Maserati 200S

The Maserati 200S, also called the Tipo 52, is a sports racing car that Maserati introduced as the successor to the A6GCS, with twenty-eight cars made in total. Development began in 1952 under Vittorio Bellentani, and the car used a 2.0 litre inline-four light-alloy engine with twin camshafts, rated at 190 PS at 7,500 rpm, in a tubular chassis from Gilco that Maserati modified. Its first five aluminium bodies were made by Celestino Fiandri and the last twenty-three by Medardo Fantuzzi. The car debuted at the 1955 Imola Grand Prix with disappointing results, and in 1956 a 200S won a race outright. A 1957 variant, the 200SI, was built to meet international sports car rules, and the 200S was in turn replaced by the larger-engined 250S.