{"id":78590,"date":"2021-08-25T10:25:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T10:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=78590"},"modified":"2021-09-02T08:42:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T08:42:01","slug":"maserati-quattroporte-ii-frua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/maserati-quattroporte-ii-frua\/","title":{"rendered":"Maserati Quattroporte II Frua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the Quattroporte, which was offered from the end of 1963, Maserati opened up a completely new business segment: that of sporty sedans. The Italian brand got the idea from a number of US customers who wanted a suitable everyday vehicle to go alongside their sports cars. This was to have similar driving performance and a great design if possible. Despite the high financial risk of developing a vehicle for a very small customer group that would only buy a few units, Maserati finally decided to go ahead with production. The chassis of the 5000 GT with a wheelbase extended by 15 centimeters served as the basis. Based on the technical principles of the V8 engine from the 5000 GT, a new proper plant was created with 260 hp from 4.1 liters of displacement. Later, the engine grew to 4.7 liters. A total of around 770 units rolled off the production line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citro\u00ebn modernized the Maserati model range<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Although the Quattroporte<\/a><\/strong> was thus more successful than originally thought, there was no direct successor. This was mainly due to the fact that Maserati and the overarching Orsi Group increasingly ran into financial difficulties from the mid-1960s. In 1968, Citro\u00ebn took over the sports car brand and modernized the model range. New models such as the Merak and Bora were to be produced in larger numbers and thus bring fresh money into the coffers. A successor model to the Quattroporte with Citro\u00ebn technology (for example, hydropneumatic suspension as in the DS) didn’t make its debut until the fall of 1974 as the Quattroporte II. At that time, however, the French car brand wasn’t doing well financially either. In 1975, Peugeot took the helm and sold Maserati to Alejandro de Tomaso. Finally, in 1979, the Quattroporte III<\/a><\/strong> appeared, which was technically based on the De Tomaso Deauville.<\/p>\n\n\n

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