Maserati Shamal: which version to buy
There is only one catalogue version of the Maserati Shamal: 3.2 MT. It is a Coupe from 1 generation (1989-01-01 to 1995-12-31), Gasoline, 3217 cm³, 8 cylinders in a V-shaped layout, 326 hp, 436 Nm, Manual 6-speed, RWD. If you are choosing a Shamal from this data set, you are not picking between trims — you are deciding whether 3.2 MT itself matches the numbers you want.
There is only one catalogue version of the Maserati Shamal: 3.2 MT. It is a Coupe from 1 generation (1989-01-01 to 1995-12-31), Gasoline, 3217 cm³, 8 cylinders in a V-shaped layout, 326 hp, 436 Nm, Manual 6-speed, RWD. If you are choosing a Shamal from this data set, you are not picking between trims — you are deciding whether 3.2 MT itself matches the numbers you want. The rest of this page is that decision, using only the measured figures for 3.2 MT.
Which Shamal version exists (specs)
| Version | Years | hp | Nm | cm³ | Fuel | Cylinders | Layout | Boost | Gearbox | Drive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 MT | 1989-01-01 – 1995-12-31 | 326 | 436 | 3217 | Gasoline | 8 | V-shaped | No | Manual, 6 | RWD |
There is no second row. There is no Automatic, no AWD, no smaller engine, no restyle listed as a separate generation, and no later generation in this catalogue. “Which version” here means: take 3.2 MT, or do not take a Shamal from this listing.
What 3.2 MT actually buys in numbers
3.2 MT puts 326 hp at 6000 rpm and 436 Nm at 2800 rpm into a kerb weight of 1417 kg. That is 4.35 kg per horsepower (1417 ÷ 326) and 230 hp per tonne (326 ÷ 1.417). Displacement is 3217 cm³, so specific output is 101.3 hp per litre (326 ÷ 3.217) and 135.5 Nm per litre (436 ÷ 3.217). Peak torque arrives 3200 rpm earlier than peak power (6000 − 2800).
Acceleration 0–100 is 5.3 s. Top speed is 270. Those two figures sit on the same car as a combined consumption of 11.5, city 22.2, highway 9.1. The tank is 80 litres. On combined consumption that is about 696 km of range (80 ÷ 11.5 × 100). On city 22.2 it is about 360 km (80 ÷ 22.2 × 100). On highway 9.1 it is about 879 km (80 ÷ 9.1 × 100).
Gross weight is 1800 kg, so payload in the catalogue is 383 kg (1800 − 1417). Ground clearance is not measured. CO2 is not measured. Eco class is not measured.
Engine and gearbox: what you cannot swap to
Fuel is Gasoline; the English fuel grade in the data is 95. Boost is No. Induction is Distributed injection (multi-point). Compression ratio is 7.5. Bore × stroke is 80 × 80. Valves per cylinder: 4. Engine position: Front, longitudinal. Cylinders: 8, V-shaped.
Gearbox on 3.2 MT is Manual with 6 gears. Drive is RWD. There is no other gearbox or drive in the generation, so you cannot “pay extra” inside this model for an automatic or for another driven-axle layout. The extra you would be buying on another car is simply not listed here.
Power is also given as 240 kW. That is the same 3.2 MT engine as 326 hp, not a second state of tune.
Generations: what changed (and what did not)
1 generation is the whole production window: start 1989-01-01, stop 1995-12-31, body Coupe, 1 version. The modification 3.2 MT uses the same start and stop dates as the generation. There is no second generation to compare year-on-year, and no restyling called out as its own generation.
What that means for a buyer: you are not choosing “early Shamal vs late Shamal” by generation index in this data. You are choosing the one Coupe, 3.2 MT, across those years. Any year-to-year factory change that is not in this table is not measured here and is not used below.
Performance and economy: the trade you actually get
3.2 MT is the fast reading and the thirsty reading on the same line.
- 0–100: 5.3 s
- Top speed: 270
- City: 22.2
- Highway: 9.1
- Combined: 11.5
City use is 2.44 times the highway figure (22.2 ÷ 9.1). Combined sits 2.4 above highway (11.5 − 9.1) and 10.7 below city (22.2 − 11.5). If most of your kilometres are the highway number, 3.2 MT is closer to 9.1 than to 22.2. If most of them are the city number, the 80-litre tank does not stretch as far as the combined 696 km estimate.
CO2 is not measured, so you cannot rank 3.2 MT on emissions from this catalogue. Eco class is not measured for the same reason.
Dimensions, weight, wheels
Kerb weight 3.2 MT: 1417 kg. Gross: 1800 kg. Tank: 80 litres. Ground clearance: not measured.
Wheels listed for 3.2 MT: 225/45 R16 and 245/45 R16. That is a 20 mm difference in section width (245 − 225) on the same 16-inch diameter and the same 45 profile. There is no other wheel set in the data, so you are not choosing a “small-wheel” vs “large-wheel” version of Shamal here.
Front suspension: Independent, spring. Rear suspension: Independent, spring. Front brakes: Ventilated disc. Rear brakes: Disc. Those chassis labels do not split by extra versions because there are no extra versions.
Which version to choose
Choose 3.2 MT if the arithmetic above is the point of the car: 326 hp in 1417 kg (4.35 kg/hp), 5.3 s to 100, 270 top speed, Manual 6, RWD, Coupe, Gasoline 3217 cm³ with 8 V-shaped cylinders and Boost No.
Do not look for another Shamal version in this catalogue if you wanted Automatic, a different cylinder count, a different drive, a different displacement, or a later generation. Those rows are not here. The comparison between versions is empty by construction: 1 generation, 1 modification, name 3.2 MT.
Weight vs power. 1417 kg with 326 hp is 230 hp/t. Raising kerb weight to the 1800 kg gross figure without adding power would drop that to 181 hp/t (326 ÷ 1.800) — a 49 hp/t gap (230 − 181) if the car were at gross rather than kerb. Payload 383 kg is 27% of kerb (383 ÷ 1417).
Torque vs revs. 436 Nm at 2800 rpm versus 326 hp at 6000 rpm is a wide gap in engine speed (3200 rpm). Specific torque 135.5 Nm/l and specific power 101.3 hp/l are both properties of this one 3.2 MT engine, not of a second tune.
Fuel vs speed. Highway 9.1 versus city 22.2 is the largest split in the economy block. Combined 11.5 is not the midpoint: the midpoint of 9.1 and 22.2 would be 15.65 ((9.1 + 22.2) ÷ 2), and combined is 4.15 below that midpoint (15.65 − 11.5). Treat combined as its own measured figure, not as an average you invent.
What “extra money” cannot buy inside Shamal. There is no higher-hp 3.2 MT, no lower-hp 3.2 MT, and no second name to spend up to. Power, torque, gearbox, drive, body, and years are one package. Compression 7.5, 80 × 80, 4 valves per cylinder, Front, longitudinal, and Distributed injection (multi-point) are likewise fixed on 3.2 MT.
Not measured, so not a reason to prefer one Shamal over another. Ground clearance, CO2, and eco class are not measured. They cannot be used to pick a version because there is only 3.2 MT, and they cannot be used to score that version against a number that is not in the data.
Bottom line: the Maserati Shamal in this catalogue is 3.2 MT or nothing. Buy 3.2 MT for 326 hp, 436 Nm, 5.3 s, 270, Manual 6, RWD, 1417 kg; accept 22.2 / 9.1 / 11.5 and an 80-litre tank; do not expect a second generation or a second modification to appear in these figures.