65 bhp, 1,488 cc inline six-cylinder single overhead-camshaft engine with Weber carburettor, four-speed gearbox, independent front suspension via wishbones and live axle rear suspension, and four-wheel hydraulic brakes.

Wheelbase: 2,550 mm 65 bhp, 1,488 cc inline six-cylinder single overhead-camshaft engine with Weber carburettor, four-speed gearbox, independent front suspension via wishbones and live axle rear suspension, and four-wheel hydraulic brakes.

Wheelbase: 2,550 mm Out of war-torn, late 1940s Italy came a surprising development: racing car builder Maserati, no longer family-owned, began producing road going cars for a high-end clientele.

The seven Maserati brothers had dwindled to just three by the time their racing firm was sold to Italian industrialist Commendatore Adolfi Orsi in 1937, but, notably, the remaining trio, composed of siblings Bindo, Ernesto, and Ettore, remained on hand for another decade.

Although it was their name that appeared on the doors to the Orsi-o...