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Bella rossa bianca - The Maserati A6G/54 Spider from 1956 by Pietro Frua

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Created on August 3, 2017

Reading time 5min

Written by:

Stefan Dierkes

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Trevisio, Turin (I) - Archiv Roberto Rigoli, Turin (I)

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - gekonnte Linienführung von Pietro Frua

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - unverkennbar ein Maserati

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - für die Fünfzigerjahre sehr moderne Linienführung

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - elegantes Cabriolet

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - mit schicker Zweifarbenlackierung

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - in Bewegung

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - der Dreizack ist gut sichtbar

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - elegant und sportlich

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - früher Sportwagen aus der Rennwagen-Manufaktur

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - auch geschlossen eine Schönheit

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - Interieur in Rot und Weiss

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - klassische Rundinstrumente von Jaeger

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - Fondsitzbank - für Notfälle

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - Reihensechszylinder mit zwei Litern Hubraum

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - Typenschild

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - Wartungsempfehlungen

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - Reserverad im schön ausstaffierten Kofferraum

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - aufgenommen nach der Fertigstellung

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - aufgenommen nach der Fertigstellung, mit geschlossenem Dach

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Maserati A6G 54 Spider (1956) - ein Meisterwerk der Eleganz von Pietro Frua

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - historische Aufnahme

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - Motor der schnellen Zweiliter-Maserati-Sportwagen

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Maserati A6G/54 2000 Frua Spider (1956) - 2008 am Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, am Steuer John F. Bookout

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Summary

With the Maserati A6G 2000/54, the Italian racing and sports car manufacturer from Modena also received recognition from sports car drivers. Beautiful bodywork and an engine with around 125 hp provided the basis for this. Pietro Frua bodyworked ten of these A6G/54s with spider bodies. Number 1 is being auctioned by Bonhams in Quail Lodge. The car could become the most expensive vehicle ever sold by the famous coachbuilder. This report documents the interesting car and shows it in historical and current pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Model history
The A6G Longnose Spider
Chassis #2180 and its origins
Chassis #2180 and its history
Award-winning
Back on the open market for the first time in 18 years
Further information

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

On August 18, 2017, the first of the ten Maserati A6G/54 Spiders built by Pietro Frua will be auctioned off at Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction. It could become the most expensive vehicle ever sold by the famous coachbuilder. Maserati took a long time to get into the production of production sports cars as well as racing cars. The first model, the 1500 Gran Sport (Tipo A6, where A stands for the company co-founder Alfieri and 6 for the number of cylinders), built from 1946 to 1950, proved to be too weak with its 65 hp 1.5-liter engine and only 61 units were built with a Pinin Farina Coupé body - with the exception of one Zagato Coupé.

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