The Maserati Bora - a #blogpost

There was only one star of the 1971 Geneva Motor Show- a stunning new mid-engine supercar on the Maserati stand expertly designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro. The Bora was the first car produced by the Italian firm since it had been bought by Citroen in 1968 and accurately reflected by the way supercar design was moving- away from the traditional front engine layout and towards the mid engine concept.
DeTomaso had its Mangusta, Lamborghini had the Miura and now it was Maserati’s turn.

The Bora had a monocoque chassis made of steel with a separate steel rear subframe to which the transmission and engine were mounted. This layout resulted in a 42:58 weight distribution contributing to good handling characteristics and also reduced vibrations into the cockpit. The steel body panels were produced in Modena by Officine Padane and although the suspension was the conventional wishbones with coil springs, shock absorbers and anti-roll bars front and rear, this was the first time Maserati used a fully independent rear suspension setup.
The braking was also a first, inherited from Citroen, and used high-pressure hydraulics to operate the ventilated disk brakes. Those same hydraulics also powered the clutch, the pop-up headlights and, most interestingly, the pedal box, consisting of the clutch throttle and brake assemblies, which could be moved forward and back in relation to the drivers seat.

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