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Created on March 18, 2025

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Bruno von Rotz

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - integrated roll bar

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - you can cruise with it ...

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - ... or even speeding around bends, ...

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - ... The open-top Maserati is up for anything

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - likes country roads

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - the front differs little from its predecessor, the 3200 GT

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - compact convertible

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - no lack of propulsion

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - a joy to shop with

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - a design characterized by curves

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - the rear end has a different design to the Coupé

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - significantly shorter wheelbase than the Coupé

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - the interior looks dignified and of high quality

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - fine leather wherever you look

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - shifting is done at the steering wheel

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - large main instruments, easy-to-reach shift paddles

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - classic round instruments

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - Center console with info screen and telephone keypad

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - many buttons for the infotainment system

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - even the gearbox type is noted on the dashboard

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - the fact that you are dealing with a Maserati is also clear under the hood

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - beautiful engine construction

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - Design under the hood

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - Maserati lettering on the V8 engine

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - this is how beautifully you can disguise gas flows

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - the V8 comes from Ferrari, but has been thoroughly redesigned

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - Chassis badge

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - Color code

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - Information sticker under the hood

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - the trident is omnipresent

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - the trademark of Maserati

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - Trident on the radiator grille

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - Headlights with cleaning function

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - the popular seven-spoke 18-inch wheels

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - V8 hint on the flank

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - Giugiaro and not ItalDesign is written on the flank

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - large Maserati lettering at the rear

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - large rear lights, while the fans mourned the boomerang lights

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - gone are the boomerang lights, replaced by large rear lights

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Maserati Ghibli (1966) - side view of a very early model

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Maserati Ghibli Spyder (1970) - the Spyder at an exhibition

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Maserati 3200 GT (1999) - thanks to a wheelbase of 2.66 meters, the coupé offered space for four adults

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Maserati 3200 GT (1999) - Metallic paints dominated the range

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Maserati 3200 GT (1999) - the trunk lid only goes up to the rear window

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Maserati 3200 GT (1998) - with the famous boomerang LED tail lights

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Maserati 3200 GT (1998) - was often ordered in shades of blue, gray or silver

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Maserati 3200 GT (1998) - Design by Giorgetto Giugiaro

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Maserati Spyder (2003) - the automatically opening soft top

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Maserati Spyder (2001) - also available in bright colors

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Maserati Coupé (2004) - after the facelift, with modified radiator grille

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Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa (2003) - three-quarter view

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Summary

Compared to the 125 Maserati Ghibli Spyders of the late sixties, the Maserati (4200) Spyders were produced in large numbers at the beginning of the new millennium. In reality, however, only just over 4000 were built over a period of six years. They were celebrated as the first real Maseratis for a long time and had an almost magical naturally aspirated V8 engine under the hood. This driving report tells the story of the Maserati Spyder and shows it in many pictures and in the sales literature.

This article contains the following chapters

Multiple handovers
Transitional model
"Ferrari inside!"
The certain difference
Independent design
Praised and criticized
Between the fronts
Built for six years
More cruiser than racer?
Shift gears yourself or let it shift?

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The difference in price today between a Maserati Ghibli Spyder from the late 1960s and a Maserati Spyder from the 2000s is enormous, but there are still more parallels between the two models than one would generally think. For example, both convertibles have a four-liter naturally aspirated V8 engine under the hood, both are strictly two-seaters and in both cases it was Giorgetto Giugiaro who was the designer at the drawing board. But let's take a closer look! At the start of the new millennium, Maserati could already look back on a very long and always turbulent history as a car manufacturer. Founded in 1914, Maserati switched from building racing cars to road-going sports cars at the end of the 1950s.

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