4C 2500
The Tipo 4C and 4CM 2500 were Maserati's attempt at widening the successful 4-cylinder range by stretching the engine to 2.0 and 2.5 litres. The latter had a fixed cylinder head and gave 195 bhp at 5,300 rpm as well as immense torque at low to medium revs. The 19-inch wheels were fitted with Pirelli tyres.
The Tipo 4C was appreciated from a technical standpoint, despite suffering from inferior road-holding, but lacked commercial value. Just a single works experimental car was made, revised and re-bodied from a single-seater (4CM) into a two-seater (4C) a couple of times. Raced by Piero Taruffi and Goffredo Zehender, Spanish nobleman José de Villapadierna, Giuseppe Farina and Carlo Felice Trossi. The engine alone was sold in 1937 to Hungarian Lazlo Hartmann who installed it into his Tipo 6CM single-seater.
Technical data
| 0-60 mph | |
| Bodywork | aluminium-bodied two-seater racing or sports car |
| Bore and stroke | 84x112 mm |
| Brakes | drum brakes on the wheels, mechanical |
| Brakes front | |
| Brakes rear | |
| Chassis | ladder frame, with two longitudinal steel girders and cross members |
| Compression ratio | 5.8:1 |
| Cooling system | water-cooled, centrifugal pump |
| Displacements (unitary) | |
| Dry weight | 1,543 lbs (700 kg) |
| Engine | in-line 4 |
| Engine weight | |
| First race | 1934 - Monaco GP |
| Front Tyres | |
| Front suspension | leaf springs and friction dampers |
| Front track | |
| Fuel & lubricant | |
| Fuel feed | Roots supercharger, a single Weber 55AS1 or DCO carburettor mounted ahead of the supercharger |
| Fuel tank | 25.30 Imp. gall. (115 litres) |
| Gear ratios | |
| Height | 53.15 in. (1,350 mm) |
| Ignition | single-plug, Scintilla magneto |
| Kerb weight | |
| Length | 144.88 in. (3,680 mm) |
| Length-Width-Height | |
| Lubrication | dual oil pumps (pressure and scavenge) |
| Maximum power | 195 bhp at 5,300 rpm |
| Maximum torque | |
| Model | 4C 2500 |
| One mile | |
| Production dates | 1934-1937 |
| Production start | 1934 |
| Quarter mile | |
| Rear Tyres | |
| Rear suspension | leaf springs and friction dampers |
| Rear track | |
| Reduction | |
| Steering | worm and sector |
| Timing gear | two valves per cylinder set in a 90°V, twin overhead camshafts |
| Top speed | 136.5 mph (220 km/h) |
| Total displacement | 2,482.6 cc |
| Transmission | 4-speed + reverse |
| Tyres | fr/rear 5.00x19; Pirelli |
| Weight distribution | |
| Wheelbase | 96.45 in. (2,450 mm) |
| Wheels | wire wheels |
| Width | 59.05 in. (1,500 mm) |