Maserati Indy

The Maserati Indy was one of the Italian car manufacturer Maserati from 1969 to 1975 produced four-seat sports car. It was the last Maserati, which has been developed and presented before the acquisition of the site by Citroën.

The Indy, so named in honor of the two Maserati victories at the 500-mile race at Indianapolis, which of course predated the years 1939 and 1940, Maserati showed the first time at the Turin Motor Show in 1968 as a prototype with a body of Alfredo Vignale.

The production version debuted at the Geneva Motor Show 1969. The Indy was based on the platform of the Maserati Ghibli with a 5 inch extended to 2600 mm wheelbase. The body structure Maserati broke new ground: The structure was first designed to be self -supporting. Conventional - and outdated in eyes of many testers - was the rear axle, which was unchanged from the Ghibli. The fastback body was spacious; she offered four adult passengers more or less comfortably. The aerodynamic qualities of the car were gratifying - and significantly better than the top model Maserati Ghibli, which is initially parallel to the Indy in the program. Secondary or successive versions were offered:

  • Maserati Indy 4200: 4.2 liter eight-cylinder, 260 hp ( after measuring the TÜV: 230 hp DIN ); available from 1968 to 1971
  • Maserati Indy 4700: 4.7 liter eight-cylinder, 290 PS; available from 1971 to 1973
  • Maserati Indy 4900: a 4.9-liter eight-cylinder, 320 PS; available from 1972 to 1975.

As standard, the Indy was equipped with a five-speed transmission from ZF Friedrichshafen; either a three -speed automatic transmission from Borg-Warner was available.

The good aerodynamics was a major reason that the Indy was initially equipped only with the " small " 4.2- liter version of the eight-cylinder with a larger and more powerful engine, the Indy would have achieved better performance than the more expensive Maserati Ghibli. Only when the production of Ghibli expired, Maserati Indy also equipped with more powerful versions of the in-house eight-cylinder engine.

In the summer of 1970 Auto Motor und Sport tested an Indy 4200 Here a top speed of 247 km / h was determined, slightly more than the competitive model Ferrari 365 GT 2 2. ; the acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h completed the Indy 4200 in 8.2 seconds. The conclusion of the tester was: " Most sports cars are either four seats or beautiful, the Indy 's both. ".

The market positioning of the Indy was unclear. Its production coincided both with the Maserati Mexico as well as the Maserati Ghibli and the Maserati Mistral; All three models are available in parallel for several years. However, the Indy should the other three models survive, so that in any case he indirectly took over its successor.

The Indy was seven years - 1968 to 1975 - built with largely unchanged body. During this period all versions of total 1104 copies. The Indy was therefore one of the most successful Maserati models.

Swell

  • Cancellieri, Gianni et al. (Ed.): Maserati. Catalogue Raisonné 1926-2003. Automobilia, Milan 2003. ISBN 88-7960-151-2
  • Tabucchi, Maurizio: Maserati. All Grand Prix, Sports and GT cars from 1926 to today. Heel Verlag, King Winter 2004. ISBN 3-89880-211-6
  • Lange, Hans -Karl: " The Maserati Other Italian sports car. ". 1.Auflage Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-552-05102-3.
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