With the departure of Pinin Farina from the Maserati orbit in order not to enter into conflict with his great client Ferrari, other names came into action more decisively. One of these was Pietro Frua, who started the successful 2000GT series first with the creation of a coupé, then a spider. The mechanics underwent some changes that brought the maximum power of the inline 6-cylinder engine from 1985cc to 150 horsepower.