The first generation of the Maserati Quattroporte was built between 1963 and 1969 and wore styling by the Turinese coachbuilder Pietro Frua who used the Maserati 5000 GT built for Prince Karim Aga Khan as design inspiration. Construction was handled by Italian coachbuilder Vignale and power was from a 4.1-liter eight-cylinder engine delivering 260 horsepower and backed by a five-speed ZF manual transmission or a three-speed Borg-Warner automatic. 230 examples were built by 1966 when the Series II was introduced, incorporating dual headlights already used on the U.S. model, a redesigned interior, and a leaf-sprung solid axle. A larger 4.7-liter engine replaced the 4.1-liter version in 1968, offering nearly 290 horsepower. Production continued until 1969, with the second generation of the Quattroporte following several years later, in1 975.
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Chassis #: AM121 002
Engine #: 0A02917
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Auction entries : 2During the intervening years between the first and second generation, Maserati built two special examples of the Quattroporte for important clientele. The first of the two Prototipo examples (chassis number 002) built by Frua was shown to the public at the Paris Salon in October of 1971 where it was presented by Juan Manuel Fangio and rested on Frua's stand. It was later shown in 1972 at Geneva and at the Trophé des Journaliestes in Monaco prior to the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix, once again at Paris in 1973, and at the Salón Internacional del Automóvil de Barcelona in 1973. It appeared in Barcelona once more in 1974. Chassis number 002 later went to the King of Spain, who acquired it directly from Frua. The second example, chassis number 004, was sold by Maserati to the Aga Khan in 1974.
by Daniel Vaughan | Oct 2020
Sedan
Chassis #: AM121 002
Engine #: 0A02917
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Auction entries : 2
by Daniel Vaughan | Oct 2020
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