1970 | Maserati Ghibli Spyder

• Very attractive, sophisticated colour scheme in anthracite metallic with leather interior in cognac brown (tan) and black soft top
• Original factory Spyder, no later conversion
• ‘Matching numbers‘ engine
• Extensively restored and overhauled 20 years ago at Carrozzeria Campana Oronio S.R.L in Modena, Italy
• First delivery USA, imported to Germany in 1996, just three owners in Germany and Austria since then
• A rare, original Ghibli Spyder, only 83 examples built with a 4.7 litre engine – a style icon of the 1970s

According to the available FIVA card, this Maserati Ghibli Spyder with a 4.7-litre engine was commissioned at the factory in November 1969 and completed in September 1970. It was then shipped to the USA, where the sports car was delivered to its first owner (name known) in California. This example is an original factory Spyder, of which only 125 were built in total – thereof 83 units with a 4.7 litre engine.

The motor car, equipped with an automatic transmission, remained in the USA until 1996 and then came to Germany via the Munich dealer for sports and luxury cars ‘Auto König’. The Ghibli Spyder found a new owner in June of the same year: the well-known German automotive and motoring journalist and author of numerous books Jürgen Lewandowski, who remained loyal to the Ghibli Spyder until 2013.

In 2003, he commissioned a restoration at the Carrozzeria Campana Oronio in Modena, Italy. In the course of this, the paintwork was changed from Copper (black) metallic to Anthracite grey metallic. The interior was also renewed with leather in cognac brown (tan) and a dashboard in black suede. This colour scheme makes the car look particularly classy and stylish and provides it with a sophisticated touch. In 2012, a FIVA passport was issued to Jürgen Lewandowski for the car. One year later in July 2013, the car was passed on to a new owner in the Munich area, who also registered the car. The German vehicle registration documents for the owners are available. Subsequently in 2018, the car entered the collection of an Austrian logistics and freight entrepreneur, who would now like to pass it into new hands.

This Maserati Ghibli is a rare opportunity to acquire one of the 125 original factory Spyders in an extremely attractive appearance. The flat, elegant silhouette with the long bonnet is a ‘style statement’ itself. No soft top disturbs the shape when the roof is open, as it disappears completely under a metal cover. At the rear of the spyder, the long twin-pipe exhaust system is a typical Maserati style feature of the late 1960s / 1970s.