The Maserati is an Italian based company was first founded in 1914. Maserti is most commonly known for its production of sports cars and racing cars and being part of the car group Alfa Romeo.
Originally owned by the Maserati brothers in 1937, the Maserati name has seen itself change ownership on a number of occasions. 1968 saw the Maserati in the hands of Citereon. This ownership lasted until 1973 when a oil crisis struck, resulting in the sale of sport cars declining.
Sales continued to decline until 1975 where the Maserati saw itself in the hands of Alessandro de Tomaso. To save the company De Tomaso concentrated on reducing the cost of running the car, whilst also increasing the level of performance. Due to the changes made by De Tomaso the Maserati company survived, but did not achieve high success untill 1993 when it was bought by Fiat, and later in 1997 when Fiat sold 50% to Ferrari.
1999 saw Ferrari taking full control of the Maserati name, resulting in the sales of the Maserati to increase. Ferrari had succeeded in bring the Maserati company back into business.
In 2005, the Maserati was back in the hands of Fiat, and saw its first profit in 17 years.
Choose your Maserati
- Maserati 3200
- Maserati 4200
- Maserati Biturbo
- Maserati Coupe
- Maserati Ghibli
- Maserati Gransport
- Maserati Granturismo
- Maserati Indy
- Maserati Quattroporte
- Maserati Spyder
Maserati Biturbo
The Maserati Biturbo is a sports car introduced in 1981. It was a two-door, four seater notchback coupe featuring a two-litre V-6 engine with two turbochargers and a luxurious interior. Fuel injection was fitted in 1987 and the 2.6L V6 engine was upgraded to a 2.8L further raising its power to 250hp (186kW). All models after this (apart from the Quattroporte) were based on the original Biturbo architecture.
Maserati Ghibli
The Maserati Ghibli is a V8 powered, two-door, two-seater coupe released in 1967 and was the most popular vehicle sold by the automaker since its withdrawal from racing in the 1950’s. The car’s steel body was renowned for its low, shark-shaped nose and was powered by a front-placed quad-cam 330 hp (250 kW) V8 engine. It could be operated by either a five-speed manual or three-speed automatic transmission.
Maserati Granturismo
First presented at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2007, the Maserati Granturismo is a two-door 2+2 coupé grand tourer with many of its design elements coming from the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorao (also a grand tourer) with the engine being a shared Ferrari/Maserati unit similar to that used in the Maserati Coupé, Spyder, GranSport and automatic version of the Quattroporte.
Maserati Quattroporte
The Maserati Quattroporte is a four-door luxury sedan and has had five generations since it was initially introduced in 1963. Duo select transmission was available at the launch of the fifth generation in 2004 and was an advancement of the CambioCorsa unit first used in the Coupe model.
Maserati Spyder
Commonly referred to as the 4200 GT, the Maserati Spyder is a grand tourer rag-top convertible produced between 2002 and 2007 by Maserati. It was first unveiled in 2001 at the Frankfurt Auto Show and sales began the next year. The model has now been replaced by the GranTurismo model.
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