Maserati News
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The sale of four modern formula one Ferraris contributed a further $6m to the Italian team's budget at the weekend. The famous marque held a Sotheby's auction at its Maranello headquarters on Sunday, where the more expensive of the red race cars - the last single seater raced by Michael Schumacher in 2006, a 248 F1 - attracted a high bid of just under $2.3m. Schumacher's 2003 machine went for a little more than $2.0m, a 1997 Ferrari sold for a million, and a single seater from 1983 went for more than $560,000. In total, the auction netted about $50m for Ferrari. The auction made history by...
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Maserati teaming up with Alfa Romeo for US expansionMaserati is in desperate need of a sales boost following its 17th year of running at loss, and the lucrative US market is probably its best chance of reaching its goal of turning over a profit this year. Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne boasted that "Maserati will finally return to profitability in...
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Gallery: Zagato's Custom Maserati GS
Pictured above is the Maserati GS Zagato, a special one-off creation commissioned by Italian furniture bigwig Paolo Boffi, who took inspiration from the original 1954 Maserati A6 Zagato. Based on Maserati’s Gransport Spyder, the all-aluminum custom features a 180mm shorter wheelbase and a...
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Zagato Presents Customized Maserati GranSport Spyder
One year after the presentation of the Ferrari 575GTZ, Zagato returns to Villa d’Este with a new custom car: the Maserati GS Zagato. In the tradition of exclusive collections that inspired the creativity of car designers in the '50s and '60s, Paolo Boffi, an entrepreneur in the furnishing and...
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Maserati financing its own projects by 2011
Maserati will be able to fund its own projects by 2011 and will no longer require hand-outs from parent company Fiat. That’s the claim from its CEO Roberto Ronchi who spoke with Reuters after the unveiling of the new GranTurismo coupe in Geneva. Ronchi wants to expand the company and Fiat...
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Edo’s 800HP Maserati MC 12XX
Edo Competition, a specialist at tuning Porsches and other exotics, has taken its previous MC-12R tuner car and squeezed even more power out of it. The MC-12R already produced an extra 70hp over the standard Maserati MC12 on which it was based, but now the tuners have created the MC 12XX that...
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Maserati is about to release its replacement for the aging GT Coupe but it knows that to reach its ambitious sales target of 12,000 cars by 2011, it will need several new models. The Italian carmaker is looking at three possible new models, the first of which is a high-end SUV based on its Kubang concept displayed back in 2003. Another option would be to build a smaller mid-sized saloon based on the next-generation 169 sedan from Alfa Romeo. Maserati is actively considering both cars, but according to Autocar, the option most favored by Maserati bosses is a smaller entry level coupe...
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2008 Maserati GranTurismo revealed
These are the first images of Maserati’s new GranTurismo, revealed ahead of the car’s official debut at next month’s 2007 Geneva auto show. The stunning lines were penned by Italian design studio Pininfarina, clearly taking inspiration from Maserati's larger Quattroporte sedan. A...
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Teaser of the Pininfarina designed Maserati coupe
Renderings of the next-generation Maserati coupe have turned up, ahead of the car’s reveal next week and its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Italian website Quattroruote reports that the car picks up the simple tag “Coupe,” and these images suggest that Maserati...
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Maserati plans 12,000 sales for 2011 with new models
Fiat advisor Sergio Marchionne has made the bold objective that the Italian carmaker's subsidiary Maserati will deliver up to 12,000 units in 2011. Last year, it experienced a 3% rise in sales totaling 5,724 units sold worldwide. According to Automotive News, the company now hopes to more than...
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Finally, Maserati’s Quattroporte Automatic
When it comes to big luxury saloons, our favorite has always been the Quattroporte. Not because it’s got the most gadgets or it’s the most expensive, but because it’s incredibly fun to drive and feels more special than the usual German sedans. The only major problem is the...
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Blast from the past: Veritas RS3
Veritas was a small German company formed towards the end of WWII by three employees of BMW, who wanted a brand to fulfill their dream of building and racing sports cars. Under the Veritas label, they managed to build 75 cars before the company went bust in 1952. Their most famous car is easily the...
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Alfa Romeo is rumored to be working on a high-end luxury saloon to be based on the next-generation of the stunning Maserati Quattroporte. The new car would slot in as the 167 replacement and will definitely be sold in the US upon Alfa's return. Original plans had Alfa using the same platform as the 159 sedan, but this proved too small so designers turned to sister company Maserati. The big Maser is one of our favorite cars on the market. It has everything you’d expect in a big saloon, and it just oozes style and presence. The new car will be the first rear-wheel drive Alfa in almost 15...
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Maserati To Present Track-Only MC12 Versione Corse At Bologna
Maserati will reveal its MC12 Versione Corse for the first time at next month’s Bologna Motor Show. The Versione Corse is a track-only car derived from Maserati's MC12 GT1 race car, and is aimed at well-heeled track enthusiasts. The Versione Corse features a modified version of the 6.0-liter...
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Maserati working on 3 new coupes?
Spy photographers Automedia are claiming that Maserati is working on not one coupe as was previously reported, but three! According to their sources, Maserati will build a Quattroporte-based 2+2 Coupé, a soft-top Spyder, and a four-seater CC with rectractable hard top, which would be a first for...
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Hydra Spyder moving closer to production
This strange looking vehicle labelled the “Hydra Spyder” is an amphibious car that’s at home making waves on a lake or simply cruising down an interstate highway. Complete with its aluminum hull, Corvette sourced V8 engine and jet impeller, the Hydra Spyder is tipped to be the...
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Maserati making a comeback
Maserati has been around since 1914 and over the years has changed ownership several times, being owned by the likes of Citroën, Fiat and even joining with arch rival Ferrari [NYSE:RACE]. Back in 2005, due to the rulings of an agreement between Fiat and General Motors Company [NYSE:GM]...
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Porsche unleashes the RS Spyder on Paris
Porsche has displayed the potent RS Spyder Le Mans, which was created at its Weissach R&D Centre, in its stand at the Paris Motor Show. Based on the current version that’s been racing under the guise of the US Penske-Motorsports-Team, the new car has been designed in accordance with the rules...
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Not content with the supercars from the likes of Pagani, Ferrari, Lamborghini, or McLaren, Belgian based Edran has decided to produce a 2-seater Supercar with mid-engine layout (mmm) developing 800hp from a 7.2L engine. Weight will be kept down thanks to the use of carbon fibre and Kevlar, and should propel the Enigma from 0-100km/h in 3.9s. Edran has been around since 1984 and even produced a sports car called the Edran Spyder (pictured above) back in 1994, but there’s no word on whether this was actually released. Their website is fairly basic, without any images or even a potential...
