Focus on automotive: Maserati
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12/04/2019Indeed, it was 105 years ago that Alfieri Maserati joined forces with his brothers Ettore and Ernesto to open the "Alfieri Maserati" at number 1A on via de’ Pepoli, in the heart of Bologna. The business was founded in Bologna on 1 December 1914, but officially the activities of the mechanical workshop began trading on 14 December. Another brother... -
12/03/2019Sixty years ago, the 5000 GT, was presented at the Turin Motor Show. Maserati now celebrates the anniversary of this 2+2 coupé, built to the specific request of the Shah of Persia, Reza Pahlavi. Just 34 cars of this model were built at the Viale Ciro Menotti plant in Modena, with bodywork added by Italy's top coachbuilders of the period. Reza... -
11/21/2019The first "mule" for the development of the new Maserati powertrain was driven out of the Viale Ciro Menotti gates, in Modena yesterday. The "mules" - as they are known in the automotive industry - of a new Maserati model have a special wrap that echoes the "Save the Date" teaser sent out ahead of the event scheduled for May 2020. The... -
11/13/2019In a surprise move, Maserati is opening the doors to an exclusive and usually off-limits location: the Maserati Innovation Lab, the Brand’s engineering hub, inaugurated in September 2015 and located on via Emilia Ovest in Modena. The Maserati Innovation Lab is a state-of-the-art facility where the cars of today and tomorrow are developed. Here,... -
11/13/2019Maserati takes another step towards a new chapter of its story. The Brand will unveil a special GranTurismo Zéda to mark the end of production of the Maserati GranTurismo. The new car coincides with the Brand’s recent announcement to add more production innovation – as renovation work commences at the Viale Ciro Menotti plant in Modena -... -
11/08/2019Maserati has officially opened a new, beautifully designed showroom in Dubai, featuring the largest display area of any Maserati dealership in the world. With 3,644 m2 dedicated to the Brand, Al Tayer Motors Maserati, has been built according to the latest showroom standards, it is more than four times larger than the previous showroom and is... -
10/01/2019On 28 September 1929, Mario Umberto “Baconìn” Borzacchini, at the wheel of a Maserati Tipo V4, set the world land speed record for the flying 10 kilometres. The car had made its race debut on 15 September, driven by Alfieri Maserati in the Monza Grand Prix, finishing the race in sixth place. Two weeks later, before the race at the Circuito di...