Grande Storia di Maserati (ePub)

History of Maserati
The Maserati story begins with railroad worker Rodolfo Maserati, his wife Carolina Losi and seven Maserati children who all inherit their father's passion for speed and precision engineering.
1914, December 1st: Alfieri, Ettore and Ernesto Maserati open the "Società Anonima Officine Alfieri Maserati", a car workshop at 1, via de'Pepoli in Bologna. Five months later Italy is at war and the brothers' technical ingenuity is put to the test.
1926: during the winter months, Alfieri, Ernesto and Ettore work tirelessly on their first original creation: The Tipo 26. It's the first car named Maserati and it's proudly displaying the soon-to-be-famous Trident logo.

1929, September 28: in Cremona, Italy, Borzacchini sets the new Class C world record at the wheel of the 16-cylinder V4, flying 10 kilometers at a speed of 246.069 km/h. This record stands until 1937.
1937, May 1: Adolfo Orsi, an entrepreneur from Modena, purchases Maserati from the Maserati brothers.

1939, May 30: Wilbur Shaw, at the wheel of the "Boyle Special" 8 CTF, wins the Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 185.131 km/h (115.035 mph).

1939, September 1: Maserati officially moves from Bologna to Modena, to the factory at 322 viale Ciro Menotti.
1940, May 30: at the wheel of the same car, Wilbur Shaw wins the Indianapolis 500 for the second consecutive time, at an average speed of 183.911 km/h (114.227 mph).


1947: The A6 1500 is presented at the Geneva Motor Show. Designed by Pininfarina, the car is named after Alfieri and the number of cylinders. It's the first Maserati destined for daily use rather than racing, and is a huge success.
1957: the 3500 GT is presented at the Geneva Motor Show and production levels scale up to meet an increasing demand for grand tourers.

1957, August 4: on the famous Nürburgring, Juan Manuel Fangio wins
The Maserati Brothers were involved with automobiles from the beginning of the 20th century. They were born to Rodolfo Maserati and his wife Carolina in Voghera, Lombardy, Italy Rodolfo was a railway worker from Piacenza, driving a heavy Krupp locomotive, and married Carolina Losi. They had seven sons in total, but only six reached adulthoods, as Alfieri I was only 1-year-old when he died. After the death of Alfieri I, the next son to be born was also named Alfieri. Alfieri, along with the remaining five brothers, Carlo, Bindo, Mario, Ettore and Ernesto, contributed to the sports luxury automobile manufacturer Maserati in one way or another.