Maserati does not build many cars like the Maserati Medici: a 4-door fastback saloon with 4.9 L DOHC V8, built from 1974 to 1976 as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. Its designer of record is Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign.
The story
The Maserati Medici is a concept car developed by the Turin design firm Italdesign for Maserati. Two slightly different models, the Medici I and the Medici II were produced in 1974 and 1976. The design was led by Giorgetto Giugiaro. The Medici's design had an influence on numerous other production vehicles in the 1970s. The Medici was named after the Florentine family of the same name, renowned for their power and patronage of the arts during the Renaissance.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 4.9 L DOHC V8. The gearbox is a 5-speed + reverse Manual transmission. 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. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Maserati's history is not in doubt: it was built at Italy. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Lamborghini Countach, the Jeep Cherokee, the Volkswagen Scirocco. Nearby in the Maserati catalogue sit the Maserati 150S and the Maserati 200S.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Maserati Medici has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.