Maserati Biturbo

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Maserati Biturbo
Maserati Biturbo E
Overview
Manufacturer	Maserati
Production	1981–1994
Assembly	Coupé/Saloon: Modena, Italy (Maserati) Spyder: Terrazzano di Rho, Italy (Zagato)
Designer	Pierangelo Andreani (1977)[1] Marcello Gandini (1988 and 1991 facelifts) Giuseppe Mittino at Zagato (Spyder)
Body and chassis
Class	Grand tourer
Body style	2-door 2+2 coupé 2-door, 2+3 coupé (228) 4-door sedan/saloon 2-door convertible
Layout	Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Related	Maserati Shamal Maserati Ghibli (AM336) Maserati Barchetta Maserati Quattroporte IV Maserati Karif
Powertrain
Engine	2.0 L twin-turbocharged 90° V6 2.5 L twin-turbocharged 90° V6 2.8 L twin-turbocharged 90° V6
Transmission	5-speed ZF manual 3-speed automatic 4-speed ZF automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,514 mm (99.0 in) (coupé) 2,600 mm (102.4 in) (saloon, 228) 2,400 mm (94.5 in) (Spyder)
Length	4,150 mm (163.4 in) (coupé) 4,400 mm (173.2 in) (saloon) 4,040 mm (159.1 in) (Spyder) 4,460 mm (175.6 in) (228)
Width	1,710 mm (67.3 in) (coupé, Spyder) 1,730 mm (68.1 in) (saloon) 1,865 mm (73.4 in) (228)
Height	1,310 mm (51.6 in) (coupé, Spyder) 1,330 mm (52.4 in) (228) 1,360 mm (53.5 in) (saloon)
Chronology
Predecessor	Maserati Merak Maserati Kyalami
Successor	Maserati Ghibli (AM336) (Coupé) Maserati Quattroporte IV / Maserati Ghibli (M157) (Sedan)[2]

The Maserati Biturbo is a family of executive grand tourers produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati between 1981 and 1994. The original Biturbo was a two-door, four-seater notchback coupé (of somewhat smaller dimensions than the BMW 3 Series of the time) featuring, as the name implies, a two-litre V6 engine with two turbochargers and a luxurious interior.

The car was designed by Pierangelo Andreani, Chief of Centro Stile Maserati up to 1981, somewhat influenced by the design of the then recent Quattroporte III (penned by Italdesign Giugiaro).

All Maserati models introduced from the Biturbo's inception in 1981, until 1997, were based on variants of the original Biturbo architecture, including the later grand tourers like the Shamal and Ghibli II, as well as the 1994 fourth generation Quattroporte, which used an evolved and slightly stretched (to 2.65 m / 104.3 in wheelbase) Biturbo Saloon platform.

The Barchetta, while of a different layout entirely, used an ultimate version of the Biturbo V6 engine.