BBR BBR143C 1/43 Maserati 4200GT Spyder 2001 Dark Red Bordeaux Resin
BBR BBR143C 1/43 Maserati 4200GT Spyder 2001 Dark Red Bordeaux Resin
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BBR BBR143C | 1:43 Maserati 4200GT Spyder 2001 | Dark Red | Hand-Built Resin by BBR — Maserati's Most Elegant Colour on Its Most Significant Revival Car
When Ferrari acquired Maserati in 1997 and set about restoring the Trident to its proper standing, the 4200GT Spyder was the clearest statement of what that restoration meant. Unveiled at the 2001 Frankfurt Motor Show, it was the first open-top Maserati of the modern era, the first car to carry the new Ferrari-co-developed V8 engine, and the first grand tourer designed entirely under Ferrari's stewardship — a car that wore Giorgetto Giugiaro's bodywork, an engine built in partnership between two of Italy's most storied marques, and the unhurried confidence of a house that had found its footing again.
The engine at the heart of the 4200GT Spyder was the F136 R — a 90° naturally aspirated V8 of 4,244 cc, the first car in history to carry what would become one of the most important engine families in Italian automotive history. Bore and stroke of 92 mm by 80 mm, a cross-plane forged steel crankshaft replacing the flat-plane unit used in the contemporary Ferrari 360, dual chain-driven overhead camshafts with four valves per cylinder, variable valve timing on the intake side, and dry-sump lubrication throughout. Output was 390 PS at 7,000 rpm and 450 Nm at 4,500 rpm — produced with the smooth, linear delivery of a large-displacement naturally aspirated engine rather than the step-function character of the 3200 GT's twin-turbocharged predecessor. Two transmission choices were offered: a six-speed manual, or the Graziano Cambiocorsa automated manual with paddle shifters. The Spyder's wheelbase, at 2,440 mm, was shorter than the Coupé's 2,660 mm, giving it quicker turn-in responses and a more alert, driver-focused character in corners. The electric soft top folded away in thirty seconds. Zero to 100 km/h took under five seconds on the way to a top speed exceeding 285 km/h.
The body was Giugiaro's — the same hand responsible for the Maserati 3200 GT, the GranTurismo that preceded it, the Volkswagen Golf, the BMW M1, and no fewer than five previous Maserati models going back to the Merak and Bora. The exterior drew its front-end treatment from Maserati's racing sports cars of the 1960s, with the Trident badge set into the radiator grille and a silhouette that balanced muscularity with Italian elegance in a proportion that has aged without compromise. Enrico Fumia designed the interior to the same standard.
Dark Red is where the 4200GT Spyder is most fully itself. Where yellow makes a declaration, dark red makes a statement of a different and more enduring kind — a deep, complex shade in the Bordeaux and Burgundy tradition that has always suited Italian grand tourers of particular quality. On the Spyder's body, the deep red settles into every curve and surface detail with a richness that the more extrovert colours cannot match. It is the colour of a car that does not need to announce itself, because those who recognise it already know what it is.
BBR Models of Saronno — the official model manufacturer of Ferrari, founded in 1984, with over 40 years of Italian hand-craft behind every model — renders the 4200GT Spyder in Dark Red in their precision resin format. Brand new, in BBR's plexiglass showcase, factory sealed.