{"id":27733,"date":"2012-07-20T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T09:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=27733"},"modified":"2023-01-24T14:09:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T14:09:08","slug":"maserati-merak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/cars\/maserati-merak\/","title":{"rendered":"Maserati Merak"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Maserati Merak was the result of the Three Pronged trident’s problematic and unlikely collaboration with Citroen.<\/p>\n

It was conceived as an ‘entry level’ supercar that could take the Maserati Bora<\/a>‘s successfully brutal formula, tone it down a bit with Citroen bits and bobs – and make it more accessible to every day people.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately during the early to mid seventies Citroen’s finances went to disarray and the plan never really worked out. Still, Mr Giugiaro penned a lithe reinterpretation of the Bora’s lines for the 2+2 setup of the new car – and a quad-cammed V6 was designed to slot in behind the seats.<\/p>\n

An SS version was introduced too – to fight off competition from Ferrari’s similarly conceived Dino 308 GT4<\/a> – which pushed power to 300HP.
\nThere’s something briliant about these blue collar superstars – and to this day you can pick them up for relatively reasonable prices. The perfect weekend indulgence and passion project we think.<\/p>\n\n\t\t