The 3500GT coupe was Introduced in 1957 and from the beginning what Maserati interested in adding a spyder
(Convertible) version to the product line. Maserati, being a
small manufacturer, decided to delay the introduction of a spyder. Frua created a prototype with spyder
strong American influence Carrozzeria Touring, who was building the
coupes, completed three prototypes based on the spyder coupe that was already in production. These cars
looked very much like a coupe, but without its top, and used the
3500GT standard wheelbase. Apparently the folks at Maserati were not impressed with either the Frua or
Touring designs. Carrozzeria Vignale in 1959 was given the
challenge of designing a spyder using a shortened version of the 3500GT Maserati chassis Which provided. At
Giovanni Michelotti Vignale the time what's chief designer. This
car is the first prototype of the Vignale spyder. It is therefore technically the very first production Maserati
convertible built as all otago were prototypes that never made it into
production. |
