MASERATI BIRDCAGE 75th MAKES ITS WORLD DRIVING DEBUT AT GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED
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The Maserati Birdcage 75th, a Pininfarina designed concept car based on the Maserati MC12 and built in collaboration
with Motorola has made its official driving debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The gorgeous car, which received the "Best Concept" award at this year's Geneva Motorshow and features in the "Ten
coolest concept cars" classification by Forbes, took part in the Supercar hillclimb at the prestigious Goodwood Festival
of Speed, in West Sussex, England, in front of 150,000 people.
Maserati's CEO Karl-Heinz Kalbfell and Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason took it in turn behind the wheel. Nick, who also
owns a Maserati Birdcage Tipo 61, took a break from the rehearsals for the Live 8 concert due to take place in London
and other cities next weekend to be at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason In His Maserati Birdcage Tipo 61
Interviewed by Italian television RAI, he commented: "It's a real honour to drive this amazing concept car which draws
inspiration from a golden era for Maserati. The original Birdcage, the Tipo 61, was a perfectly balanced car, so ahead
of its time. I can see the same spirit in the design and execution of the Birdcage 75th."
Designed to celebrate Pininfarina's 75th anniversary, the Maserati Birdcage 75th returns to the tradition of extreme
sports prototypes, which highlighted the Italian renaissance of car design, started in the Fifties and through the
Sixties and early Seventies. The Birdcage 75th is a concept car where everything - style, performance, use and
conception of the car - is extreme so as to get the maximum impact on the collective imagination.
The car is a futuristic extension of the Maserati brand, and at the same time it serves to reinforce the Trident's
strong design heritage, and continues its grand tradition of advanced technology enveloped in sporting elegance.
Featuring Motorola Seamless Mobility technology, this car takes Internet connection and use one step further. The
technologies integrated in this concept car fulfil a vision of seamless mobility and feature an iPen and a mobile
router, using projection screens for man-machine communication.
Several classic Maserati were also present at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Among them were a 1948 Maserati 4CLT and a
1956 250F competing in the Classic Grand Prix Cars Category, a 1953 Maserati A6GCS in the Elegant Endurance Aerodynes
Category and a 1974 Maserati Quattroporte II in the Cartier Style et Luxe Concours. Technical Specifications Chassis:
load-bearing frame in carbon fibre and Nomex honeycomb with front and rear structure in aluminium. Bodywork in carbon
fibre. Front and Rear Suspensions: articulated quadrilateral with push-rod layout; single-calibrated shock absorbers and
co-axial coil springs. Brakes: Brembo system with four ventilated and drilled discs. Front 380 mm x 34 mm, Rear 335 mm x
32 mm; callipers in light alloy with six front and four rear pistons.
Drivetrain: Longitudinal rear-mounted gearbox with rigid connection to the engine. Mechanical drivetrain with 6
sequential gears.
Engine: 12 cylinder in a 65° V, total displacement 5998 cc.
Power output: over 700HP.
Dimensions and Weights:
Length: 4656 mm
Width: 2020 mm
Height: 1090 mm
Pitch: 2800 mm
Front Overhang: 1066 mm
Rear Overhang: 790 mm
Front Track: 1660 mm
Rear Track: 1650 mm
Front Tyre: 275/30 20"
Rear Tyre: 295/35 22"
Dry weight: approx. 1500 kg
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