Maserati Zagato Spyder

Milanese stylist zagato handled the design s development while the bodies were assembled in turin before transportation to the maserati factory in modena for final assembly. Maserati to its credit instituted a dizzying series of running changes during the biturbo s lifespan in an effort to correct them.

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Top performances and open top driving fun were again combined in the biturbo spyder which was the first open maserati since the ghibli spyder more than twelve years earlier.

Maserati zagato spyder. The biturbo family was extremely successful at exploiting the aspirational image of the maserati nameselling 40 000 units. 1987 maserati spyder absolutely stunning and cool little 87 maserati biturbo spyder zagato. Bodies for the spyder were still produced by zagato near milan.

The export model received the larger 2 8 litre engine replacing the previous 2 5 litre unit. In 1987 the year our feature car was produced maserati only offered the biturbo as a spyder for our shores again with zagato bodywork. Zagato builds the spyder and assembly quality appears to be high especially inside which is just as well as the price of just under 29 000 puts the car indisputably into serious luxury territory alongside such heavyweights as the mercedes sl and the jaguar xj s v12.

Back then it was the first production car with a biturbo engine aspiration layout and was considered revolutionary for its time. In 1983 and 1984 the range was extended to include saloons the 425 and 420 and a cabriolet the zagato bodied spyder respectively on a long and short wheelbase biturbo platform. Development for the body was done by zagato near milan while the bodies were assembled in turin before transportation to modena where the mechanical parts were added.

The maserati biturbo zagato spyder began life when maserati commissioned zagato to create the spyder version of the biturbo and the zagato creation was shown at the turin motor show in 1984. Top performance and top down driving fun were features of the biturbo spyder the first open maserati since the ghibli spyder more than 12 years earlier. It is 100 original and untouched with just over 45 000 miles.

I purchased this car with the intent of getting it back on the road but i am no longer able. The zagato spyder was made to be a two seater sports car and its wheelbase was 4 shorter than the biturbo coupé at 95 2 4m. The maserati zagato spyder is based on the well known biturbo coupe model that was presented in modena and started production back in 1981 with the spyder starting production in 1984.

This car is fully loaded from its cd player and blaupunkt speakers to the leather interior. These cars could be recognised by its 15 inch alloy rims compared to 14 rims for the original model and redesigned rounder front and rear bumpers.

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