Some time back I’ve got an invitation from a friend, to attend for a rally that was organized by Italian car owners club of Sri Lanka. So I went to ‘Katu’ equipped with my camera hoping to capture some Italian beauties. When I was rolled in, there were several cars; most of them were Alfa Romeo s. But the main attraction was this Maserati Khamsin. It was a real beauty, parked along with several Fiats, Alfa Romeos and of course with Aravinda’s Ferrari.
After came home I started surfing to find more about this Beauty. The facts I found out was amazing.
The Maserati Khamsin (named after the Khamsin, a hot, violent wind in the Egyptian desert) was a sports car introduced in 1974 by Italian automaker Meserati.
SPECIFICATIONS
Engine Type: V-eight, Capacity: 4930cc, Power: 320bhp at 550rpm, Transmission: 5 speed manual, Top Speed: 153 mph (246 kmph).
Production of the Khamsin ended in 1980. There were only 421 cars were manufactured.
Yeh…there were only 421 cars.
WOW…. There’s a one in Sri Lanka and I got a chance to capture some photographs of it!
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Met Romesh at the smoothies bar. was asking how you were doing...
my father brought down this same car in 1978. used it for a few years. no one even knew what a maserati was. then sold it to Kili Mahendran whose the current owner of the car.
My father had a Meserati Indy America in Colombo. It was a Blue 4.8 litre. We lived in Barnes Place Colombo. He also had a Jaguar e-type 5.3 V.12.
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