Maserati Biturbo 425

The Maserati Biturbo 425 and the 425 i are four-door saloons that Maserati of Italy had in its range from 1983 to 1988. Maserati built them on the technology of the two-door Biturbo coupe, and the 425 was the first four-door type of the Biturbo series, to which weaker and stronger variants were added later. It used the platform of the 1981 coupe with the wheelbase extended by 85 mm to 2,600 mm, a length later also used for the 228, and was about 100 kg heavier than the coupe. Pierangelo Andreani, formerly of Pininfarina, designed the body, which resembled the four-door BMW 3 Series. The engine was a V6 with an aluminium block and a 90 degree bank angle, of 2,490.9 cc, with two IHI turbochargers; a Weber carburettor was used until 1985 and from 1987 Magneti Marelli electronic injection was available, and the output was 203 PS (149 kW) by the factory figure. Only the engines were made at Modena, while the bodies and the assembly were done at Innocenti in Lambrate. In all 2,372 of the 425 and 425 i were made, and a 425 i appeared as the car of the villain Franz Sanchez in the James Bond film Licence to Kill.