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The Maserati Shamal (Tipo AM339) is a two-door grand touring coupÃ© produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati from 1990 to 1996. In keeping with an established Maserati tradition, it is named after a wind: shamal (Arabic for 'north'), a hot summer wind that blows in large areas of Mesopotamia. With its newly developed twin-turbocharged V8, the Shamal was Maserati's flagship grand tourer, topping the lineup of V6-engined Biturbo coupÃ©s in both performance and price. The Shamal was introduced on 14 December 1989 in Modena, when Maserati president and owner Alejandro de Tomaso showed it to the press. It was the last model announced under the De Tomaso ownership: in January 1990, half of debt-plagued Maserati was acquired by Fiat S.p.A. The Shamal was designed in collaboration by Marcello Gandini and Maserati's own Styling department. The Shamal used a traditional front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and an all-steel unibody construction.