Model featured:420/425

Maserati Biturbo

The Biturbo was a two-door, four-seater coupé featuring, as the name implies, a two-litre V6 engine with two turbochargers (of somewhat smaller dimensions than the BMW 3 Series cars of the time) and a luxurious interior.

Export versions came mainly with a 2.8 litre V6, while for Italy several two-litre high-performance versions were produced (to avoid the whopping 38% sales tax imposed at the time on cars displacing more than 2000cc).

All Maserati models from the Biturbo's introduction in 1981 until 1997 (except the Quattroporte) were based on the original Biturbo architecture, among them the four-door 420/425, the Spyder, the 228 and the later Shamal and Ghibli II.

Performance

1. power: 196bhp
2. top speed: 221km/h | 138mph
3. 0-100 kmh [0-60 mph]: [6.6 seconds]

Engine

1. capacity: 2491cc
2. cylinders: 6
3. configuration: V6

Other

1. production dates: 1981-1995
2. total produced: –
3. variants: in Coupe and Spyder form - 222, 228, 420, 422, 425, 430, Ghibli Primatist