Maserati A6G / 54 2000 Spyder '1956 Design Frua
Maserati A6G / 54 2000 Spyder
Maserati A6G / 54 2000 Spyder
All cars ever produced by Maserati bear the trident symbol - one of the symbols of Bologna. In 1914, Alfieri Maserati and his brothers founded Officine Alfieri Maserati in this city.
At first, they were engaged in the production of auto parts, but in 1926 they created a racing team and began to build high-speed cars for the Grand Prix.
Design Maserati A6G / 54 2000 Spyder
The Maserati A6G 2000 replaced the first production Maserati model, the A6 1500 (1947-1950). As the name implied, it featured an inline 6-cylinder engine increased from 1488 cm3 to 1954 cm3. The letter "G" for Ghisa meant the aluminum cylinder block was cast iron, but the head design remained the same: one overhead camshaft controlled two opposing valves on each cylinder. With three Weber carburettors, power increased to 100 hp.
Design Maserati A6G / 54 2000 Spyder
To strengthen the driving rear axle, the springs had to be abandoned in favor of longitudinal semi-elliptical springs. On a chassis with a wheelbase of 2550 mm, bodies from different ateliers were installed.
Design Maserati A6G / 54 2000 Spyder
The spyder bodies Frua designed for the Maserati A6G chassis rank among his loveliest creations. Depending upon the angle from which they are viewed, they appear either crisply tailored or boldly muscular, with subtle creases through the flanks setting off slightly kicked up rear fenders and rounded body sides that seem to flow down and tuck under the chassis. Small bumperettes in the front and rear give the impression of sporty lightness, opening up the deeply scooped grille and cupping the famed Maserati trident. In many ways, the design resembles the famed AC Ace and Shelby Cobra, which it happened to predate it. One has to wonder who inspired whom.
Under the hood Maserati A6G / 54 2000 Spyder
It is believed that three of these Spyders were built, of which one was fitted to A6GCS chassis 2054 and delivered to dealer Guglielmo Dei, of Rome, who delivered it to an American client in early 1954. Importantly, this was the only Frua Spyder mounted to a genuine A6GCS car; the other two were mounted on A6GCS chassis, but they were engineered with the more street-friendly A6G/54 engine.
Interior Maserati A6G / 54 2000 Spyder
The car was fitted out with a striking chromed side exhaust, emerging like a dragon’s tongue from behind the front wheels and becoming a flicker of silver down the body on the driver’s side. Reminiscent of earlier Maserati racing cars, it added an additional element of drama to the design, the sort of touch that made Frua bodies stand out from the crowd, and it continues to do so today.
Design Maserati A6G / 54 2000 Spyder
If art is long and life is short, as the Greek philosophers told us, then it is fitting that the vast majority of Pietro Frua’s creations have outlasted his four-decade career as one of Italy’s most renowned coachbuilders. Delightfully diverse in a way that few designers ever are, Frua laid out automobile bodies that were both calm and outrageous, curved and crisp, and stately and sensual. He dressed everything from Ferraris to Rolls-Royces, with the only common cue between his designs being an eye for proportion and a flair for the dramatic, which, ranging from car to car, could be pronounced or delicate.
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Maserati A6G / 54 2000 Spyder '1956 Design Frua
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