The second oil crisis of 1979 marked a 'time, a few years away from that late 1972, when OPEC quadrupled for the first time the price of oil, the world, including USA and the USSR, the major powers Economic, had to bow to the dependence on this precious black gold.
Italy saw that increasingly reduce its GDP after the famous golden age that the boom after World War II poduzione to maximum levels and consumption as never before happened in the pretty village, was involved in the crisis in most sectors, particularly automotive the pride our local economy.
The shock was very strong, resize the production was a must, parent companies such as Ferrari, Maserati and years that preceded the pointing in the high 12-cylinder displacement of the notes of the famous Daytona Merak and began to reduce considerably, the Merak adopting a 2.0, as well as the new sedan Drake of the 208 known to most people for the show Magnum PI
But the crisis was stagnant, the devoted clientele of these brands turn up their nose in front of such a downsizing, Maserati, then under the influence of Alejandro De Tomaso had the idea solution, acquire new market share, loyalty of new customers so far unable to economic means to approach the mark of the trident.
The idea had a name which drew its engine, Biturbo, an innovative coupe lines with a starting price of just 22 million pounds, was to be the car that saved the Italian brand, expecting an annual production of at least 5000 units, utopian to others, In fact, after a thrilling start to the summit is problematic, due to a hasty development, commissioned by De Tomaso, eager to launch the model into production.
The changes did increase its price above 26 million lire, the engine was 1996 cc
with a capacity of 182cv, the six-cylinder V with 2 turbochargers still exciting performance assured, blocking about 6.5 sec stopwatch to reach 100 km / h from standstill,
purists are still skeptical of this model, be guilty of Maserati 100% only in the engine and suspension, the rest of the car was assembled in factories Innocenti fact, the concept of joint venture at the time was not conceived as the maximization of resources and results.
Despite this without fear of contradiction we can say that if by that terrible energy crisis have seen the light of the 79 plants Maserati Ghibli precious objects which, in part mc12 3200 gt and the need for this Coupe that did so much to talk about whether for good or evil, and with its numbers, then unless the house of Alejandro De Tomaso from certain failure.
This article will evoke some memories are forgotten by almost 30 years back but today more than ever, and many will be the issues that will face the automotive industry, giants like General Motors are borderline, fiat stops its facilities to remedy the overproduction , but in a globalized economy like ours where most power modiale is forced to use the Fed to cut interest rates at historic low, always under attack, which threatens to reduce OPEC's oil production, we realize that the actors key are the same, now we expect a move by car manufacturers, maybe a new Maserati Biturbo best that the fate of the Working Party was Fiat.
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