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Maserati is a famous Italian manufacturer of racing- and sports cars, established in 1914 in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and their emblem is a trident.
The company was founded by Alfieri Maserati, one of seven Maserati brothers, all but one of whom were involved in the development of cars. The seventh brother, Mario, is believed to have devised the company emblem. Alfieri Maserati died in 1932 but three other brothers, Bindo, Ernesto and Ettore, kept the firm going, and winning races.
In 1937 the remaining Maserati brothers sold their shares in the company to the Orsi family, who in 1940 relocated the company headquarters to their hometown of Modena, where it remains to this day. The brothers continued in engineering roles with the company, however. Racing successes continued, even against the giants of German racing, Auto Union and Mercedes. In 1940 a Maserati won the Indianapolis 500, a feat repeated the following year.
The war then intervened, Maserati abandoning cars to produce components for the Italian war effort.
Once peace was restored, Maserati returned to making cars, doing well in the postwar racing scene also. The famous driver Juan-Manuel Fangio raced for Maserati for a number of years in the 1950sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb., producing a number of stunning victories including winning the world championship in 1957Events January January 2 San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge. January 3 Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 After 69 years the last issue of Colliers magazine is published January 5 Russell Endean becomes t. After that, Maserati retired from factory racing participation, though it built racing cars to be raced by others after that date.
After 1957, Maserati became more and more focussed on road cars, including the Maserati Sebring , launched in 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e, the Maserati Mistral Coupé (1963) and Spider (1964), both designed by Pietro FruaPietro Frua ( May 2, 1913 June 28, 1983) was one of the leading Italian coachbuilders and car designers during the 1950s and 1960s. Pietro Frua was the fourth son of Angela, a tailor, and Carlo Frua, an employee of Fiat in Turin, the metropolis of coachbu, and their first four-door, the Maserati Quattroporte ( 1963Events January-March January 11 The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 Elysee treaty between France and Germany January 28 Black student Harvey), also designed by Pietro FruaPietro Frua ( May 2, 1913 June 28, 1983) was one of the leading Italian coachbuilders and car designers during the 1950s and 1960s. Pietro Frua was the fourth son of Angela, a tailor, and Carlo Frua, an employee of Fiat in Turin, the metropolis of coachbu.
In 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the came a great change -- purchase by CitroënCitroen is a French automobile manufacturer started in 1919 by Andre Citroen. Originally a mass-market car maker with relatively straight-forward designs, Citroen shocked the world in 1934 with the innovative Traction Avant (front wheel drive) ( 1934- 195. Adolfo Orsi remained the nominal president, but Maserati changed a great deal. New models were launched, and built in much greater numbers than hitherto. Citroën borrowed Maserati expertise and engines for the Citroën SM and other vehicles, and Maseratis incorporated Citroën technology also, particularly in hydraulics.
New models included the Maserati Bora, the first mass-produced mid-engined Maserati, in 1971, and the Maserati Merak and Maserati Khamsin soon afterwards. The 1970s oil crises, however, put the brakes on this ambitious expansion - suddenly, the demand for fuel-thirsty sports cars shrank. On May 23, 1973, Citroën declared that Maserati was in liquidation. Propped up by Italian government funds, the company stayed alive, if barely.
1975 saw the company back on its feet with investment from the Binelli company, and Alessandro De Tomaso, an Argentinian former racing driver, became the managing director. New models were introduced in 1976, including the Maserati Kyalami and the Maserati Quattroporte III .The 1980s saw the company largely abandoning the mid-engined sports car in favor of squarish, front-engined rear drive coupes, cheaper than before but with aggressive performance, like the Maserati Biturbo .
1993 saw the company acquired by Fiat. Substantial investments were made in Maserati, and the company has since undergone something of a renaissance. The Fiat era produced one car, the 3200 GT.In 1999 a new chapter began in the history of Maserati, when the company launched the 3200GT. This two door coupe was powered by a 3.2 L twin turbo charged V8. It produced 370 bhp (276 kW) and does 0-60 mph in less than 5 seconds. Its top speed is an amazing 285 km/h (177 mph) Production of this car ceased it 2002.
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