{"id":21062,"date":"2016-11-10T12:04:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T11:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/maserati-1970-indy-4200\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:15:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:15:19","slug":"maserati-1970-indy-4700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/maserati-1970-indy-4700\/","title":{"rendered":"Maserati, 1970, Indy America 4700"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maserati “Indy America 4700”, Vignale, 1970<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Driven by Wilbur Shaw, the\u00a0Maserati 8 CTF<\/strong>\u00a0won the\u00a01939 Indianapolis 500<\/strong> and Maserati was the first European (and Italian) car company to win it after Peugeot in 1914. The little Bolognese firm succeeded in what Fiat, Mercedes, Alfa Romeo, and Bugatti failed to. The same car, driven again by Wilbur Shaw, won the 1940 edition too and entered the automobile\u00a0legend<\/strong> as the first car that won the most important American race twice in a row.
\nTo remember these triumphs, Maserati called \u201cIndy<\/strong>\u201d its new 4200 cc\u00a0car<\/strong>\u00a0introduced at the\u00a01968 Turin Motor Show<\/strong>. The Indy was the obvious evolution of the Mexico, a fastback coup\u00e9 with enough room for four people.
\nDuring the production years, the most important modifications concerned the engine; in\u00a01970<\/strong>\u00a0it was enlarged to\u00a04.700 cc<\/strong>\u00a0and the car got the name Indy America; from 1973 on, only the 4.9 liter version (the same unit already fitted to the Ghibli<\/a> SS) remained available.
\nThe Indy was a good commercial success and kept being produced under the new Citroen administration that later took over the Modenese company.<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n