List of Maserati Models

Maserati was established in late 1914 and began producing cars in 1926. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993. In May 2014, Maserati sold a record of over 3,000 cars.

History

The company has a long history of designing and producing successful race cars with 4, 6, 8 and 16 cylinders (two straight-eights mounted parallel to one another).

The famous Argentinean driver Juan-Manuel Fangio raced for Maserati for a number of years in the 1950s, producing a number of stunning victories including winning the world championship in 1957 in the Maserati 250F alongside Toulo de Graffenried, Louis Chiron, Prince Bira, Enrico Plate, and a few others. Other racing projects in the 1950s were the 200S, 300S (with several famous pilots, among them Benoit Musy), 350S, and 450S, followed in 1961 by the famous Tipo 61.

Maserati retired from factory racing participation because of the Guidizzolo tragedy during the 1957 Mille Miglia, though they continued to build cars for privateers. Maserati became more focused on building road-going grand tourers.

Road Cars

The 1957 Maserati 3500 GT marked a turning point in the marque's history, as its first ground-up grand tourer design and first series produced car. Production jumped from a dozen to a few hundreds cars a year. The 3500 GT's success, with over 2200 made, was critical to Maserati's survival in the years that followed the withdrawal from racing.