1966 Maserati Mexico 4.7 Coupe
Exhibited as a Vignale prototype at the 1965 Salone di Torino, the design that became the Mexico was sold after the show to Mexican president Adolfo López Mateos, lending the eventual production model its name. The coachwork was the work of Virginio Vairo, constructed over a damaged 5000 GT chassis.
When the production car debuted at Rimini’s Concorso Internazionale di Eleganza in August 1966, it arrived as a four-seat fastback coupe of composed proportions, with a leather interior, wooden dashboard and door cappings, and headlights recessed into chrome bezels in the front fenders.
The platform derived from the second-series Quattroporte but was shortened to sharpen handling. The Mexico also distinguished itself as one of the first production Maseratis fitted with four-wheel servo-assisted disc brakes.
In 4.7-liter form, the DOHC 90-degree V8 (fed by four twin-choke Weber carburetors) produced 290 horsepower, paired with a five-speed ZF gearbox as standard.
Of approximately 482 examples built through 1973, about 175 received the larger-displacement engine (the majority used a 4.2-liter V8), and the 4.7-liter version came fitted as standard with Borrani chrome wire wheels.
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