1961 Maserati 3500 GT Vignale

In the early ’50s, Maserati had shown they were a force to be reckoned with in international racing. Their engines grew in size from 2-liter in the A6GCM to 3.5-liters in the beautiful and potent 1955 350S.

Maserati had known as early as the ’40s that they could produce Grand Touring machines—the 1947 A6 1500, the 1951 A6G 2000 and the 1954 A6G/54—but their total output was a mere 12 cars a year. Not something you could call serious production.