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Maserati Mistral

Field	Value
name	Maserati Mistral
image	1967 Maserati Mistral Coupe - silver - fvr (4637057473) cropped.jpg
caption	1967 Maserati Mistral
manufacturer	Maserati
production	1963–1970
968 produced
aka	Maserati 2 Posti
Maserati 4000 GT
designer	Pietro Frua
class	Grand tourer
layout	Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
body_style	2-door, 2-seat coupé
2-door, 2-seat spyder
engine	3.5 L I6 (petrol)
3.7 L I6 (petrol)
4.0 L I6 (petrol)
transmission	5-speed ZF manual
wheelbase	2,400 mm
length	4,500 mm
width	1,675 mm
height	1,300 mm
weight	1,430 kg (dry)
predecessor	Maserati 3500 GT
successor	Maserati Ghibli
sp	uk

968 produced Maserati 4000 GT 2-door, 2-seat spyder 3.7 L I6 (petrol) 4.0 L I6 (petrol)

The Maserati Mistral (Tipo AM109) is a 2-seat gran turismo produced by Italian car manufacturer Maserati between 1963 and 1970. The successor to the 3500 GT, it was styled by Frua and bodied by Maggiora of Turin. A total of 844 coupés and 124 Spyders were built.

Named after a cold northerly wind of southern France, it was also the first in a series of classic Maseratis to be given the name of a wind. The Mistral was succeeded by the Ghibli gran turismo, which overlapped production from 1967 on.

History

The Mistral is the last model from the Casa del Tridente (“House of the Trident”) to have the company's renowned twin-spark, double overhead cam straight six engine. Fitted to the Maserati 250F Grand Prix cars, this engine won eight Grand Prix between 1954 and 1960 and the F1 World Championship in 1957 driven by Juan Manuel Fangio. The engine featured hemispherical combustion chambers fed by a Lucas indirect fuel injection system, a new development for Italian car manufacturers. Maserati subsequently moved on to V8 engines for their later production cars to keep up with the demand for ever more powerful machines.

Three engines were fitted to the Mistral, displacing 3500, 3700 and 4000 cc and developing 235 bhp at 5500 rpm, 245 bhp at 5500 rpm and 265 bhp at 5200 rpm, respectively. Only the earliest Mistrals were equipped with the 3500 cc, and the most sought after derivative is the 4000 cc model. Unusually, the body was offered in both aluminium and, from 1967, in steel, but no one is quite sure how many of each were built. The automobile was equipped with a standard five-speed ZF transmission and four-wheel solid disc brakes. Per Maserati practice, the front suspension was independent and the rear solid axle. Acceleration from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) for both the 3.7- and 4.0-liter engines was around or just under 7 seconds, and top speed approximately 140 mph to 145 mph. When leaving the factory the car was originally fitted with Pirelli Cinturato 185VR16 CA67, then later 205VR15 tyres (CN72) on Borrani wire wheels. Only the Spyder received the 3500 engine; just 27 were made, along with 46 3.7 L and 51 4.0 L Spyders. 20 of the spyders built were right hand drive.

The body was designed by Pietro Frua and first shown in a preview at the Salone Internazionale dell'Automobile di Torino in November 1963. It is also often confused with the very similar looking but larger and more powerful Frua designed AC 428.

Model	Coupé	Spyder
3500	3	27
3700	387	46
4000	454	51
Total	844	124

Gallery

File:Maserati Mistral 4000 red vr.jpg|4000 Coupé File:1967 Maserati Mistral Spyder.jpg|1967 Spyder File:Maserati Mistral 4000 Spider 1X7A7867.jpg|4000 Spyder File:Maserati (4890003196).jpg|Interior

References

Enrico's Maserati Page - The Maserati Mistral

References

Info: Wikipedia Source

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