Merak

In this specific project Giugiaro didn't have the chance to design a new car, but only to seek a new personality for what, as concerns design, was a simple restyling of the Maserati Bora. Just the rear end received significant modifications: in place of a high and powerful tail (Ghibli and Bora), Giugiaro designed a light rear where a thin pillar connects the far end of the roof to the tail section. This is a classic trait of the Turin designer: to heighten the structural member to a characteristic of shape. From the side, this graphic touch maintains the rear end's idea of continuity, while from behind it creates an unusual effect: the flat engine hood forms a right angle with the base of the rear window.