{"id":460638,"date":"2005-12-01T14:00:46","date_gmt":"2005-12-01T22:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=77339"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:45:32","slug":"maserati-birdcage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/maserati-birdcage-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Racecar? Maserati Birdcage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In terms of greatest racecars of all time, clearly, Mercedes had some extremely innovative cars like the one Moss drove in the Mille Miglia [300SLR\u2013Ed]. Then Jim Hall came along with some of the first winged cars and, of course, Colin Chapman first developed the underbody down force cars\u2014that was a big advancement, as well. But, I was fortunate back when I drove to have driven, I think, what was the best of the front-engine sports racecars, which was the Birdcage Maserati. It was great because it was lightweight and balanced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I liked the Birdcage because it suited my driving style and it basically didn\u2019t break\u2026the frame would occasionally break little welds, but it was a solid little racecar built with some Formula One components. I think it was surprisingly quick for what it was\u2014a four-cylinder car.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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