Maserati A6

The Maserati A6 was a series of grand tourers, racing sports cars and single seaters that Maserati built between 1947 and 1956, named for Alfieri Maserati, one of the founding brothers, and for their straight-six engine. The first engine was a 1.5 litre straight-six called the A6 TR, for testa riportata or detachable cylinder head, based on the pre-war 6CM and producing 65 hp. It first appeared in the A6 Sport, a barchetta prototype developed by Ernesto Maserati and Alberto Massimino, which led to the A6 1500 berlinetta shown at Geneva in 1947. A 2 litre straight-six of 120 horsepower powered the A6 GCS two-seater, where G stands for ghisa, the cast iron block, and CS for corsa sport. The A6G were two-door coupes and spyders for the street, bodied by Pinin Farina, Frua, Ghia, Bertone, Allemano, Zagato and Vignale, and the series also included the single-seat A6GCM racing cars.