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Maserati unveiled the prototype Alfieri at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. The prototype is meant to preview a model produced to compete directly with the Jaguar F-Type and the Porsche 911.
Named after one of the founders of the brand, Alfieri Maserati, the new model can be seen as a substitute of the Granturismo. The Italian brand states that the car was inspired on the Maserati A6GCS road and racing cars of 1954, without being faced as a nostalgic or retrospective concept.
The Alfieri is based on 240mm shorter version of the Granturismo MC Stradale chassis. The vehicle is 4590mm long, 1930mm wide and 1280mm high and was developed to have a kerb weight lower than 1400kg.
The concept is packed with the same engine as the Granturismo, a V8 4.7-liter with 460hp and 520Nm of torque. The engine is combined with a semi-automatic MC Shift with a limited slip differential. According to Maserati, the vehicle has an optimized weight distribution with a slight rear bias and in addition receives carbon ceramic brakes and Brembo calipers. The dynamics of the car is complemented with exclusive 20 and 21 inches wheels inspired by the classic wheel design of the 50s.
The inside the 2+2 coupé was influenced by the GT 5000, being built around a central screen. The instrument panel has two digital gauges. The floor has a finish with a rusty steel material similar to what was used on racing cars of the 50s.
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At the turn from the 19th to the 20th century, the Maserati family integrated 6 brothers that were all somehow involved in automobile engineering and design: Alfieri, Bindo, Carlo, Ettore, Ernesto and Mario Maserati. They were initially in charge for the production of racing vehicles for the Diatto brand but when Diatto was suspended from racing, in 1926, the brothers decided to create their first Maserati car. Subsequently they formed the Maserati trademark. I... more