Maserati does not build many cars like the Maserati 350S: a 2-door barchetta with 3.5-litre I6, built from 1955 to 1957 at the height of the post-war boom. Its designer of record is Medardo Fantuzzi.
How it came about
Maserati 350S refers to a series of three racing cars made by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati, built by Giulio Alfieri, with an aluminium body designed by Medardo Fantuzzi, both Maserati engineers. The 350S was built to experiment with a new straight-six engine while a new V8 engine was being developed at the factory.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 3.5-litre I6. The gearbox is a 5-speed manual. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Maserati's history is not in doubt: the Maserati 300S came before it; the Maserati 450S followed it; it was built at Modena, Italy. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the Nissan Skyline. Its Maserati stablemates include the Maserati 150S and the Maserati 200S.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Maserati 350S — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.