• Landmark Maserati model • First owned by Hermann Postert • 34,147 kilometres from new • Full service history • Belgian registered * Please note that this car will be available for viewing by prior appointment in Belgium.

Having spent the preceding decade trying to compete with BMW in the medium-size sports saloon market, with a handful of coupés and cabriolets thrown in for good measure, in 1998 Maserati emphatically re-embraced its noble traditions by introducing a stunning all-new Gran Turismo – the 3200 GT.

The luxury coupé was styled by ItalDesign, headed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, whose previous work for the Modenese manufacturer had included, among others, the Ghibli, Bora and Merak.

As well as reconciling all the usual competing requirements of aerodynamics, all-round performance, safety and passenger accommodation, ItalDesign had to produce a car that was recognisably a Maserati.

The design team succeeded brilliantly in creating a look that emphasised continuity with Maserati...