More Awards for Maserati
Dec 12th
The Maserati Quattroporte has recieved yet another award from the international press. This time it was the Dutch ‘Fem Business’ magazine, selecting the Quattroporte as the ‘Executive Car of the Year’ 2006. Readers chose the Maserati above thirty other luxury vehicles tested.
Check out their Executive Car of the Year minisite here: http://www.executivecaroftheyear.nl/
Germany’s leading automotive magazine Auto Zeitung‘s Readers Poll, has voted the Maserati Quattroporte the best Imported Luxury Car for the third consecutive year. This time it beat the new Lexus LS, and the Bentley Continental Flying Spur for the second year in a row.
And this is in addition to awards from Quattroroute, Auto Motor Und Sport Germany&Holland, Auto Illustrierte, Automobile magazine, Robb Report, and others.
FIA GT 2006 Roundup
Dec 12th
After dominating the 2005 FIA GT series, Maserati had many challengers vying for a piece of their success in 2006. The MC12 teams competed against six teams running Aston Martin DB9Rs, two Saleen S7Rs entries, and one Corvette C6R.
Overall the MC12s won five of ten races, and collected both Team and Drivers titles. These important wins brings the Maserati MC12’s international titles to four; (one Constructors’, one Drivers’, and two Team), a total of 10 wins, 21 podiums and two consecutive wins at the 24 hour of Spa-Francorchamps.
Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione video
Oct 5th
The Alfa 8c Competizione has been unveiled in Paris with this accompanying video.
Drive Everything; Buy a GranSport
Aug 7th
“Having owned a number of Porsche 911 coupes, Robert was looking for a change. “The 996 was a great utensil I call it a toaster car, you use it every day until it breaks, and then you throw it away,” he told us. “I considered getting a 997 Porsche – but I wanted something a little more… interesting, soulful, comfortable, stylish and, in Los Angeles, you see about 20 Porsches a day.””
“I think the Maserati is the most rational decision for someone looking for a luxury GT that performs; the only car which comes close is the Aston Martin, and I feel that is just a little too ‘parts bin’ as beautiful as it is, I prefer the purity of the Maserati’s lineage, and I like the motor infinitely better than what is coming out of Aston Martin.”
MC12 videos
Jul 3rd
Recently edo-competition took delivery of a customer’s brand new Maserati MC12. They modified the engine, gearbox, suspension, exhaust and brakes. This car is a daily driver and has been driven over 5000 kilometers in 3 months. Here is a very cool video of this MC12 being driven around Hockenheim racetrack.
Here are some more MC12 video links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yHzh6HZcBs (top gear)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlsLS7u7Oao (FIA-GT silverstone footage)
The MC12 – one two at Oschersleben
Jul 3rd
The Maserati MC12 continues its winning ways with a 1-2 finish at Oschersleben in Germany. The Vitaphone racing team beat out the competition from Aston Martin and Saleen at the end of three hours of hard racing. The Bartels-Bertolini car qualified on pole and never looked back, while the second MC12 driven by Davies and Biagi had more work ahead of them after a penalty moved them to start the race from the seventh row (14th position).
Jamie Davies climbed 7 positions in one lap, and up to fourth place by the first pit-stop, on lap 46. By the second pit-stop on lap 90 the Maseratis had gained their first and second positions and cruised to the finish. The 1-2 finish comes on the heels of first place success at Silverstone, and moves the Bartels-Bertolini car into first in drivers cup points, and Maserati into second for Manufacturers cup points.
The next FIA-GT race takes place July 29-30 with the fascinating 24 hours of Spa Francorchamps (Belgium).
Cutting edge nanotechnology, hidden in plain view.
Jul 3rd
While the Maserati Quattroporte boasts many technological and engineering advancements to the Sport Saloon architecture, one might not expect these to include one of the first major uses of Nanocomposites in the engine bay. Maserati contracted for the major engine bay covers to be made by Rieter Automotive, molded from Ube nylon 6 nanocomposite, containing 2% nanoclay by weight. The use of nanoclay in the composite decreases weight, increases mechanical performance, especially at high temperatures, and features improved surface appearance vs. glass-reinforced nylons.
Rieter Automotive has in fact been awarded the Ferrari Technology Award for the excellent cooperation between Ferrari/Maserati and Rieter Automotive Systems. Rieter Automotive Systems was recognized for its “sophisticated and efficient technology of soundproofing components and hot air housings”.
Click here for more information about nanotechnology in use today.
“SIMPLY THE BEST OF THE BEST. AGAIN”
Jun 19th
“The Maserati Quattroporte. Simply the Best of the Best. Again. Or should we say “still”? Robb Report doesn’t allow a car to contest its prized “Best of the Best” in consecutive years, so winning again in its first appearance since the 2004 award is as close to a repeat victory as possible. It’s something no car has accomplished until now, as the Quattroporte Sport GT has been named “Best of the Best” sedan, 2006.
And to celebrate, Maserati has introduced a special lease offer on the Quattroporte;
Click above, or contact us for more details.
Owner Profile : Dan Shypula, Engineer
Jun 19th
“…Dan’s background is, quite literally, colorful. How else to describe someone who has demonstrated foresight and innovation in developing the fresh cut flower industry, who studied Mechanical Engineering in college, and was all set to work in the car world until the Vietnam War, and military service, intervened…”
“…One of the recurring themes of our conversation was how a car should make him feel – when asked why a Maserati, Dan said: “Maserati offers the opportunity for me to experience a very high-performance Italian car that is purely Italian, that has not been neutered through globalization; it’s very exclusive, and its a personal thing. I feel other companies concentrate on the numbers – the 0-60, the score on the skid-pad, the quarter-mile time. They reduce everything to a quantitative formula, and then the exhaust note is whatever it turns out to be. To hell with that – I want an exhaust note that talks to me, and makes my heart beat quicker. Maserati does that, it gives me pleasure, and I think that’s consistent with Maserati design over the years…”
Find out what else this Engineer with a passion for Maserati engineering has to say: by clicking here