Maserati 5000 GT 103.60 by Frua was built for the Aga Khan (Aly's father). Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt.
The Trident’s Car for Kings
By Wallace Wyss
I think there’s a thing with rulers, heads of state, kings or captains of industry.
They don’t like to see the same car they are driving coming the other way.
It is, I think, to protect their reputation. If they have a one-off car, they don’t have to worry about someone saying ”Wasn’t that your such-and-such parked outside Fifi’s Massage last night?” Sort of like a Dior gown for a woman.
Anyway that’s my reasoning why there are so many variations on the coachwork of hand-built exotics. [Read more…] about Maserati 5000GT