As an imperial request from the Shah of Iran, the 5000 GT was built by Maserati as their flagship model. It combined Maserati's standard chassis with the potent 4.5-liter V8 from the 450 sports race car. Bodied by the best coach builders in Italy, this model became the best Grand Tourer on the market. Famous owners included Fiat-boss Giovanni Angnelli, Briggs Cunningham and King Saud of Saudi Ara...

4CS was Maserati's first sports car intended for the 1100cc class at the Mille Miglia. These little endurance racers were designed from the successful straight-eight grand prix cars which the Maserati brothers used to found their company. They continued the firm's success by winning class victories at the Mille Miglia in 1932, 1934, 1935 and '36.

This unique car has an offset driving position. The driver sits just right from the center of the car.

Built to contest the 1957 World Sportscar Championship, the 450 S was the biggest threat to Jaguar, Ferrari and Aston Martin. At the forefront of its competitor's minds was the awesome 400 bhp V8.

The 430 was launched in 1987 to be sold alongside the 425 at first, before finally replacing it from 1989. It was equipped with the new 2.8-litre fuel-injected engine of the 228, and as such was intended primarily for export markets. The power output reached 250 hp without catalyst exhaust system, and 225 hp with it wherever required by local regulations. The top speed exceeded 240 km/h, with the ...

Just two years after the Biturbo had been launched, Maserati introduced a foor-dour variant based on a longer (2600mm) platform, which maintained the same styling. With the Quattroporte competing in a higher segment, the 425 marked a new entry for the Trident in a competitive market for fast luxury sedans of contained dimensions.

The 422 was introduced in 1988 in replacement of the 420. In fact, it replaced all previous versions of the 420 family at one fell swoop, including the 420Si which gave it its mechanicals.

Introduced contemporaneously with the 420, the sportier 420 S saw its power output raised by 25 HP to reach an already impressive 210 HP. This increase was due in great part to the use of a twin air-to-air intercooler, the presence of which was given away by two NACA ducts on the bonnet.

The 420 was launched in 1985, two years after the 425. It was simply the same car overall, only with the 2.0-litre V6 in place of the 2.5-litre unit. This model was meant primarily for the Italian market, where cars with engines over 2 litres of capacity were heavily taxed by the government during the 1980s. 2810 were produced in just two years, the model being upgraded in 1986 with an injection ...

As early as 1983, Maserati introduced a four-door branch in the Biturbo family tree, which followed a parallel evolution to the coupé and Spyder, without interfering with the more upmarket Quattroporte range. Thus in 1990, the 4.24v. mirrored the 2.24v. as a saloon alternative, exploiting the latest 4-valve per cylinder, 4 overhead camshafts evolution of the V6 engine.

This car was a combination of the 2.24v drivetrain and engine with the 422 body.

Ten years after the introduction of Maserati’s first road car, it was this very model that effectively achieved the marque’s transition from racing car to road car manufacturer. A total of 2,226 3500 GT coupés and convertibles were built between 1957 and 1964.

Spyder became the official designation for foreign markets as of 1961. Master coachbuilder Alfredo Vignale of Turin won the contract to produce the open-top version of Maserati´s first full-production GT car. The car’s styling – penned by Giovanni Michelotti – differed from that of the Touring coupé with a slightly more angular and muscular design language. Touring had also proposed a drop-top ver...

The main feature of the package was the adoption of an intelligent electronic damping system allowing automatic adjustment of each individual gas damper depending on the level of vertical and lateral acceleration. Processing data from a set of sensors, the suspension automatically adjusted up to 14 different settings. Traction control could be turned off.

The elegant four seater coupé was styled by Italdesign, whose founder, Giorgetto Giugiaro, had already penned the classic Ghibli, Bora, Merak, Quattroporte III and several one-off Maseratis. The 3200 GT’s 104.8 inch wheelbase was just a centimetre longer than that of the Quattroporte IV, which explains its class-leading cabin space. The 3200 GT shared the saloon's twin-turbo 3.2 litre V8, revised ...

Replacing the A6GCS series, Maserati had engineer Vittorio Ballantrani prepare a new car to stay on pace with competition from the similarly powered Ferrari Monza, Jaguar D-Type and Mercedes-Benz SLR . The initial idea was to use an engine similar to the successful Maserati 250F Grand Prix car in a A6G-like sports car chassis, but both elements required significant modifications.