Maserati Barchetta Stradale

The Maserati Barchetta is a mid-engine racing car, like the 350 and 450S, that was designed by Carlo Gaino of Synthesis Design, an Italian design house.
The Barchetta was designed and developed for the one-make racing series Grantrofeo Barchetta which was held in 1992 and 1993 throughout Italy and Europe. It featured sixteen races in total, most of them in Italy. The Barchetta had a backbone chassis made of aluminium which was unusual for a Maserati automobile for a time considering that the cars offered by Maserati had a steel unibody construction. It had a Formula 1 suspension geometry and body panels made of carbon fibre which resulted in a total weight of 775 kg. The Barchetta was one of the last Maserati models built under De Tomaso ownership....