Archive for October, 2012
Meet Riccardo De Santis!
Oct 25th
Meet Riccardo De Santis. Riccardo grew up in Rome, Italy and has been a technician for over 20 years. He has always had a special place in his heart for all things Ferrari. He previously worked as a gearbox specialist for the Ferrari race team in Modena Maranello, Italy for three years. Following his job with Ferrari he opened up his own repair and maintenance shop where he worked on mostly European cars. Four years later he moved to the United States and began working here at TCLA.
He recently had the opportunity to work on two gorgeous Italian cars, a 2012 Lamborghini Aventador and a 2001 Ferrari 360 Spider, both belonging to a loyal TCLA client. The maintenance he performed on the cars was routine, it included a full synthetic oil service, fluid level/condition check, and a visual inspection of the braking and safety systems to ensure nothing further needed to be addressed. Check out the photo to get a quick look at Riccardo with the vehicles he was lucky enough to work on.
Riccardo is a joy to work with and we are proud to have him on our team here at Twin Cities Luxury Auto. We hope to bring you more about him in the future.
Maserati’s Ambitious Plans for the Future
Oct 2nd
The GranCabrio MC debuted at the Paris Auto Show this year and with that came insight to Maserati’s ambitious future plans. The first upcoming model we will see from Maserati is the next generation Quattroporte. It is reported that the vehicle will debut within the next year, possibly at the Detroit Auto Show.
Maserati will also introduce a new high-end four-door sedan the Ghibli, a name which was previously used for a 2-seater GT and convertible from 1967 to 1973 and again from 1992 to 1997.
The next new model will be Maserati’s first SUV, the Levante. It is set to debut in 2014. The concept was initially previewed at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show as the Kubang concept but it was recently announced that the name was changed to Levante. The name represents Via Emilia Levante in Bologna, Italy, where the Maserati brothers built the company that will be celebrating it’s centennial in 2014. This makes the name and release date very fitting.
Maserati hopes that with these additions to the lineup they will produce 50,000 vehicles by 2015.
