Maserati is a mark of vehicles deluxe manufacturing intaliana that dates of 1914 and that in 1993 fué bought by Fiat and later on to Ferrari. Maserati belongs to the range of deluxe cars and it is very acclaimed in the entire world by its quality and elagancia.
The Italian mark of sport automobiles Maserati was founded in Bologna by Alfieri Maserati in 1914 and it has just celebrated its 90 anniversary. The emblem of Maserati is the trident, inspired by the statue of Neptune that he/she adorns the Square bigger than Bologna. The mark was acquired in 1937 by the manager Adolfo Orsi under whose address Maserati produced the first automobiles in those that the luxury received the same attention that the performance. In 1968 Maserati it was acquired by Citroën that in turn sold it in 1975 to a consortium administered by the Italian Alessandro of Tomaso. Of Tomaso, with the help of the designer Ghia, creó some of the most interesting automobiles in all the times: Ghibli, Khasmin, Bora and Kyalami, among others. These names were taken of famous winds of the África and Asia. In 1993 Maserati it passed to the Group Fiat that, in 1999, it converted it in fee sole right of Ferrari.
The Group Ferrari-Maserati in the year 2004 sold 9,565 automobiles, of which 4,590 were Maserati. The sales of Maserati represented a notable increment of 62% with relationship a year 2003. Great part of this growth owed herself on demand of the Quattroporte, its first model of 4 doors. Maserati manufactures three models: Coupé / Spyder V8, Quattroporte and the exotic MC12.