COMING TO AUCTION
SATURDAY 11th JULY 2015
BLENHEIM PALACE, WOODSTOCK, OXFORDSHIRE OX20 1PX
1989 MASERTI KARIF
Estimate: £9,000 - £11,000
Registration Number: B3 PGP
Chassis Number: ZAM339B00 KA190009
The Maserati Karif (Tipo 339) is a luxury coupé produced by Maserati between 1988 and 1993. It was designed to be luxurious, but also sporty and agile enough to allow the driver to 'feel like a racing driver again, or for the first time'. At the car's unveiling, Alejandro de Tomaso declared a very limited production run of 250 examples.
In a throwback to Maserati's earlier naming practices for two-seater GTs, the car was named after the wind called 'Karif', which blows South West across the Gulf of Aden at Berbera, Somalia.The Karif was built on the same shortened chassis as the Zagato-bodied Maserati Spyder model, adding a fixed notchback coupé roof. It used the most powerful Maserati Biturbo engine: the AM473, a 2.8-litre 90° V6 engine with 3 valves per cylinder, producing 285bhp at 5,500rpm. According to Maserati the Karif could reach 60mph from a standstill in 4.8 seconds, and achieve a top speed of over 158mph.
Maserative Karifs are exceptionally rare; only 222 were ever built, with only twenty-five in right drive form. This car, chassis number 9, has covered a mere 38,500 miles from new, and was rustproofed from new by Dinol-Protectol.
The Karif has spent the last year in a small collection of Ferrari and Maseratis, during which time is has benefitted from a refurbished brake callipers, remanufactured wheels, and new tyres.Offered with a service book, history file, and current MoT, the Karif offers Ferrari beating performance, while being discreet in style. The perfect car for the discerning collector.
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