The Maserati is truly great performance car. Driving a Maserati is a truly great experience. You will never want to drive another car again. So what is the history of the Maserati? Why is it so good? This hub can answer that and more.

Alfieri Maserati, Bindo Maserati, Carlo Maserati, Ettore Maserati, Ernesto Maserati and Mario Maserati, were all involved with automobiles from the beginning of the 20th century. Three of the Maserati brothers, Alfieri, Bindo and Ernesto built 2-litre Grand Prix cars for Diatto. Diatto suspended the production of race cars in 1926 which lead to the creation of the first Maserati. This also resulted in the founding of the Maserati marque. One of the first Maseratis, driven by Alfieri, won the 1926 Targa Florio. Maserati began making race cars with 4, 6, 8 and 16 cylinders (actually two straight eights mounted parallel to one another). Mario, an artist, is believed to have devised the company's trident emblem, based on one the Fontana del Nettuno, Bologna. Alfieri Maserati died in 1932 but three other brothers, Bindo, Ernesto and Ettore, kept the firm going, building cars that won races.

Current Maserati's

Quattroporte (Italian for four-door), a sporting-luxury four-door sedan.

GranTurismo is the new four seat coupé.

Since early 2002 Maseratis are once again being sold in the United States market, which has quickly become for Maserati the largest market worldwide. The company has also re-entered the racing arena with their Trofeo and, in December 2003, the Maserati MC12 (formerly known as the MCC), which took part in select GT races in 2004. The MC12 is based on the Enzo Ferrari supercar; 50 street-legal homologation models (roadsters and coupes) have been sold for about US$700,000 each.