Maserati Tyres

Maserati Tyres

Maserati Bora

The Maserati Bora was equipped with 205/70x15 front tyres and 215/70x15 rear as standard. Click 205/70x15 or 215/70x15 for details.

Maserati Ghibli Tyres

The Maserati Ghibli was equipped with 205VR15 Pirelli Cinturato™ tyres as standard. Click 205x15 to see the options available for your Maserati Ghibli.

Maserati Indy

The Maserati Indy was equipped with 205VR14 tyres as standard. Click here to see the options available for your Maserati Indy.

Maserati 4200 Tyres

The Maserati 4200 was equipped with 205VR15 tyres as standard. Click here to see the options available for your Maserati 4200.

Maserati 3500GT Tyres

The Classic Maserati 3500GT origianally fitted a 185x16. Click here to see the options available for your Maserati 3500GT. We recomend the Pirelli Cinturato™ or the Michelin Pilote X for this car.

Maserati 3500GT History

The classic Maserati 3500 GT is a 2 door coupe made by Maserati of Italy, the classic Maserati 3500 GT was the Italian company's first attempt of breaking into the GT (Gran Turismo) market, and the first time Maserati had started a large volume production.

The most successful Classic racing car for Maserati was the Maserati 250F. It was introduced in 1954 and with some famous racing drivers Maserati established a force in racing. As Maserati were profiting from success in racing they introduced a de-tuned version of the Maserati 250F into the classic Maserati 3500 GT.

The Classic Maserati 3500 GT was produced from 1957 through to 1964 making 2000 examples. The vehicle was designed by the famous Carrozzeria Touring gathering many styling cues from the legendary Maserati A6G54 coupe. The classic Maserati 3500GT is seen as a saviour for the Maserati company. Proir to Maserati producing the Classic Maserati 3500GT the company had produced only 140 cars in a ten year span. Maserati found them selves panicking as racing and competition had drained nearly all there funds. So Maserati becoming a mass producing company and the widely accepted classic Maserati 3500GT saved the company and allowed for Maserati to continue it's racing efforts with the design and development of the famous Maserati classic Birdcage design.

In March of 1957 the Maserati 3500GT was unveiled to the public at the Geneva motor show. Two classic prototypes were shown; one was designed by Touring and the other by Allemano, the Classic touring design was a 2+2 coupe. This classic design was the one that was selected by Omer Osri for production. There were little modifications made to the Maserati 3500GT before production the headlights,radiator grill, and the dash board but the rest stayed un changed.

Over the Maserati 3500GTs production life span,many improvement's were made. In 1960 front disc brakes became standard also in this year the four speed gear-box was replaced by ZF five speed gearbox. In 1961 Maserati made it standard fit to have disc brakes on all wheels. In 1962 Maserati added the lucas fuel injection system which gave another 15 hp!!

Under the bonnet was a 3.5 liter double over head cam (DOHC) straight six equipped with three side draft two barrel carburettors giving the classic Maserati 240 BHP and could acheive 145mph.

For an unbiased view of the 16" tyres available, please click here for an article which appeared in the Maserati Club magazine.

Maserati 5000GT Tyres

The Maserati 5000GT was equipped with 205VR15 Pirelli Cinturato™ tyres as standard. Click 205x15 to see the options available for your Maserati 5000GT.

Maserati 5000GT History

Maserati 5000 GTs were made from 1959 to 1965 by Maserati of Italy.

The first car in the Tipo 103 series, was the Scia of Persia, delivered to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had been impressed by the classic Maserati 3500. He commissioned Maserati's chief engineer Giulio Alfieri to utilize a slightly modified 5-litre engine from the classic Maserati 450S on Maseratis 3500GT's chassis. Carrozzeria Touring developed the superleggera tubing and aluminum body of the two-seater coupe.

In 1960 the classic engine got some modifications and received a displacement of 4940cc with a bigger stroke and a smaller bore; in the new configuration engine developed 340 bhp!!. After three bodies by Touring, the main body partner since 1960 became Carrozzeria Allemano which did 22 of the cars. Other builders were Pietro Frua who produced 3, Carrozzeria Monterosa that produced 2 of the classics, Pininfarina who stylishly produced just 1, Ghia also made 1, Michelotti made1 and last but not least Bertone also made 1. At least one cassic convertible Allemano was made.

Maserati Mistral Tyres

The Classic Maserati Mistral origianally fitted a 185x16. Click here to see the options available for your classic Maserati Mistral. We recomend the Pirelli Cinturato™ or the Michelin Pilote X for this car.

Maserati Mistral History

The classic Maserati Mistral, named after a cold northerly wind of southern France, was the successor to the iconic 3500 GT, it was also the first in a series of classic Maseratis to be given the name of a wind. It was offered both in Coupe and Spider form. 830 classic Maserati coupes and 120 classic Spyders were built in total.

The Mistral is the last model from the 'Casa del Tridente' or 'House of the Trident' to have the famous straight six cylinder, twin-spark, double overhead cam engine, as fitted to the classic racer Maserati 250F Grand Prix cars that won 8 Grand Prix between 1954 and 1960 and one F1 World Championship in 1957 driven by the famous Fangio. The engine also featured hemispherical combustion chambers and was fed by a Lucas indirect fuel injection system which was novelty at the time for Italian car manufacturers. Although the Lucas fuel injection system enhances performance and added 15hp, quite a few owners, especially in the United States have converted their cars to Weber carburetors due to difficulties in tuning the system properly. Maserati subsequently moved on to the bigger V8 engines for their later production cars.

There were three engine variants fitted to the Mistral; 3500, 3700 and 4,000 cc. The most sought after derivative is the 4000 cc model. Only the earliest of the classic Maserati Mistrals were equipped with the 3500 cc engine. Unusually, the body was offered in both aluminium and steel but no one is quite sure as to how many of each were built. Use of the aluminium body panels had no effect on the performance of the Mistral. The mixture of the aluminium body on a steel substructure can lead to corrosion (almost all Italian cars have this feature) due to the dissimilar metals. The classic Maserati Mistral was standard with a five speed gear box from ZF and also had four wheel disc brakes. As was Maserati's practice at the time the front suspension was independent while the rear made due with a solid axle. the top speed was around 140 mph to 145 mph.

For an unbiased view of the 16" tyres available, please click here for an article which appeared in the Maserati Club magazine.

Maserati Mexico Tyres

The Maserati Mexico was equipped with 205VR15 Pirelli Cinturato™ tyres as standard. Click 205x15 to see the options available for your Maserati Mexico.

Maserati Mexico History

The classic Maserati Mexico was originally a prototype of a commission for a 5000 GT one-off. It made an appearance at the Vignale stand at the Salon di Torino in 1965 and was so well received that Maserati immediately made plans to put a version into limited production. A year later the production model debuted at the famous Paris Motor Show.

Originally powered by a 4.7 Litre V8 that produced 290 bhp, the car managed to turn out a staggering top speed between 150-156 mph. In 1969, however, contrary to Maserati tradition, the Mexico was also made available with a 'smaller' engine (some ask why).

This time the 4.2-litre V8 engine that powered the original Maserati Quattroporte. Apart from the smaller engine option the Mexico underwent few changes during its lifetime. Its luxurious interior included a rich leather seating for four small italian adults, electric windows, wooden dashboard and air conditioning as standard. Automatic Gearbox, power steering and a radio were available as optional extras. The 4.7-litre version was fitted with 6.5" x 15" Borrani wire wheels and the 4.2-litre version with disc wheels. The classic Maserati Mexico was the first production Maserati to be fitted with servo assisted ventilated disc brakes on all four wheels.