The A6’s lightweight and flexible compact engine was designed for racing. The displacement was therefore increased to 1978 cm3 under the management of Alberto Massimo, who combined it with a two-seater spider body under the name of A6GCS 2000 Sport.

Cleverly equipped with removable mudguards, it could easily run on the road or on the circuit and its only central headlight earned it its nickname "Monofaro". (Two other lighthouses could be added).

The off-center position of the lively 130hp 6 cyl allowed the center of gravity to be lowered and allowed 205 km / h at peak speed.

Victorious in her first outing in Modena at the hands of Alberto Ascari in 1947, she had 30 victories in all until 1953.

Based on the A6G/54, Zagato produced the most spectacular coupes with Alu bodywork, 20 in all, between 1955 and 56.

Special feature of this series: the grilles, bumpers, air intakes and embossing are different from one version to another.

An indicative table below will perhaps help you find your way ... or get lost!

These magnificent works of art are appreciated as
the most beautiful Maseratis of all ages ...

In 1959, Giulio Alfieri created a spectacular frame made of more than 200 tubes of small diameters welded together to give birth to the Tipo 60, nicknamed "Birdcage".

The innovative chassis design combined with the mechanical elements already proven by Maserati make it a formidable front-engined racing car. The 2-liter engine from the 200S delivered 200 HP and allowed 270 km / h! Its tilted position lowered the car's center of gravity and improved handling.

6 examples were built and they accumulated 55 race victories. From 1960, the Tipo 60 will evolve towards the Tipo 61 which will adopt a 3-liter engine producing 250 HP.

Based on the A6G/54, Zagato produced the most spectacular coupes with Alu bodywork, 20 in all, between 1955 and 56.

Special feature of this series: the grilles, bumpers, air intakes and embossing are different from one version to another.

An indicative table below will perhaps help you find your way ... or get lost!

These magnificent works of art are appreciated as
the most beautiful Maseratis of all ages ...

Another artist of Italian haute couture, Pietro Frua dressed 19 models of A6G/54 in 4 different bodies: Coupé and spider "short nose" and coupe and spider "long nose", modifying certain elements such as the grille, sometimes concave, sometimes convex .

The result is a series of models with refined elegance and sensual contours.

In 1979, De Tomaso offered the Quattroporte III, succeeding the very confidential generation 2 released under Citroën.

After futuristic tests (Medici), Giorgetto Giugiaro
designed a more statutory three-volume car presented at the 1979 Turin Motor Show.

It displays a very typical grille with a trapezoidal radiator
prominent and with 4 circled lights which will be the signature of future Maserati Biturbo.

The 4.2l and 4.9l V8s of 255 and 280 hp officiate and the particularly neat interior offers high tech features such as air conditioning, a bar, seats and electric mirrors

In 1985, Maserati presented the Spider version of the Biturbo.

Zagato will design the project on a base shortened by 114 mm compared to the sedan.

By remaining very close to the original of Andreani, he refines the front and creates there, as Maseramo Al likes to write, a "weapon of mass seduction for Latin-lovers"

On the engine side, we find the 2l and 2.5l biturbos already in existence. The Spyder will even be powered in 2.8l and will have 3 restylings during its career.

Two years after the coupe's release, the open-top version of the Granturismo was presented in Frankfurt in 2009. It will take the name of Granturismo Convertible for the USA and GranCabrio for the rest of the world.

Breaking with the tradition of the "Spider" (or spyder since the 4200) at Maserati, this is a convertible: it keeps the length of the chassis and the comfortable 4-seater cabin, thus preserving the line of the car signed Pininfarina.

Undoubtedly the most beautiful discoverable since the Ghibli Spider, the splendid line of the GranCabrio is further ennobled in the perfectly successful exercise of removing the top from a "Diva" !!!

The configuration of the "S Automatica" is chosen: V8 / 4.7l / 440 hp engine, ZF gearbox, Skyhook suspensions and 20-inch "Trident" rims.

The interior wrapped in leather, wood and metal invites you to travel ...

It was in 2004 that Maserati returned to international competition with a car designed by Giugiaro and developed in collaboration with Dallara: the MC12

The monocoque chassis made of carbon fiber and aluminum accommodates the V12 from the Ferrari Enzo, 6 liters for 630 hp at 7,500 rpm.
Ferrari, occupied by F1 gives way to Maserati to race in FIA GT.

50 examples of this wild beauty will be built and will win 22 races in this series and 3 in the 24h of Spa. It has won the FIA ​​GT championship five years in a row: 2006/2007/2008/2009 and 2010.

Despite this predestination for racing, the stradale version is approved for road and everyday driving.

The MC20 is the first car of the new era of Maserati, premium brand of the new Stellantis group resulting from the merger of FCA and PSA…

This 2-seater coupe with rear mid-engine, a V6 Bi-Turbo entirely designed and manufactured by Maserati, placed on an Alu/Carbon chassis from Dallara, is a real Supercar: 630 hp at 7500 rpm, 2.9 sec from 0 to 100 km/h and 325 km/h top speed!

It keeps the distinctive signs of the cars with the trident, such as the very pure general line, the radiator grille, it also incorporates new technical elements for its aerodynamics and its efficiency.

A real aesthetic success, it is also a formidable car that will be available in spyder and racing car.

The Cooper T51 is a single-seater entered in Formula 1 and Formula 2 in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It revolutionized motor racing with the use of the engine in the center-rear position. It allowed his team, Cooper Car Company to become world manufacturers' champion in 1959 and Australian Jack Brabham to become world drivers' champion the same year.
It was mainly equipped with Climax and Maserati engines. Here the miniature represents Roy Salvadori at the wheel of a COOPER-CLIMAXI at the 1960 Monaco GP

The Cooper T51 is a single-seater entered in Formula 1 and Formula 2 in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It revolutionized motor racing with the use of the engine in the center-rear position. It allowed his team, Cooper Car Company to become world manufacturers' champion in 1959 and Australian Jack Brabham to become world drivers' champion the same year.
It was mainly equipped with Climax and Maserati engines. Here the miniature represents Carel Godin de Beaufort at the wheel of a COOPER-CLIMAX at the 1960 Monaco GP.

This imposing rear-engine race car is the Maserati 5-liter V8-powered Cooper Monaco in which Roy Salvadori drove the last full season of his professional career. This is a pre-CanAm unlimited capacity Sport class car.

As Doug Nye wrote in his book "Cooper Cars" (Osprey, 1987): "This Atkins car was the ultimate Cooper Monaco. It had a reinforced tubular frame with a 20-gauge sheet steel undertray, riveted and welded in place Its independent coil-and-wishbone suspension followed contemporary F1 practice, except for outboard rather than inboard front coil/shock mounts. The Maserati V8 engine had a bore and stroke. of 94 x 89 mm, displacing 4941 cc and produced around 430 hp at 7000 rpm It was a powerful engine and with a heavy Colotti Type 37 gearbox and Mercedes SL derived half shafts. resided in the nose, in front of the regulation usable sized spare wheel, which required a 3 inch higher profile than normal in the nose body panels. The car made its racing debut unpainted at Silverstone, and little. after winning his first race at Whitsun Goodwood…”.

Citroën tried to make the purchase of Maserati profitable by presenting the SM in 1970, a sporty and luxurious coupe which embodies the new GT road car and which is equipped with Maserati's C114 engine (the engine of the Merak).

To support the marketing of this model, the competition department decided to enter the SM in competition and modified a short SM chassis by lightening it as much as possible and pushing the V6 to 250 hp.

It allowed some places of honor during its participations in African and European Rallies, in particular a 3rd place in the 1972 Rally of Portugal, the miniature of which I present to you here.