The Maserati 3200 GT is a 2-door 2+2 coupé from Maserati, built from 1998 to 2002, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. Under the bonnet: 3.2 . Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign / Enrico Fumia at Centro Stile Lancia (interior) drew it.
The story
The Maserati 3200 GT (Tipo 338) is a four-seater grand tourer produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati from 1998 to 2002, replacing the Shamal as the flagship grand tourer of the marque. The luxury coupé was designed by Italdesign, whose founder and head Giorgetto Giugiaro previously designed, among others, the Ghibli, Bora and Merak. Interior design was commissioned to Enrico Fumia and completed by 1995. 4,795 cars were produced before it was replaced by the Maserati Coupé.
What is underneath
Power comes from 3.2 . It weighs 1590 –. It shifts through a 6-speed Getrag / Getrag 226 Manual transmission / manual / 4-speed Drivetrain Systems International#M72LE / BTR M72LE Automatic transmission / automatic. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2660 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Maserati Shamal / Maserati Ghibli (AM336); its successor was the Maserati Coupé; assembly was at Modena, Italy. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Ford Focus, the Peugeot 206, the Lexus IS — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Maserati catalogue sit the Maserati 150S and the Maserati 200S.