Maserati Shamal

The Maserati Shamal is a two-door grand tourer manufactured by Maserati from 1990 to 1996. Designed by Marcello Gandini and named for a wind keeping with tradition, the Shamal acted as Maseratis flagship model, powered by a newly-developed 3.2L AM 479 twin-turbocharged V8 mated to a 6-speed Getrag 560G manual; the engine produced 322 horsepower. This was the last Maserati car produced under De Tomaso ownership; Fiat would acquire half of Maserati in 1990 due to the latters financial issues. Maserati claims a top speed of 270 km/h (168 mph) and a 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62 mph) acceleration time of 5.3 seconds with the Shamal. 369 were produced. This is the first Maserati casting produced by Hot Wheels since 2007. The passenger side window is wound down.