Cabriolet
Coachwork: Frua
Chassis #: 2180
Engine #: 2146
The Maserati inline 6-cylinder engine grew to a two-liter displacement size in 1950. The resulting A6G 2000 continued to use single-overhead cam valve actuation of the original A6, while a more powerful sports-racing A6 GCS built for competition applications utilized a dual-overhead-cam. The A6G 2000 road was updated four years later, becoming a second series, with its engine based on the competition car's detuned Formula 2 motor. The A6G 2000's gear-driven chain was replaced with a triple-timing chain, and a finned light-alloy dry-sump replaced the former wet-sump lubrication. Approximately 60 examples were built in two series through 1957. Horsepower was rather impressive, rated at 160 bhp giving the car a top speed of 115 mph.The majority of the coachwork was completed by Allemano for the A6G/54, sixteen examples wore coachwork by Carrozzeria Frua (including six coupes and ten spiders). They often were given two-tone paint schemes with a contrasting hood stinger.
This particular example is one of the first of nine Frua-bodied spiders built on the third series of the A6G 2000 (the second series of A6G/54). Two coupes were also built on the third-series platform.
In June of 2016, the car returned to the United States.
By Daniel Vaughan | Oct 2017
Cabriolet
Coachwork: Frua
Chassis #: 2180
Engine #: 2146
This is the prototype for the third A6G/54 series, which consisted of just ten cars. It differed from its peers with a dash that matched the exterior color of the car and it did not have a decorative plate behind the gauges. In recognition of its significance, the car was featured in several magazines in 1957, including MotorTrend, Quattroroute, Classic Cars International, Auto d'Epoca, Automobilism and Routeclassic. From 2003 through 2008, this Maserati underwent a painstaking restoration - overseen by Dr. Adolfo Orsi, whose family owned Maserati - and in 2014, it was invited to the 100th-anniversary celebration of Maserati at the Museo Enzo Ferrari in Modena. At the close of the exhibition, the car went back to Autosport, was stripped to bare aluminum and re-dressed in its original colors. It returned from Italy to the United States in June 2016, and has enjoyed the stewardship of its current owner since 2020.
1956 Maserati A6G-54
Maserati
2020 Gooding : Geared Online
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $2,000,000-USD $2,750,000
Sale Price :
USD $1,892,000
2017 Bonhams : Quail Lodge
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $3,200,000-USD $3,600,000
Lot was not sold
1956 Maserati A6G-54 Auction Sales
Recent Sales of the Maserati A6G-54
(Data based on Model Year 1956 sales)
1956 MASERATI A6G/54 SPIDER Chassis#: 2180 Sold for USD$1,892,000 2020 Gooding : Geared Online | ![]() ![]() |
1956 Maserati A6G/2000 Berlinetta Zagato Chassis#: 2124 Sold for USD$4,515,000 2018 RM Sothebys : Monterey | ![]() ![]() |
1956 Maserati A6G/54 Berlinetta Chassis#: 2186 Sold for USD$4,400,000 2017 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach | ![]() ![]() |
1956 Maserati A6G/54 Coupe Series III by Frua Chassis#: 2181 Sold for USD$2,365,000 2017 RM Auctions : Amelia Island | ![]() ![]() |
1956 Maserati A6G/2000 Coupe Chassis#: 2147 Sold for USD$1,045,000 2015 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach Concours | ![]() ![]() |
1956 Maserati A6G 2000 Gran Sport Berlinetta Frua Chassis#: 2140 Sold for USD$2,290,513 2015 Rétromobile by Artcurial Motorcars | ![]() ![]() |
1956 Maserati A6G/2000 Coupe Chassis#: 2165 Sold for USD$715,000 2015 Gooding & Company - Arizona | |
1953 Maserati A6G/2000 Spyder by Frua Chassis#: 2190 Sold for USD$2,530,000 2013 RM Auctions - Monterey | ![]() ![]() |
1956 Maserati A6G-2000 Coupe Chassis#: 2126 Sold for USD$383,848 2012 Bonhams - Collectors' Motor Cars and Automobilia | |
1956 Maserati A6G/2000 Competition Berlinetta Chassis#: 2137 Sold for USD$1,108 2010 RM Auctions - Automobiles of London | |
1956 Maserati A6G/54 Berlinetta Chassis#: 2117 Sold for USD$429,000 2010 Gooding and Company - Scottsdale Auction | ![]() ![]() |
1956 Maserati A6G/2000 Coupé Chassis#: 2125 Sold for USD$476,692 2007 RM Auctions - Automobiles of London | |
1956 Maserati A6G/2000 Berlinetta Chassis#: 2147 Sold for USD$188,121 2006 Bonhams - Exceptional Ferrari and Maserati Motor Cars | ![]() ![]() |
1956 Maserati A6G2000 Zagato Coupe Sold for USD$467,500 2003 Monterey Sports and Classic Car Auction | |
1956 Maserati A6G 2000 Zagato Coupe Sold for USD$396,000 2002 Monterey Sports and Classic Car Auction |
Maserati A6G-54s That Failed To Sell At Auction
1956 Maserati A6G-54's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
Vehicle | Chassis | Event | High Bid | Est. Low | Est. High |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 Maserati A6G/54 Coupe | 2140 | 2021 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach Concours Auction | $2,500,000 | $3,250,000 | |
1956 Maserati A6G/54 Berlinetta | 2155 | 2018 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach | $4,300,000 | $4,600,000 | |
1956 Maserati A6G/54 Gran Sport Spider Coachwork by Frua | 2180 | 2017 Bonhams : Quail Lodge | $3,200,000 | $3,600,000 | |
1956 MASERATI A6G/2000 COUPE ALLEMANO SPECIALE | 2013 ARTCURIAL MOTORCARS À RÉTROMOBILE | ||||
1956 Maserati A6G2000 Berlinetta Coupe | 2003 Monterey Sports and Classic Car Auction | $135,000 |
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