The Maserati 300S (2nd Edition) — plus The Factory Team Cars

by Walter Bäumer

The Maserati 300S was one of the most successful race cars of the 1950s and among the most beautiful ever built. It was the main opponent of the Ferraris in the World Sportscar Championships of 1956 and 1957. Described by Sir Stirling Moss as one of the best race cars he had ever driven and loved by every racing driver due to its balanced handling qualities, the 300S wrote motor sports history. Glory and disaster ran side by side adding mystique to the legend.

Despite the often confusing and inaccurate records that make it difficult to establish the exact fate of each car, the history of each of the twenty-five cars built by Officine Maserati S.p.A. in Modena is listed chassis-by-chassis and profusely illustrated with many period photographs.

This much-updated second edition of the Maserati 300S by Walter Bäumer, includes many corrections and additions to the original text that have been uncovered in the last ten years. Almost all the photographs are new and previously unpublished, making the book an exciting addition to any Maserati library. The first edition was published in 2008.

Contents Vol. 1:

• Introduction and technical development
• Versions
• Numbers and more
• In Italy
• The competition
• Advertising and sales
• The cars
  3051
  3052
  3053
  3054
  3055
  3056/3077
  3057
  3058
  3059
  3060
  3061
  3062
  3063
  3064
  3065
  3066/3056
  3067
  3068
  3069
  3070
  3071
  3072
  3073
  3074/3035
  3080/3083
  3082
• The mystery cars
• 350S - The successor
• The personalities
• Appendix: Owner's manual
• Acknowledgement
• Index

Contents Vol. 2:

• 3054
• 3055
• 3056/3077
• 3059
• Acknowledgement
• Index

Buch, Hardcover, 2 Bände im Schuber, 30 x 29,5 cm, inges. 564 Seiten (Vol.1: 452 Seiten, Vol. 2: 112 Seiten), 492 teils farbige Abbildungen, englischer Text