The Maserati V8 engine family is a series of 90°,

four-stroke A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either directio ...

naturally-aspirated A naturally aspirated engine, also known as a normally aspirated engine, and abbreviated to N/A or NA, is an internal combustion engine in which air intake depends solely on atmospheric pressure and does not have forced induction through a turboc ...

(later

turbocharged In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases. It uses this energy to compress the intake air, forcing more air into the ...

V8 engine A V8 engine is an eight- cylinder piston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration. Origins The first known V8 was the Antoinette, designed by Léon Levavasseur, a ...

s, designed, developed and built by Italian manufacturer

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for almost 45 consecutive years. A racing variant first appeared in 1939, with the V8RI, and a road-going version was later introduced with the Maserati 5000 GT in 1959, and later ending with the

Maserati 3200 GT The Maserati 3200 GT (''Tipo 338'') is a four-seater grand tourer produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati from 1998 to 2002, replacing the Maserati Shamal, Shamal as the flagship grand tourer of the marque. The luxury coupé was des ...

, in 2002. The engines ranged in

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from , and production continued until 2002. It was later succeeded by (but not to be confused with) the Ferrari-Maserati engine; a separate engine, completely designed, developed and produced by

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, but used in several Maserati models.

Applications

* Maserati V8RI (4.8L) * Maserati 5000 GT (4.9L) *

Maserati 450S The Maserati 450S (Tipo 54) is a racing car made by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati for participating in FIA's endurance World Sportscar Championship racing. A total of nine were made. Development of the 450S started in 1954 under the c ...

(4.5L) * Maserati Ghibli (4.7L AM 115 or 4.9L AM 115/49) *

Maserati Bora The Maserati Bora (Tipo AM117) is a two-seat, rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive sports car and grand tourer, manufactured by Maserati from 1971 to 1978. In common with other Maserati cars of the era, it is named after a wind, Bora being the w ...

(4.7L AM 107.07 or 4.9L AM 107.16) * Maserati Quattroporte I (4.1L AM 107 or 4.7L AM 107/1) * Maserati Quattroporte III (4.2L AM 107.21 or 4.9L AM 107.23) * Maserati Indy (4.2L AM 107, 4.7L AM 107/1 or 4.9L AM 107/49) * Maserati Mexico (4.2L AM 107 or 4.7L AM 107/1) *

Maserati Kyalami The Maserati Kyalami (Tipo AM129) is a four-seat Grand tourer, GT coupé produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati from 1976 to 1983. The car was named after the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in South Africa, where a Maserati-powered Coop ...

(4.2L AM 107.21.42 or 4.9L AM 107.23.49) *

Maserati Khamsin The Maserati Khamsin (''Tipo AM120'') is a grand tourer produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati between 1974 and 1982. The Khamsin was sold alongside the DeTomaso-based Maserati Kyalami - also a V8 GT car - between 1976 and 1982. F ...

(4.9L AM 115.10.49) *

Maserati Shamal The Maserati Shamal (''Tipo AM339'') is a two-door grand touring coupé produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati from 1990 to 1996. In keeping with an established Maserati tradition, it is named after a wind: shamal (Arabic for ‘no ...

(3.2L twin-turbo AM 479) *

Maserati Quattroporte IV The Maserati Quattroporte () is a four-door full-size luxury sedan produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati. The name translated from Italian means " four doors". The production of the sixth generation ended in late 2023, with the ...

(3.2L twin-turbo AM 578) *

(3.2L twin-turbo AM 585)

References

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