The Maserati Mistral is a grand tourer produced in from 1963 to 1970 as the successor to the 3500 GT. It was sold as a 2-seater, 2-door spyder and coupe with rear-wheel drive and a front-mounted engine. It is named after the cold north wind from the south of France. Only 953 examples were produced in total, of which 828 were coupes and 125 were spyder models.
The car was available with 3.5/3.7 and 4-liter I6 engines with 235 hp (175 kW)/183 hp (183 kW) and 265 hp (198 kW) respectively. The engines were mated to a 5-speed manual transmission. The body of the car was made of aluminium and from 1967 also of steel. The top speed of the Mistral was around 230 km/h.
