Maserati 150 GT

The Maserati 150 GT was a prototype sports car that Maserati produced in 1957, derived from the four-cylinder 150S race car as a singular road-going example with spyder bodywork. It was created to replace the A6 lineage of road cars, under chief engineer Giulio Alfieri, as a sports car that could be sold in meaningful numbers to wealthy customers in the image of the Porsche 550 Spyder. Medardo Fantuzzi built the lightweight aluminium bodywork, mainly inspired by the work of Pietro Frua, and the car had a convertible soft top. Its slightly detuned 1,484 cc four-cylinder engine, codenamed 4CF2, gave 130 PS. It remained a one-off factory prototype because production would have been too complex and expensive as Maserati moved toward the 3500 GT, and it was later sold to the British Maserati agent and, after restoration, by Gooding and Company in 2013.