MASERATI. MASERATI in ITALY
Maserati S.p.A., Viale Ciro Menotti 322, 41100 Modena, Italy
tel. +
39059/590511, fax +
39059/226765, http://www.maserati.com
Program: Coupe GT / Coupe
Combiocorsa, Spyder GT / Spyder Combiocorsa, GranSport, MC 12, Quattroporte.
Production volume in 2003 - 2,937 vehicles. Maserati
vehicles are regarded as one of the most exclusive sport cars in the world. In 1914 the Maserati
brothers established the Garage Officine Alfieri Maserati workshop and started
to produce race cars made with Isotta Fraschini and Diatto components. In 1926 they
presented their first race model Tipo 26 under the Maserati
name, and in 1930 they formed their own company called Officine Alfieri Maserati Spa. In 1931 the first 2-seat
sporty roadster V4 came out; it was based on a Zagato body In March 1968 a majority of the
company shares were bought by Citroën, which announced
the closure of Maserati in 1975. Help came from De Tomaso, which bought the bankrupt
firm. Fiat took over 49% of the Maserati shares in 1990, and the
remaining 51% in 1993. In the years from 1997 to 2005, Maserati was merged
with Ferrari as part of the Fiat consortium.
Latest premieres: Detroit 2003 - prototype Kubang GT
Wagon; Frankfurt/Main 2003 - Quattroporte V generation; Geneva 2004 -GranSport and MC 12; Paris
2004 - Coupe / Spyder restyling. Plans for the future:
2005 - a successor to the
models Coupe and Spyder;
2006
- GT
Wagon.
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MASERATI MC12
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