Tipo V5
The Tipo V5 was less fortunate than the V4. The engine was created using two 26M-engines coupled together in a common crankcase and produced between 330 and 360 bhp from 4.9 litres. The car had a dry weight of 1,050 kg and a top speed of around 260 to 270 km/h (161.5 to 168 mph).
Luigi Fagioli won the 1932 Grand Prix of Rome with the V5 and came second at Monza and sixth at Marseille. At the Montlhéry speed-bowl to the south of Paris in December 1932, Amedeo Ruggeri crashed fatally while attempting a new One Hour Record. The V5 was rebuilt with hydraulic brakes for the 1934 Tripoli Grand Prix in Northern Africa; Piero Taruffi led the race, crashed and escaped unhurt, but the Maserati V5 was damaged beyond repair.
Apart from the one-off V5 sports-racer, Maserati built two V16 engines to power the world record speed boat of Count Theo Rossi di Montelera (of Martini e Rossi fame).
Technical data
| 0-60 mph | |
| Bodywork | aluminium-bodied two-seater racing car |
| Bore and stroke | 60x66 mm |
| Brakes | drum brakes, mechanical |
| Brakes front | |
| Brakes rear | |
| Chassis | ladder frame, with two longitudinal steel girders and cross members |
| Compression ratio | 5:1 |
| Cooling system | water-cooled, centrifugal pumps |
| Displacements (unitary) | |
| Dry weight | 2,315 lbs (1,050 kg) |
| Engine | 25° V16 (8 cylinders per bank) |
| Engine weight | |
| First race | |
| Front Tyres | |
| Front suspension | leaf springs and friction dampers |
| Front track | |
| Fuel & lubricant | |
| Fuel feed | two Roots superchargers |
| Fuel tank | 28.60 Imp. gall. (130 litres) |
| Gear ratios | |
| Height | 48.25 in. (1,230 mm) |
| Ignition | single-plug, two Bosch or Scintilla magnetos |
| Kerb weight | |
| Length | 159.45 in. (4,050 mm) |
| Length-Width-Height | |
| Lubrication | dual oil pumps (pressure and scavenge) |
| Maximum power | 330-360 bhp at 5,200 rpm |
| Maximum torque | |
| Model | Tipo V5 |
| One mile | |
| Production dates | 1932 |
| Production start | 1932 |
| Quarter mile | |
| Rear Tyres | |
| Rear suspension | leaf springs and friction dampers |
| Rear track | |
| Reduction | |
| Steering | worm gear |
| Timing gear | twin overhead camshafts per cylinder bank |
| Top speed | 161.5-168 mph (260-270 km/h) |
| Total displacement | 4,905.9 cc |
| Transmission | 4-speed + reverse |
| Tyres | front 3.25x19; rear 6.50x19; Dunlop or Pirelli |
| Weight distribution | |
| Wheelbase | 108.27 in. (2,750 mm) |
| Wheels | wire wheels, front 3.25x19 (3.25x20-3.25x22); rear 4.00x19 (4.00x20-4.00x22) |
| Width | 59.84 in. (1,520 mm) |