Maserati 2.24v

The Maserati 2.24 v is a two-door sports coupe of the Biturbo family that Maserati of Italy sold in Italy from 1988 and built until 1993; the name points to its 24 valves. It joined the 222 as a particularly powerful model, taking the place of the earlier Biturbo Si, while the 222 had only three valves per cylinder. In autumn 1988 Maserati presented a four-valve version of the 2.0 litre six-cylinder engine, the Tipo AM 475, with two overhead camshafts per bank, which raised the output from 220 PS in the regular 222 to 245 PS at 6,250 rpm and gave a top speed of more than 230 km/h. The body of the 222, reworked by Marcello Gandini from Pierangelo Andreani's design, was painted in two colours with black anodised trim and a standard rear wing, and for the 1991 model year the 2.24 v II took the front of the Maserati Shamal and lost the two-tone paint. The 2.24 v was for Italy only, its four-door counterpart was the 4.24 v, and the Racing of 1991 was based on it. In all 1,147 were built, 254 of them 2.24 v II.