Maserati 5000 GT Allemano

Vehicle Overview

Colloquially known as ‘the car of Kings’, Maserati’s 5000GT was for a time the most exclusive, most powerful, most expensive and fastest production car in the world. One of only 22 examples Maserati 5000 GT Allemano -bodied cars, this was made in 1962. The first car in the Tipo 103 series (bodied by Touring Superleggera) was the Shah of Persia, delivered to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had been impressed by the Maserati 3500. He commissioned Maserati’s chief engineer Giulio Alfieri to use a slightly modified 5-litre engine from the Maserati 450S on the 3500GT’s chassis. Carrozzeria Touring developed the superleggera tubing and aluminum body of the two-seater coupé. The second car, also a Shah of Persia by Touring, was displayed at Salone dell’automobile di Torino 1959. After the first body by Touring, the main body partner since 1960 became Carrozzeria Allemano.  22 Maserati 5000 GT Allemano, designed by Giovanni Michelotti, where built.