A6G whats it stand for?

A = Alfieri
6 = 6 cylinder
G = "ghisa" (Cast iron block)

 

Walter, do you think it's important to mention who "Alfieri" was, and why it was named after him?

~Trev

 

...ugh??? I thought this is a forum for Maserati(sti)?

 

Of course some might get confused with Alfieri Maserati and Giulio Alfieri

 

Yep! Very True Walter!

I just thought our Ferraristi brothers may not know.

 

What's it alllllllllll about, Alfieri?

 

Just wondering, what is the original authority that "A" stands for Alfieri, which is casually repeated everywhere ? By 1947 when the car was introduced, that particular Maserati brother had been dead for fifteen years and those remaining were nearing the end of their reportedly desultory ten-year contract with the Orsis. It seems equally logical to me that the commercially-minded Orsi family might have named the company's first stradale vehicle alphabetically.

The "G" is an understandable modifier as the A6 1500 and (I believe) single-cam 2 liter cars all had aluminum blocks. But do the twin-cam A6s all have iron blocks ?

Thanks !