The last Citroën-era V8
The Khamsin combines Marcello Gandini's glass-tailed Bertone body with a 4.9-litre quad-cam V8 and Citroën hydraulics. For collectors, specification and hydraulic health come before colour or mileage.
Market value · road
$130K–$240K
Typical $180K · 6 sales · -34% vs ’21–’23
Market & Price
A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.
Records: 1975 Khamsin · AM120-US 1046 — $154,000 · RM Sotheby's Monterey · 2016; 1977 Khamsin · AM120/US/1140 — $137,500 · Gooding & Company Scottsdale · 2018. 17 documented road sales on file · 2006–2026.
Compound annual growth
| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | +197.2% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | +24.2% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | +4.4% | +13.3% | +11.8% |
*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends
Deepest drawdown · model window
Forecast ladder · model quantiles
| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +6M | $152K | $184K | $223K |
| +12M | $144K | $188K | $245K |
| +24M | $135K | $196K | $286K |
Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice
17 of 17 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record
Originality and a rare factory colour supported the 2016 result. A later five-speed car sold below its low estimate, showing that rarity alone does not set the price.
Floor
$130K
Typical
$180K
Ceiling
$240K
Estimate band for good road cars. 6 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.
Band and axis shown in USD. Sale positions use indicative fixed-rate conversion to USD; sale readouts retain recorded currencies. Indicative range for complete road cars. European bumpers, correct hydraulics, five-speed specification and documented mechanical work can move an example within or beyond it.
Road record
$154,000
1975 Khamsin · AM120-US 1046
RM Sotheby's Monterey · 2016
Road record
$137,500
1977 Khamsin · AM120/US/1140
Gooding & Company Scottsdale · 2018
Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.
Published auction totals are recorded as shown by each venue. No currency conversion has been applied.
Overview
Bertone presented the Khamsin form at the 1972 Turin show, and production began in 1974. It was Maserati's first series-production design by Bertone, drawn by Marcello Gandini.
Giulio Alfieri retained the 4.9-litre quad-cam V8 and front-engine layout, but the chassis changed substantially. A unitary body, rear subframe and independent rear suspension replaced the older Ghibli formula.
Citroën high-pressure systems powered the steering, brakes, clutch, headlamp pods and driver's seat. Production continued through ownership changes and ended in 1982. Maserati's current archive gives 430 cars; Gooding's 2018 catalogue used 421, illustrating the surviving count dispute.
Reference
The records
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Cars built
Maserati factory count; some auction catalogues use 421
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Factory power
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Factory top speed
HICON BID
A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Maserati Khamsin file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.
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The vault
You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.
The variants
The register separates the Khamsin into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.
European012 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard
The hands
The people whose work shaped the Maserati Khamsin.
Body designer
Drew the Khamsin's low wedge, asymmetric bonnet vents and transparent rear panel for Bertone.
Engineering director
Led the Khamsin's engineering programme, combining the 4.9-litre V8 with a unitary body, independent rear suspension and Citroën hydraulic systems.
