Maserati News
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Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este is one of the world's premier classic and vintage car events, and visitors can be assured that any vehicle coming away with a trophy is among the best in the world. MUST SEE: Pagani Huayra From The Driver's Point Of View: Video This year, that honor goes to a 1956 Maserati 450 S, awarded the 'Best of Show' honor by a jury of automotive experts from around the world. The victory is a fitting one for Maserati, which this year celebrates its hundredth anniversary. The 1956 450 S is one of only nine ever made, built over two years to compete in the...
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Maserati to launch Alfieri sports car, kill GranTurismo Convertible by 2018
It’s a big day for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, with the roadmap for all group brands through 2018 being released in a series of presentations this morning. Among the news is Maserati’s future, which will see the addition of both coupe and convertible forms of the Alfieri sports car, the...
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Tripling Of Maserati’s Sales Bolsters Chances For New Sports Car
According to Maserati CEO Harald Wester, sales of the Italian luxury brand’s two main models, the Ghibli and Quattroporte sedans, are averaging about 3,500 cars per month, which equates to an annualized total of 42,000 units. When you also factor in sales of the GranTurismo, you’re...
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Maserati Centennial Models Debut At 2014 New York Auto Show
This year marks Italian sports car maker Maserati's hundredth year, and as well as ongoing celebrations the company has unveiled two Centennial models in the GranTurismo range. On show this week at the 2014 New York Auto Show, the GranTurismo and GranCabrio Centennial each receive a host of special...
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Maserati Raced By Stirling Moss Up For Sale In Monaco
What would you do with 4 million-5.5 million euros (around $5.5m-$7.6m)? A fleet of Bugatti Veyrons, perhaps? Build the biggest garage you can and fill it with pretty much every one of your dream cars? MUST SEE: Land Rover's Transparent Hood Is Technology From The Future: Video If the 1956 Maserati...
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Maserati MC12 In Black Offered Up For Sale
The Maserati MC12 is essentially a Ferrari Enzo that went to finishing school. For some that's a great thing, while others prefer the rawness of the Enzo. Either school of thought is in luck, because there are no wrong answers here and both cars are exceptional. Still, the MC12 is far more rare...
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Maserati's Alfieri Concept was one of the stars of the recent 2014 Geneva Motor Show, revealed out of the blue to celebrate the brand's centenary this year. Recognizably a Maserati, it still features a very different design ethos to that of the company's existing vehicles. To explain the process that produced the Alfieri's striking design, the company has launched a new video. The company is keen to stress a production Alfieri isn't a certainty, but elements of the car's design may well find their way onto future Maserati production cars. That it heralds a new design direction in the...
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Maserati Levante SUV Production Starting In 2015
Maserati’s upcoming SUV, the Levante, will enter production in 2015 at the Mirafiori plant located in Turin, Italy, which is owned by Maserati’s parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and has the capacity to build up to 300,000 cars per year. The information was revealed by FCA...
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Maserati looks to future with Alfieri 2+2 concept
Maserati turns 100 this year, and as part of the celebrations the Italian automaker has rolled out the stunning Alfieri concept car at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show taking place today. The concept is a 2+2 coupe and is named after Alfieri Maserati, who, in 1914 with the help of his four brothers...
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Maserati Reveals Special-Edition Quattroporte, Confirms Geneva Concept
Maserati confirmed that it will have two worldwide premieres at the upcoming Geneva Auto Show this week. The first is the Quattroporte Ermenegildo Zegna Limited Edition, a production car that builds on the concept car of the same name shown at last year’s Frankfurt Auto Show. From concept to...
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Alfa Romeo 4C Arrives In (Select) U.S. Dealers In June
The Alfa Romeo 4C will be sold at Maserati dealerships, and a few Fiat stores.
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New Book Charts 100 Years Of Maserati History
Maserati turns 100 this year and has a whole list of events planned to mark the milestone. The biggest event will be an official Maserati gathering in Modena in mid-September, but if you can’t make it over to Italy you can still take part in the celebrations with a new book that charts the...
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Jaguar is reinventing itself in the U.S. Always carrying a slightly caddish, dastardly image, the British automaker's Good To Be Bad campaign is now spilling into its interactions with other automakers. First there was the sly shot at Mercedes-Benz and its Active Ride Control. Now, it's taken a pop at Maserati and its Ghibli sedan. Spotted by Top Speed, the opening salvo was fired on the firm's Twitter feed, when it stated, "Did you know that #ghibli means hot air? Seems appropriate", before copying Maserati's feed into the tweet and ending with the now-familiar #GoodToBeBad hashtag. Never...
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Maserati Delivers Record 15,400 Cars In 2013
Only a couple of years ago, Maserati was selling around 6,000 cars per year on the back of two model lines: the Quattroporte and GranTurismo. Not surprisingly, many scoffed when the automaker announced in 2011 it would increase annual sales to 50,000 units and launch three additional model lines by...
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2014 Maserati Quattroporte GTS Recalled Due To Faulty Wiring
Maserati has issued a recall on certain versions of its latest Quattroporte sedan due to faulty wiring that could cause the cars to stall or even catch on fire. The recall only affects 2014 Quattroporte GTS models, of which there are said to be just 63 examples in the U.S. MUST WATCH: Twin-Turbo...
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Maserati To Celebrate Centenary Throughout 2014
Get ready to spend the next year wishing Maserati a happy birthday--as the Italian automaker enters its hundredth year in business this December. The company was officially founded on December 1, 1914, starting operations on December 14, 1914. That makes December 2013 the start of its hundredth...
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Watch The IIHS Crash Test The 2014 Maserati Ghibli: Video
The 2014 Maserati Ghibli is the latest graduate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s extensive crash safety test program, and the stunning sedan not only passed with flying cars but it was also named one of the institute’s Top Safety Picks. It also scored a perfect five...
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2014 Maserati Ghibli priced from $65,600
Maserati’s new 2014 Ghibli is priced from just $65,600, putting it in direct competition with higher-specced versions of Germany’s popular mid-size luxury sedans such as the BMW 5-Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class. The entry-level pricing gets you a rear-wheel-drive Ghibli with 345...
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Not long ago, Maserati was selling around 6,000 cars per year on the back of two model lines: the Quattroporte and Granturismo. Not surprisingly, many scoffed when the automaker announced in 2011 it would increase annual sales to 50,000 units and launch three additional model lines by the end of 2015. Just two years on, Maserati appears well set to reach its goal. Maserati has revealed to Reuters that its sales for the first nine months of 2013 have reached 22,500 units, smashing the previous record of 9,000 sales booked in 2008. Making up the current sales tally are about 9,900 orders for...
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Watch Maserati's Ghibli Undergo Extreme Weather Testing--Indoors: Video
Maserati’s new Ghibli sedan is close to making its showroom debut, but here’s a chance to look back at the car during its development days. In addition to extensive testing in the real world, Maserati engineers also use a sophisticated climatic wind tunnel to put the Ghibli through...
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Maserati Quattroporte Zegna Concept To Debut At Frankfurt Auto Show
Earlier this year we told you Maserati was teaming up with fellow Italian luxury label Ermenegildo Zegna to help promote the design and manufacturing excellence of their homeland. The companies’ first combined product is to be a Maserati Quattroporte featuring materials and colors inspired by...
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Maserati Triples Sales On Strong Demand From China
Maserati is well on its way to achieving 50,000 annual sales by the middle of the decade, with the company already having received 17,000 sales over the first seven months of the year, almost triple its sales for the whole of 2012. Should the success continue, Maserati aims to be profitable by...
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Go Gaga Over Our Gigantic Ghibli Gallery!
Maserati is certainly excited about their new smaller sedan, the Ghibli. To show it off, Maserati just realized a plethora of pictures for us all to sample. Here now is your chance to take in the shapely sedan from many angles. If you would rather see it in person, you won't have to wait long as it...
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2014 Maserati Quattroporte Build Video
With its stylish new shape and finely turned-out interior, the 2014 Maserati Quattroporte puts its own twist on the sporty/luxurious four-door. Here, we see a bit of how it all comes together. The video shows many of the stages of construction, including some detail work on the Bowers & Wilkins...
Nelson Ireson