Maserati Tipo 4CS 1500

The Maserati 4CS 1500 is a two-seat racing car that Maserati built from 1932 to 1936, a longer-wheelbase development of the 4CTR/4CS 1100. In 1935 it was updated with a revised exhaust system with raised side pipes and hydraulic brakes, and a lighter weight lowered fuel consumption to 20 litres per 100 km. Its engine was a supercharged four-cylinder in-line unit of 1,497.7 cc with twin overhead camshafts, a Roots compressor and 115 CV at 5,000 rpm, and it reached 170 km/h. The motorcycle racer Omobono Tenni won his class in the 1936 Mille Miglia with one. Six were built, with bodies by Menarini or by Campari and Somiotto; Giovanni Lurani bought two and Ulrich Maag of Germany one.