The Maserati 8CM is a car from Maserati, built from 1933 to 1935, when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together. Under the bonnet: 3.0 . The total made was 19.
The background
The Maserati 8CM is a Grand Prix race car produced by Italian manufacturer Maserati in Bologna between 1933 and 1935. The car mounted a three-litre straight-eight cylinder engine, 2,991 cc from a 69 x 100 mm bore and stroke, maximum power was around 220–240 hp (162–177 kW) at 5,500 rpm. The drum brakes measure 400 mm in diameter. The chassis had been derived from that of the 4CM 1100, which proved to be too light and was subject to flex; the situation improved when driver Tazio Nuvolari asked for a strengthening at the front while the weight was reduced from 785 to 750 kg.
The car debuted at the Tunis Grand Prix in 1933 and also won the 1933 Belgian Grand Prix, driven by Nuvolari. In 1934 and 1935, however, it struggled to match the pace of the Alfa Romeo, Mercedes and Auto Union, and was replaced by the 6C 34 and the V8RI model.
The engineering
Power comes from 3.0 . It weighs 750-785 kg. It shifts through a 4-speed manual. 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 2560 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Maserati 8C; its successor was the Maserati 6C 34. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Chevrolet Suburban, the Bugatti Type 57, the British Motor Corporation Austin 12/4 — show what else the money bought that year. Its Maserati stablemates include the Maserati 150S and the Maserati 200S.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Maserati 8CM — 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.