and easier solution for this "problem"... Good that it's got it's original European design back today.
It's really ALL they had to do, turn that one piece of plexi into a solid piece of bodywork. Anyone who says the plexi acts as a rear window didn't watch the video. Hint: the rear window acts as a rear window.
@@secondopinion6654 'Solid piece' of body-work was a term not so well known by those Italians who wanted to build a light, agile, fast & beautiful supercars.. ;0)
9:25 jay if you'r reading . Rodaggio or rodage aret he first 1000 or 1500km with the car were you have to drive more careful and give the time to the engine parts to wear on each other . During this time extra oil changes are needed to be done and the engine must never run in full power. car in rodaggio do not exceed the 4000 rpm the first 1500 km.
This was my favorite era of automobile design. This car, the Maserati Quattroporte (1980's era) and the Lambo Jay mentioned - clean angular design. Nothing pretentious, just awesome.
Lord above, what a beautiful car. I love the rear quarter of the car especially and I see what they mean by that plastic for the rear lamps to be mounted on; you can see right through it from inside the cab! So awesome.
Khamsin (khhhhhhumsin, no "K") is a middle eastern (mainly Egypt-Israel-Lebanon region) desert-origin heatwave accompanied by a big amount of fine dust in the air, that also covers the sun. Khamsin in arabic means "fifty" - the phenomenon occurs abut 50 times in a year.
Living here in France,and making a brave attempt to speak French in my daily life,I have to say that despite the many and various attempts by several posters to phonetically demonstrate how to pronounce the French car brands, all have failed to do so....Jay's way of pronouncing Citroen is no better or worse than anything other than the correct French way,which is not possible to write or explain,..My point is ,don't make any bar bets that you are pronouncing them correctly,especially based on the advice you are seeing posted here.... Call them as you see them and enjoy the videos.
I like how "Clem at the Shell station" (as Jay Leno would say) hammered some clip-on wheel weights onto the original wheels of this pristine, low-mileage exotic car, the same as he'd do for rusty steelies on an old pickup truck. Apart from looking bad, those things chew up the lip of aluminum wheels, because the clips are made of steel which is harder than aluminum, not to mention the almost inevitable dings from when Clem misses his mark with his hammer while pounding them on.
I seen a guy who pushed the tail lights out with a rubber boot gasket, got rid of all the crazy US add ons lol. Now it looked like the way it did in Europe except for the lights pushed out like a car door lock, locked vs unlock. Beautiful car, seen one with a tunnel ram poking over the roof line.
Siddharth verma Hmmm, a lot of parts bin parts were used amongst Alfa's, Ferrari's and Fiat's. The Lamborghini's rear lights are exactly the same on a Fiat 124AC.
@@bradford_shaun_murray Sadly i'm not an car collector like Mr. Jay Leno really is.. but yeah i am passionate about cars too specially when such rare unique beauties occur..
I honestly find it extremely difficult to understand how two car enthusiastic like them are not able to know that simple thing !! Voiture en Rodage (in French)
Ma nunn e' credere a sti' marmittoni stranieri!!! Le prendono da noi a 4 soldi e le vogliono passare come verginelle!! Maledetto stato italy,da noi se nin sei ricco sul serio non puoi coltivare queste passioni!!! Chist so' sul na' banda e incompetenti(vedi gia' dalla postura e come prende il cambio....da pecoraro🐩😁
Paul Fabrique You're absolutely right, the 5.0l Fords carried on into the 90's and Chevy still follows their same basic design to this day. Making power and mpgs. All while starting daily and being driven right away, as opposed to European engines that had poor quality control, hp variances, poor mpgs and absolutely had to be babied to keep them alive... you're right the comparison is insulting. Why wouldn't a De Tomaso Pantera be a better choice than this car?
PGTMR2 Because the Pantera has a rough, heavy archaic, asthmatic push rod iron V8, which doesn't make much power per litre and isn't particularly efficient. This is why nearly all modern state of the art contemporary Engines follow the design philosophy of the Maserati V8, and not old ancient asthmatics American V8s. So when Maserati were pushing engineering boundaries, to compare their Efforts to a very basic, crass and simple American V8 is an insult, in my opinion.
A Pantera is a turd you can polish, you can make it better or leave it original. You can bring the engine almost up to modern times. No direct injection or cylinder deactivation though. Without using poetry can you explain a single boundary that was pushed by Maserati with this car. What was special about this engine? It seems to me a Ford 351could easily get the same job done. I've always seen Maserati as a cheap substitute for a Ferrari or Lamborghini. In other words, following their lead, not really inventing or innovating, copying. Alfa Romeo at least have their own style.
The engineering boundaries being pushed are figures like 520 hp out of 5657cc in the late 1950s out of Maserati Marine V8s. Maserati took quad overhead cams, with high revs and all alloy construction, with its light weight and put it on the road, in reliable form. Not to mention twin plugs in the 1954 450s. (400hp, 7500rpm, 4477cc). Maserati were looking at direct injection with twin plugs in 1954. Ferrari were conservative in their engineering compared to Maserati, both in chassis and powertrain. Look at the type 60 Birdcage. Ferrari was still using tube chassis....a 351 Windsor could not produce the same naturally aspirated power litre for litre as a Maserati V8 and weigh the same. Like all iron single cam push rod V8s, the Ford was archaic in the 60s. The reason they survive is because they are cheap. And nasty. De Tomaso only chose the American V8 for the Pantera because it was cheap and available. Nothing you can do to a pushrod V8 will "bring it up to modern times"... Whereas a quad cam alloy V8, like the Maserati, has plenty in common with a modern state of the art Audi or BMW V8. There is a reason you never see American cars in Europe. We think they are big, slow gas guzzling ugly barges. With ancient V8s!
You'd be wrong then.You can buy just about any American v8, made just about any way you want it in the aftermarket. The latest Corvette still has pushrods and cylinder deactivation, direct injection and all the modern goodies, makes plenty of power and still wins in fuel economy. So far as gas guzzling barges, we don't make those anymore. Europe does. I normally argue the other direction. I'd prefer a BMW M or AMG, or a Porsche anything over a Corvette. I prefer a 4 cam, 4 or 5 valve engine over 2 overhead valves. But this elitist crap about not even comparing the engines is rediculous. Have you listened to a Jaguar or AMG lately? They're emulating the sound of good old American v8s and people are loving it, same with all the prestige brands. Listen to a new Vette back to back with a Jaguar, AMG and a v8 Mustang. How would you know the value of your quad cam engine if it wasn't compared to other engines. Think about how bad cars would be wherever you live if Americans weren't pushing for pollution controls, safety features and general automotive tech.
The hatch with struts , the rear window shape, the angular vented rear vent , all similar to a 1977 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT, you can see where the inspiration for those features came from.
Great episode. I missed the 70s but this is really an awesome and interesting car. It seems Jay had a good dialog with the owner, not as rushed as in some previous episodes. I really enjoyed it. That has to be the ugliest DOT treatment of a mid-70s car I've ever seen. I wonder how hard it was to relocate the parts on the rear to the European layout. I can imagine a lot of people would have done that if it wasn't too difficult.
Jake, must be your first time to see Jay Leno ever? He has a full staff of technicians and care takers I am sure, given the size of his collection. I trust that this car would be tidied up and Jays paw prints would be cleaned up before the car leaves the garage. Don't let things like this work you up man, life is too precious to get in a twist over living.
I can't stand modern Maserati car design, but this car is utterly beautiful. I would be proud to own and drive this work of art and I'm a mere 22 years old. I prefer the vintage and classic car eras by far with the 50's to the early 70's being my favorite. I can't stand most modern cars.
During the era of the Orsi brothers this was the last of the classic frontmotor rearwheel drive Maseratis, the last was built around 1982 or so, it was the successor of the Ghibli (1967 to 1973). The V8 engine was derived from the racing car Maserati 450s which was driven by Fangio in Buenos Aires in 1957 and from 1959 on many models used this type of engine ( 5000GT / Quattroporte Mk1/ Mexico/ Ghibli/ Bora/ Khamsin/ Indy/ Kyalami) . Then Mr. Alejandro de Tomaso came and introduced the little 2 litre Biturbo in 1983.
Hello Jay @9:10 The factory sticker translate to and it says car is in run-in period for the first 1500 km do not exceed 4000 RPM, aslo you'll notice the doors handle are taken from the Alfa Romeo Montreal or Alfetta GTV early models same for the rear taillights they're from Alfa Romeo 2000 Berlina. Regards.
Always loved these, and being a Brit, but having holidays in Europe in the 70's & 80's, saw quite a few. They have a real presence in reality, and looked amazing. It makes me laugh, the way Jay says 'Cit-ro-en', which is how it is spelt, but the French say it 'Ceet-Ron'- great episode, though- brought back some childhood memories....
Back in those glorious days, a few Maserati cars had names of winds (usually "mean" winds): Mistral (from southern France), Khamsin (from the Sahara) and expecially the baddest of them all, the Bora, the strong wind of northern Adriatic, so strong that in the city of Trieste there used to be rope handrails fixed to building walls along the roads, so that pedestrians could hold on to them when the bora blew.
I love older Maserati. Not only for the cars, but the joy of saying Maserati. Maserati. Maserati.
Hansel. So hot right now. Hansel.
Khamsim is the most overlooked car of the middle seventies, is simply amazing
This is such a good episode. Great vibes, the guest is clearly thrilled to be there and as passionate as anyone.
A man brought one over from Saudi Arabia, and my dad got to bring it home. He gave me a ride to high school, and did I felt special! I just remember how well it handled; it had no body roll and felt like it was on rails.
Bora, Khamsin, Ghibli, Montreal, Merak, Boomerang, etc. Maserati knew how to build gorgeous cars back then.
Montreal = Alfa Romeo
Let's honour two young and outstandingly talented car designers:Giorgio Giugiaro and Marcello Gandini who penned so many awesome unforgettable cars.
@@MassimoLodiRizzini Exactly. The Montreal was an Alfa Romeo, not a Maserati.
One of the most beautifully portioned 70's cars!!
Proportioned?
@@atticusrussell1225 Thank You!
Hey, Jay, Khamsin also means "fifty" ( خمسين khamsīn ) in Arabic.
The wind was called khamsin because it lasted 50 days !
Cheers and tchau !
Never heard of this car before, thank you Jay for letting us experience what it was like. I love the assymetrical hood vents
Always love the look on the guy's face when Jay says "lets take it up on the freeway, get it into 5th gear and see what it does."
A majestic Maserati. Would love to see more Maseratis in Jay's garage.
i think its great that Jay has many cars and knows his onions on the tech spec BUT he also really appreciates car design. In a world where most car nuts jus quote speed, horsepower etc etc - its nice to know someone else can also appreciate pure design, shape and form for what it is. im not the only one who looks daft when they touch and caress a car that is a piece of art. good on you Jay. regards. DC.
Yep seen and agreed . I find him and his program soothing and relaxing unlike the annoying top gear program where its all about speed and horse power and some unwanted comedy. This is old school . If you have money to spare and live near by some where then this is the guy you wanna see to buy a car from.
David Clowsley that's one of the loveliest comments I have read on on here. I completely agree with you.
The times that I have stood caressing a Jaguar E-Type and running my hand from the very front of the hood down the side of the car feeling every nuance in shape and curve just as the designer imagined. Same with the Lamborghini Miura.
I love just staring at the beauty and form of these thoroughbreds and gorgeous cars. Very well said sir.
What a gorgeous car! I've always been partial to Gandini designs. I owned a Fiat X1/9 that I believe was designed by him when he was working for Bertone. It is the most beautiful car that I have ever owned! Thanks for featuring it , Jay!
I really love the way the hood has the intake grills, but not from left to right, purely functional, there is a inlet grill on the left but a little behind the other. That's what makes these 70's Italian cars unique, they all have some sort of special design feature.
the sound of this car is one of my favorites
This car is a masterpiece (even if the color is a bit garish). And the sound of this car...magnificent. So special.
That car has absolutely beautiful lines.
Un design senza tempo, una auto senza compromessi: sportiva. Se ti piace è così, oppure hai sbagliato scelta... GRANDE!!!
Beautiful car .. thanks for pointing out the fine details ... I'm sorry that Mr. Magnon has passed away. The fine shape of this magnificent car says a great deal about his character. thank you Jay.
That sticker on the windshield is actually the break in period!
''Maserati preferisce Agip'' = Maserati prefers Agip
''VETTURA IN RODAGGIO'' = Car breaking in (it shows that the car is clearly brand new!)
''Nei primi 1500 km (or ''kilometri''), non superare i 4000 giri'' = For the first 1500 kilometers, do not pass 4000 revolutions
Ray Boccino so it needs to avoid France in the late 18th century, and America in in the late 18th century, and Russia in the early 20th century and Romania in the late 20th century.
That's just 4 revolutions. It needs to avoid a further 3996 revolutions within 1500 km.
@@RB747domme If you are not sarcastic.. He was talking about : rpm.. not public, political, human fights & scandals ! ;0)
@@poplaurentiu4148 yep en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_per_minute
@@poplaurentiu4148 He wasn't sarcastic, he was dead serious.
These older Italian cars have a period of initial usage with a special abrasive oil in the engine. The engine wears to its perfect tolerances in the first 1500 km at a maximum 4000 rev/min. The burrs on the piston rings remaining from the manufacture process are eliminated, and all the mechanical parts adapt to each other. Then the abrasive oil containing burrs is replaced by normal oil in the servce. Today for example, Fiat Aegea cars have a similar rodaggio period but they dont use a rodaggio oil anymore. If the rodaggio period is obeyed, the engine lasts longer.
I love Bertone design, typical italian design for the 70's
All Italian designs are so good. Even the humble VW Golf mk I looks good, designed by Italian.
Thanks for all the time and money invested in automotive history Jay.
And sharing it on RUclips.
Lovely to see his genuine car interest! I like Jay Leno a lot!
Great visibility all round, spacious interior and one can actually enjoy an upright driving position.
Wow! That was terrific. Leno obviously knows his stuff, when it comes to cars.
Gorgeous car!
One of my favourite cars when I was a kid - along with the Lamborghini Espada and De Tomaso Pantera and a few others.
YEP
i love how i never see commercials on these fantastic videos.
Beautiful looking car. I also like original, and un-restored cars. I've heard of the Maserati Khamsin, and I've seen pictures of the car, but I've never seen one in person, nor have I seen a video done on the car. This is a real treat! Thanks. :)
That guest was great -- so respectful toward Jay!
those offset hood vents are so 1970s.... me likey
What a beautiful car. Thanks for showing it. Your show is a COVID stable for me.
"Vettura in Rodaggio" means car in the break-in period. I couldn't read it all but I am guessing that they are advise on how to manage the car during the break-in period.
Wow! Beautiful automobile. I remember it well. It reminds me of my 1975 Chevrolet Vega.....which was sort of the same in that it also had four wheels.....and an aftermarket FM converter. I modified my Vega also. I did not replace the bumpers, but I did cut the roof open with a jigsaw to install a pop up sunroof. The sunroof only leaked when it rained!!!!
Hi Jay, love your videos.. btw "VETURA IN RODAGGIO" that you mentioned in this video means "vehicle running in" and the sticker shows the the preferred max revs for the first 1500kms as 4,000rpm. Thanks for your great love of cars and bikes, your passion brightens our day!!
....or, & also Agip oil preferred to be "run in car" "1500kms & 4000rpm". ????? Just a guess?!!!
@@chrispompanoRemember, AGIP is the Italian state national oil company, Maserati was partly state owned.... Italians wouldn't use anything else that Italian made stuff unless they had to because they didn't make it themselves. Very protectionist, but I'd say that Italian engineering is some of the most elegant in the entire world and still is.
The sticker says "Do not exceed 4000 rpm for the first 1500 km", which by the way accounts for 2/3 of max engine speed. There's not much to be had up top, so in all practicality 5500 is max revs, although you might push it further. I doubt the valvesprings where made to cope with high revs, it's a GT after all. I have seen them engine swapped for the newish 4691cc ~or 4,7 liter if you will V8 engine from the newer GranTurismo. I have seen that engine in al the classics; Khamsin, Indy, Bora and the achingly beautiful Ghibli (my favorites are the Ghibli and Bora.
I've never looked up to a celebrity as much as you, Jay! Thank you for being my inspiration.
Awesome car, I would love to own it!
Beautiful Maserati. I love that you could hop in and do a long road trip in comfort and style. Jay is a true petrol-head and purveyor of all things denim.
Hey Jay, you should do a Bora next! One of the few true 70's supercars!
Beautiful lines Mr Gandini.
9:17 Those were the instructions for the running-in of the engine
Jay you are the boss when it comes to knowing your cars
Why didn't they just exchange the plexiglass for sheet metal for the US version back in the day? Would have been a much more elegant and easier solution for this "problem"... Good that it's got it's original European design back today.
Bruningable j
It's really ALL they had to do, turn that one piece of plexi into a solid piece of bodywork. Anyone who says the plexi acts as a rear window didn't watch the video. Hint: the rear window acts as a rear window.
As my late father used to say [expletive deleted] feds.
@@BillB23 I rarely have the restraint to censor this phrase when I use it. Sigh.
@@secondopinion6654 'Solid piece' of body-work was a term not so well known by those Italians who wanted to build a light, agile, fast & beautiful supercars.. ;0)
There’s always something magic about Maseratis of this era
A valuable specimen from the golden age of italian design in the automotive sector.
9:25 jay if you'r reading . Rodaggio or rodage aret he first 1000 or 1500km with the car were you have to drive more careful and give the time to the engine parts to wear on each other . During this time extra oil changes are needed to be done and the engine must never run in full power. car in rodaggio do not exceed the 4000 rpm the first 1500 km.
This was my favorite era of automobile design. This car, the Maserati Quattroporte (1980's era) and the Lambo Jay mentioned - clean angular design. Nothing pretentious, just awesome.
Rodaggio is break-in, "rodage" in french. Nice vid
Love the 70's Italian supercars. Great video!
Nice car. Influenced Alfa gtv styling
Lord above, what a beautiful car. I love the rear quarter of the car especially and I see what they mean by that plastic for the rear lamps to be mounted on; you can see right through it from inside the cab! So awesome.
Khamsin (khhhhhhumsin, no "K") is a middle eastern (mainly Egypt-Israel-Lebanon region) desert-origin heatwave accompanied by a big amount of fine dust in the air, that also covers the sun. Khamsin in arabic means "fifty" - the phenomenon occurs abut 50 times in a year.
"no "K"" says the Chemtrailfan
and writes "khhhhhhumsin"… Decide , man - no "K" or yes "K"
Well impressed with how far back the engine sits!
Living here in France,and making a brave attempt to speak French in my daily life,I have to say that despite the many and various attempts by several posters to phonetically demonstrate how to pronounce the French car brands, all have failed to do so....Jay's way of pronouncing Citroen is no better or worse than anything other than the correct French way,which is not possible to write or explain,..My point is ,don't make any bar bets that you are pronouncing them correctly,especially based on the advice you are seeing posted here.... Call them as you see them and enjoy the videos.
And the French will still look down their noses at you even if you speak it perfectly.
Actually, it's SEE Troy ahn.
@@elroyfudbucker6806 Actually, if your accent is accurate, the French are impressed that you've made the effort to learn proper phonetics.
Such cars are endless beautiful !
DO A VIDEO ABOUT THE PORSCHE 928!
exactly, I own a 87 and love it! :-)
I like how "Clem at the Shell station" (as Jay Leno would say) hammered some clip-on wheel weights onto the original wheels of this pristine, low-mileage exotic car, the same as he'd do for rusty steelies on an old pickup truck. Apart from looking bad, those things chew up the lip of aluminum wheels, because the clips are made of steel which is harder than aluminum, not to mention the almost inevitable dings from when Clem misses his mark with his hammer while pounding them on.
When design of cars was at it's supreme. No Chlorox bottles on wheels, but angular, clean lines. What a looker.
I seen a guy who pushed the tail lights out with a rubber boot gasket, got rid of all the crazy US add ons lol. Now it looked like the way it did in Europe except for the lights pushed out like a car door lock, locked vs unlock. Beautiful car, seen one with a tunnel ram poking over the roof line.
Hello Jay, "Vettura in rodaggio" means new car with the need to break in the engine...
how could two serious car collectors like Jay and this fellow not know that....
jrfi orn it means adventure on the road, or for the road
Thank You,Sir.Belisimo👍
Vettura In Rodaggio = Car break in period.
Thanks for the video Jay! And thanks to Riverside International for keeping this car alive!
tailights are very similar to the detomaso pantera
So, in my opinion, is the front end.
greg raines true
Siddharth verma Hmmm, a lot of parts bin parts were used amongst Alfa's, Ferrari's and Fiat's. The Lamborghini's rear lights are exactly the same on a Fiat 124AC.
Siddharth verma not sure but the taillights might be the same as on a Fiat 124 sedan
usine!
Awesome to see such a beautiful rare car being driven :) Thanks
Do the merak, or Indy, Bora.
I bet J. Leno would love to have/own any of those cars even this specially un-restored one too ! ;)
@@poplaurentiu4148 what about you? You would like them too.
@@bradford_shaun_murray Sadly i'm not an car collector like Mr. Jay Leno really is.. but yeah i am passionate about cars too specially when such rare unique beauties occur..
Mexico or Ghibli too. 60’s and 70’s Masers are astonishing
My father owned a 1972 Indy, a real 4 seater with the same 4.9 liter engine less the anti-smog devices ! 165 mph.....
GREAT looking car, beautiful lines, and appropriate colour scheme...very nice!
Vettura in rodaggio means the engine is new and needs to go slower.
Si in rodaggio di minimo 500 mila km😂
A friend of mine has a 74 Bora all original, except the bumpers. He did the same euro bumper conversion. The car looks so much sexier since he did it.
De tomaso pantera, 240z and this looks share the same taillight design.
+Lhon Leal si
+Lhon Leal A lot of Italian high end cars use off the shelf items, including the Daytona
I love everything about this car, except the color. Thanks for another glimpse at our automotive past, Jay.
Colour is perfect
vettura in rodaggio = vehicle in run in procedure
I honestly find it extremely difficult to understand how two car enthusiastic like them are not able to know that simple thing !!
Voiture en Rodage (in French)
Aldo, would you want to own a classic Maserati? It would be cool.
Ma nunn e' credere a sti' marmittoni stranieri!!! Le prendono da noi a 4 soldi e le vogliono passare come verginelle!! Maledetto stato italy,da noi se nin sei ricco sul serio non puoi coltivare queste passioni!!! Chist so' sul na' banda e incompetenti(vedi gia' dalla postura e come prende il cambio....da pecoraro🐩😁
@@ELPQF Put it down to general American helplessness with "foreign" languages. But agreed; the owner should know.
@@ianfindlay865 Google translate XD.
I love the tuck and rolled headliner. The engine and exhaust system sound great, too.
And now Maserati are making SUVs :(
Yellow is just beauty, moving up to elegance, Khamsin- wind, completes the feminine comfort of the car, just like a cool breeze.
Sorry Jay but to compare a European ( especially one from Bologna) alloy quad cam V8 with an American iron ohv V8 is an insult.
Paul Fabrique You're absolutely right, the 5.0l Fords carried on into the 90's and Chevy still follows their same basic design to this day. Making power and mpgs. All while starting daily and being driven right away, as opposed to European engines that had poor quality control, hp variances, poor mpgs and absolutely had to be babied to keep them alive... you're right the comparison is insulting. Why wouldn't a De Tomaso Pantera be a better choice than this car?
PGTMR2 Because the Pantera has a rough, heavy archaic, asthmatic push rod iron V8, which doesn't make much power per litre and isn't particularly efficient. This is why nearly all modern state of the art contemporary Engines follow the design philosophy of the Maserati V8, and not old ancient asthmatics American V8s. So when Maserati were pushing engineering boundaries, to compare their Efforts to a very basic, crass and simple American V8 is an insult, in my opinion.
A Pantera is a turd you can polish, you can make it better or leave it original. You can bring the engine almost up to modern times. No direct injection or cylinder deactivation though. Without using poetry can you explain a single boundary that was pushed by Maserati with this car. What was special about this engine? It seems to me a Ford 351could easily get the same job done. I've always seen Maserati as a cheap substitute for a Ferrari or Lamborghini. In other words, following their lead, not really inventing or innovating, copying. Alfa Romeo at least have their own style.
The engineering boundaries being pushed are figures like 520 hp out of 5657cc in the late 1950s out of Maserati Marine V8s. Maserati took quad overhead cams, with high revs and all alloy construction, with its light weight and put it on the road, in reliable form. Not to mention twin plugs in the 1954 450s. (400hp, 7500rpm, 4477cc). Maserati were looking at direct injection with twin plugs in 1954. Ferrari were conservative in their engineering compared to Maserati, both in chassis and powertrain. Look at the type 60 Birdcage. Ferrari was still using tube chassis....a 351 Windsor could not produce the same naturally aspirated power litre for litre as a Maserati V8 and weigh the same. Like all iron single cam push rod V8s, the Ford was archaic in the 60s. The reason they survive is because they are cheap. And nasty. De Tomaso only chose the American V8 for the Pantera because it was cheap and available. Nothing you can do to a pushrod V8 will "bring it up to modern times"... Whereas a quad cam alloy V8, like the Maserati, has plenty in common with a modern state of the art Audi or BMW V8. There is a reason you never see American cars in Europe. We think they are big, slow gas guzzling ugly barges. With ancient V8s!
You'd be wrong then.You can buy just about any American v8, made just about any way you want it in the aftermarket. The latest Corvette still has pushrods and cylinder deactivation, direct injection and all the modern goodies, makes plenty of power and still wins in fuel economy. So far as gas guzzling barges, we don't make those anymore. Europe does. I normally argue the other direction. I'd prefer a BMW M or AMG, or a Porsche anything over a Corvette. I prefer a 4 cam, 4 or 5 valve engine over 2 overhead valves. But this elitist crap about not even comparing the engines is rediculous. Have you listened to a Jaguar or AMG lately? They're emulating the sound of good old American v8s and people are loving it, same with all the prestige brands. Listen to a new Vette back to back with a Jaguar, AMG and a v8 Mustang. How would you know the value of your quad cam engine if it wasn't compared to other engines. Think about how bad cars would be wherever you live if Americans weren't pushing for pollution controls, safety features and general automotive tech.
Khamsin rear half reminds me a bit of the Alfetta GTV. Love this car
WTF is a sit-tro-en?
A brand of cheesy French Car-never seen in the states
Don't worry, you are not missing much. French cars are all garbage.
rbagel55 I was just poking holes in the pronunciation. I'm from the UK, they are quite common here.
John Tam Bugatti, French manufacturer, subsidary of Volkswagen AG. Let alone the Citroen DS. ;)
ckb313235 You say that, but Peugeot. Even 100 bugattis could not make up for Peugeot.
I've seen this car in person at Cars & Cappuccino in Riverside, CA. Looks amazing in person!
It has more cues of Urraco and some from the 1971 Countach prototype in the rear. Pretty intresting car! Thanks, Jay!
What a beautiful car. Just perfect really. Would love to actually see one. And what a great presentation.
Thx for putting your videos in HD as of now ;)
The hatch with struts , the rear window shape, the angular vented rear vent , all similar to a 1977 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT, you can see where the inspiration for those features came from.
I supplied the European bumpers to my old friend Doug. I miss him much.
RIP Doug!
What a great car. Thanks Jay.
Great episode. I missed the 70s but this is really an awesome and interesting car.
It seems Jay had a good dialog with the owner, not as rushed as in some previous episodes. I really enjoyed it.
That has to be the ugliest DOT treatment of a mid-70s car I've ever seen. I wonder how hard it was to relocate the parts on the rear to the European layout. I can imagine a lot of people would have done that if it wasn't too difficult.
1080p is a wonderful thing huh jay.finally
0:20 What a beautiful sight. I hope my garage can resemble one of yours one day, Jay.
Great looking car. Some very nice details around the top of the door trim
Awesome car! Always loved them... thanks for the video
Jake, must be your first time to see Jay Leno ever? He has a full staff of technicians and care takers I am sure, given the size of his collection. I trust that this car would be tidied up and Jays paw prints would be cleaned up before the car leaves the garage. Don't let things like this work you up man, life is too precious to get in a twist over living.
I can't stand modern Maserati car design, but this car is utterly beautiful. I would be proud to own and drive this work of art and I'm a mere 22 years old. I prefer the vintage and classic car eras by far with the 50's to the early 70's being my favorite. I can't stand most modern cars.
Beautiful car, one of my favorites. Thank you for making this video.
Really liked this honest video. Great car. Pure styling. Some nice touches.
I was a Maserati mechanic when this car was new. The first Maserati I ever worked on was a Khamsin.
During the era of the Orsi brothers this was the last of the classic frontmotor rearwheel drive Maseratis, the last was built around 1982 or so, it was the successor of the Ghibli (1967 to 1973). The V8 engine was derived from the racing car Maserati 450s which was driven by Fangio in Buenos Aires in 1957 and from 1959 on many models used this type of engine ( 5000GT / Quattroporte Mk1/ Mexico/ Ghibli/ Bora/ Khamsin/ Indy/ Kyalami) . Then Mr. Alejandro de Tomaso came and introduced the little 2 litre Biturbo in 1983.
Hello Jay @9:10 The factory sticker translate to and it says car is in run-in period for the first 1500 km do not exceed 4000 RPM, aslo you'll notice the doors handle are taken from the Alfa Romeo Montreal or Alfetta GTV early models same for the rear taillights they're from Alfa Romeo 2000 Berlina.
Regards.
Thank you Jay! What a beautiful car....
Always loved these, and being a Brit, but having holidays in Europe in the 70's & 80's, saw quite a few. They have a real presence in reality, and looked amazing. It makes me laugh, the way Jay says 'Cit-ro-en', which is how it is spelt, but the French say it 'Ceet-Ron'- great episode, though- brought back some childhood memories....
These are so good, thank you for the uploads
I like the fact that you don't really notice the exhaust until you step on the GO pedal. Reminds me of a Pantera.
Back in those glorious days, a few Maserati cars had names of winds (usually "mean" winds): Mistral (from southern France), Khamsin (from the Sahara) and expecially the baddest of them all, the Bora, the strong wind of northern Adriatic, so strong that in the city of Trieste there used to be rope handrails fixed to building walls along the roads, so that pedestrians could hold on to them when the bora blew.
The definition of class and style