{"id":6034,"date":"2020-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/maserati-mistral-spyder-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-09T11:44:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T11:44:13","slug":"maserati-mistral-spyder-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/maserati-mistral-spyder-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maserati Mistral Spyder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the early 1960s, Maserati began development work on a successor model to the 3500 GT under the project code AM 109, based on the Jaguar E-Type, which was presented in Geneva in 1961 and was greeted enthusiastically by potential customers. Under the direction of technical director Giulio Alfieri, a completely new chassis was developed with a tubular steel frame made of rectangular tubes, to which a box frame was attached at the rear. Suspensions were taken from the previous model, but the wheelbase was about 20 centimeters shorter. Above this, Pietro Frua in Turin created a coup\u00e9 bodywork with vertical headlights in flared fenders, a cooling air opening below the chromed front bumper and a rising side window line typical for Frua designs. Inside, the car initially only offered space for two people. In later model years, Maserati added two extra emergency seats in the rear at customer’s request. The new model made its debut at the 1963 Turin Motor Show as the ‘3500 GTI 2posti’. Eventually the sports car went into production with this name. It wasn’t until three years later, in the middle of production, that the model name was changed to Mistral, which was suggested by the French Maserati importer Colonel John Simone in reference to the wing of the same name blowing in the Rh\u00f4ne Valley. This marked the beginning of a tradition that continued until the 1990s, under which Maserati models were given names of famous winds.

The engines and chassis of the 3500 GTI 2posti\/Mistral were built directly at Maserati in Modena. Then the chassis were loaded onto trucks and transported to Carrozzeria Maggiora in Turin, where the bodies were produced and then joined to the chassis. Then the cars were loaded back on trucks and delivered back to Modena to the Officine Padane. There they received their paintwork, windows, electrics and interior fittings. Back at Maserati, the engines, gearboxes, brakes and suspensions were finally installed. This type of production was complex and therefore cost-intensive. However, it was retained when the two-seater Spyder variant was added to the range in 1965, parallel to the coup\u00e9. Both body variants were offered by Maserati until 1970, but their popularity among customers declined significantly from 1966 with the introduction of the Ghibli, which was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro. As a result, only 828 coup\u00e9s and 123 Spyder were produced.<\/p>\n\n\n

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