Maserati 430

The Maserati 430 is a four-door saloon of the Biturbo family, presented in December 1987 and offered until 1992. It succeeded the Biturbo 425 and was the four-door version of the 222 E coupe, with both models meant mainly for sale outside Italy. Its body, the work of the former Pininfarina designer Pierangelo Andreani, resembled the contemporary four-door BMW 3 Series, and it was reworked in 1991 with a front end that recalls the Shamal and sold as the 430 New Look. A more powerful four-valve variant, the 430 4v, was sold from 1991 to 1994. Despite the name, its engine was a 2.8 litre unit rather than a 3.0 litre one, a twin-turbo V6 of 2,790 cc with an aluminium block, IHI turbochargers and Magneti Marelli fuel injection, rated at 225 PS (165 kW) with a catalytic converter and 250 PS (184 kW) without. Maserati built 995 of the 430 and the 430 New Look together.