

Click the AdBlock Plus icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.Refresh the page or click the button below to continue.Under “ Pause on this site” click “ Always”.Click the AdBlock icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.Take a closer look at the car above, and see it in the flesh at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este.Įlsewhere in the automotive world, HYPEBEAST recently got behind the wheel of the legendary Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing.Īdblock Adblock Plus Adblocker Ultimate Ghostery uBlock Origin Others Only five are due to be built, and almost all are already assigned to Zagato’s collector clients list. In short, the Mostro Barchetta is likely to be a very capable car on the road and track. This works alongside perfect 50-50 weight distribution, rear-wheel-drive, six-piston AP Racing calipers at the front and four pistons at the rear, a six-speed sequential gearbox, double-wishbone front and rear suspensions, adjustable shock absorbers and a combined weight of just 1,200 kg. You can choose from a 414 BHP 4.2-liter Maserati V8 or a three-liter 621 BHP Maserati V6 that’s found in the current Maserati flagship, the MC20. Two seats and a sloping, small, wraparound windscreen are reminiscent of a speedboat, while a Maserati-manufactured carbon fiber MonoCell chassis, no electronic traction control, and a frontal block-mounted gearbox all reference race cars. Throughout the car’s design, you’ll find nods to racing heritage.

It is the oxymoron itself which well expresses the union between the brutal powering and the philosophy of beauty.” Speaking on the project, Zagato’s President Andrea Zagato said, “We decided the name of the project inspired by Sir Stirling Moss’s first reaction, who said: ‘Beautiful like a monster’ when he first saw the Maserati Coupé. The Mostro takes its name from a car Sir Stirling Moss called a “monster,” that being the Maserati 450S Coupe Zagato from 1957.
