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autoevolution 11 Mar 2021, 19:54 UTC · by 18 photos Most people remember the two undisputed stars of the event, a yellow Lamborghini LP 500 prototype at its first public appearance and the magnum opus of the Miura lineage after five years of production, the SV. Often overlooked because of the two Raging Bulls, the Maserati Bora also had its birthday during the Swiss event. In fact, exactly 50 years have passed since the 11th of March 1971, when the Geneva Motor Show provided the stage for the unveiling of Maserati’s first mid-engine production car. Like other Maseratis of the era, such as the Mistral, the Bora was named after a wind. Volkswagen later used the name on a compact sedan, but the origin of the name is also from a wind found in areas near the Adriatic Sea. ....
Imagine this: it’s 1971, the second week of spring in the northern hemisphere. Apollo 14 landed on the Moon, Led Zeppelin performed its first public performance of ‘Stairway to Heaven’, and Maserati came out with its first rear mid-engined supercar, the Bora. Presented at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show on March 11, it was styled by Italdesign’s Giorgetto Giugiaro at the request of the Trident brand. The wedge-shaped bodywork was complemented by a set of pop-out headlights on top of the two rectangular air vents that formed the shape of the grille, separated by the Maserati logo. While the design was the work of Giugiaro, Giulio Alfieri carried out the engineering. The Bora featured independent suspension on all four wheels, a first for the Italian car brand, disc brakes and a five-speed gearbox made by ZF that was hooked up to a 4.7-liter V8. Mounted on a subframe installed on the monocoque, the engine produced 310 horsepower at 6,000 rpm, allowing the vehicle to max o ....