MASERATI · MASERATI KARIF · Cars
Genuinely rare — only 14 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 76% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Disappearing at about 1 a year (4.3% of survivors). At that pace roughly 11 would remain in 5 years, and half the current fleet is gone by around ~2041.
The Maserati Karif (Tipo AM339) is a luxury coupé produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati between 1988 and 1991. It was designed to be luxurious, but also sporty and agile to allow the driver to "feel like a racing driver again or for the first time". At the car's unveiling, Alejandro de Tomaso declared a very limited production run of 250 examples. In the end, only 221 units were sold over the time the car was built. Production dates are not entirely clear, but the last cars were sold late in the summer of 1992, long after they had been built. In a throwback to Maserati's earlier...
As of 2025 Q4, 14 MASERATI KARIF were still registered in the UK — 3 licensed and on the road, plus 11 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The MASERATI KARIF is genuinely rare, with only 14 left, making it rarer than 76% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of MASERATI KARIF on UK roads held steady. At the current rate of decline, roughly 11 would remain in 5 years.
Most MASERATI KARIF run on petrol — about 100% of those still registered.
The MASERATI KARIF peaked at 16 registered in 2022 Q3, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.