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Year:2002 Mileage:46125
Location:

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States
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I'm sad to say that it has come time for me to pass on this great car to a new owner, unfortunately due to recent sholder surgery I can no longer drive a manual :( 

vin # ZAMBB18A920006027

 

This 2002 Maserati Spyder GT has been a blast to own. With its 4.2 Liter V8 engine putting out 400hp , coupled with a 6 speed manual gear box makes for a very fast and fun car to drive. Its distinctive look with large chrome trident front emblem gets a tone of looks where ever I go. This car has been very well maintained has low miles (46,000) with recent service. Over the summer I replaced the intake manifold gaskets, the mass air flow sensor, new secondary air pump, new oxygen sensors, new front and rear brakes with cross drilled rotors, new alternator , new battery and new front shocks. This car is equipped with the cold weather package so it does have heated seats, power windows, locks, power mirrors, a/c blows cold, convertible top works properly, xenon head lights, navigation and cd changer. This car is also equipped with the skyhook adaptive suspension which allows the car to corner like a dream. I did modify the exhaust and it truly does sound like an F1 car going down the street, not too loud but definitely has a nice low rumble on start up and acceleration ! I also did have some carbon fiber stripes installed on hood and trunk lid along with some nice carbon fiber wrap on the bottom skirts with the Maserati Spyder GT Emblem. Paint is clean, metallic black with a nice deep rich shine to it and next to no blemishes! only has one small door ding on the passenger door which is hardly noticeable, the interior is dark charcoal leather and is in great condition with no rips or tares! Never been in any accident, completely clean car history ! I have listed it as a no reserve auction so please only bid if you have the funds to purchase if you win. Happy Bidding! and I will leave you with a review on the car from when it first came out from road and track magazine ! Enjoy!

 

Modena, Italy — Old rivals, hardened from decades of battle on the racetrack and in the marketplace, laid down their swords when purchased Maserati in September of 1997. This March, the storied marque with the trident logo makes its return to U.S. with the 2-seat Spyder after an 11-year absence.

The new profits heavily from synergies with Ferrari on engineering, production and distribution fronts, though Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo was quick to point out the differences: "If you want an extreme car — extreme in terms of drive, performance, design — you have to buy a Ferrari. If you want a sports-car attitude, GT, more comfortable, not extreme but sport, you have to buy a Maserati." At which point he urges the waiters at Il Cavallino, the famous trattoria on Ferrari's Maranello grounds, to speed up delivery of pasta and truffles. "I'm talking about a sports car, and we have to show that even in the kitchen we have a sports car!"

Built in a thoroughly modern factory — inside the original brick structure that was Maserati's Modena home after its move from Bologna in 1939 — the is a serious performance car that uses the 3200 GT as a jump-off point. From that base, much has been changed, starting with an all-new 4.2-liter 90-degree V-8 that's 1.2 in. shorter and 44 lb. lighter than the 3200 GT's engine, despite an additional liter of displacement. Lubrication of the aluminum/silicon engine is via dry sump, and the Formula 1 experience shows with three scavenge pumps and one pressure pump, packaged with the water pump, in a neat bundle on the side of the engine. Roller chains drive four camshafts, the intakes under the control of a variable timing system, actuating four valves per cylinder via bucket tappets with built-in lash adjusters. Output is an impressive 390 bhp at 7000 rpm, with peak torque of 333 lb.-ft. at 4500 rpm.

Drive is taken through a small-diameter twin-disc clutch, and then through a driveshaft running in a torque tube that rigidly connects the bellhousing to the rear-mounted 6-speed transaxle. And that's where Cambiocorsa (Italian for "race change") comes into play. Developed by Magneti-Marelli and fine-tuned by Maserati, the system uses twin paddles behind the steering wheel for hydraulically actuated shifts in 0.25 second (the actual gearchange, without the clutching and de-clutching, takes place in a scant 80 milliseconds). A conventional 6-speed transaxle will also be available in the Spyder GT.

A tour of the assembly line allowed us to view the entire drivetrain before it was mated to the chassis, complete with steel subframes to which elegant aluminum links and forged aluminum hub carriers attach. A large Brembo brake disc and 4-piston fixed caliper caps off each double-wishbone corner. There are a suspiciously large number of electrical leads coming off each front hub — the usual ABS wheel-speed sensor, perhaps one for brake pad wear — but the third lead is for an accelerometer for the Skyhook adjustable damping system. With a total of six accelerometers — on the body, each front hub and the right rear strut — the system's computer can compare the motions of both chassis and suspension and quickly adjust the damping accordingly. A console-mounted switch gives the options of Normal and Sport baselines, settings that also affect shifting aggressiveness.



Read more: http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-reviews/first-drives/maserati-spyder-cambiocorsa#ixzz2jhWTW1b3

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