Thanks to radical new concealed headlights, the avant-garde Maserati Ghibli cut a real dash compared to its original two-seat GT rival: the more classically-styled Ferrari 275 GTB/4. Deliveries…
Read MoreTo style the body and interior for its new front-engined Grand Tourer that would effectively replace the outgoing Ghibli and Mexico, Maserati turned to Bertone, a design studio at the height of its…
Read MoreUnlike the more numerous Touring-styled 3500 GT Coupe, Maserati’s open top variant of the theme was based on a short wheelbase chassis with coachwork by Vignale. In typical Vignale…
Read MoreFollowing on from the original A6 GCS which since 1947 had proven an enormously successful mount for the popular under two-litre Sports car class, Maserati produced an improved Series 2…
Read MoreMaserati unveiled its first true wedge-profiled production car, the Khamsin, at the Paris Motor Show in October 1973. Impressively, chief Bertone stylist, Marcello Gandini, had incorporated all…
Read MoreAlthough the Touring-bodied 3500 GT and GTi ranked as arguably the most handsome 2+2 Grand Tourers on offer during the late 1950s and early 1960s, Maserati elected to commission Carrozzeria…
Read MoreTwo and a half years after the original Merak had been launched (at the Paris Motor Show in October 1972), Maserati unveiled a much-improved version to replace it. Dubbed the Merak SS…
Read MoreHaving exclusively produced cars for competition use since 1926, Maserati decided to expand into the lucrative market for road-going passenger vehicles following the conclusion of World War 2.
Read MoreWhen it debuted in prototype form at the Turin Motor Show in October 1966, there was nothing on the market to compare with Maserati’s new Tipo 115 Ghibli. Styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro over at…
Read MoreSoon after the Ferrari Enzo had been launched, parent company Fiat gave the green light for a GT1 racing version to be developed. However, instead of being badged as a Ferrari, the new machine…
Read MoreLaunched at the Paris Motor Show in October 1954, the A6G/54 was Maserati’s Grand Touring version of the second generation A6GCS sports racing car (often dubbed the A6GCS/53) which had proven…
Read MoreLaunched at the Turin Motor Show in October 1966, the Maserati Tipo 115 Ghibli was a rakish two-seat Coupe styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro at Ghia. Under the skin it was very much in the traditional…
Read MoreBuyers for super high end Grand Tourers in the early 1960s needed to look only in one place: Italy. Between them, bitter rivals Ferrari and Maserati had the market for truly customisable 160mph-plus…
Read MoreIn its first full season of competition (2005), Maserati’s MC12 secured both the FIA GT Manufacturers’ and Teams’ titles. Of the four FIA GT Championship races that fell to the MC12 in 2005, undoubtedly…
Read MoreIn a similar fashion to the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR which was a sports racing version of the W196 Formula 1 car, Maserati’s 300 S was heavily derived from the fabled 250F. Built around a tubular…
Read MoreWhile upstarts Lamborghini and De Tomaso threw themselves into the market for large displacement mid-engined cars at the earliest opportunity, Ferrari and Maserati took a more…
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