The Maserati Barchetta is a mid-engine racing car,[2] like the 350 and 450S, that was designed by Carlo Gaino[3][4] of Synthesis Design,[5] an Italian design house.
The Barchetta was designed and developed for the one-make racing series Grantrofeo Barchetta[6] which was held in 1992 and 1993 throughout Italy and Europe. It featured sixteen races in total, most of them in Italy. The Barchetta had a backbone chassis made of aluminium which was unusual for a Maserati automobile for a time considering that the cars offered by Maserati had a