1972 Maserati Bora - today's tempter

By: Unique Cars magazine

Date: 03.10.2023

1972 Maserati Bora - today's tempter

1972 Maserati Bora - today's tempter

1972 Maserati Bora - today's tempter

1972 Maserati Bora - today's tempter

Mid-engine V8

Maserati’s Bora – or Tipo AM117 in factory-speak – was one of the company’s great GT cars of the seventies and its first mid-engine platform.

Designed by the legendary Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign, it initially ran a 4.7lt V8, later updated to 4.9lt. Both engines were a quad cam, claiming 300 and 320 horsepower respectively. They were matched to a transverse-mount five-speed manual transmission.

Just 564 were produced from 1972 to 1978 and, of them, only 27 are thought to be factory right-hand drive.

The two-seater design was later adapted into a 2+2 to create the Merak.

This example is with Oldtimer in Brisbane and is on the market at $299,950. 

See our resto story on another example of this rare car.

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