AUTOMOTIVE words and photos by TOM STRONGMAN
MASERATI QUATTROPORTE S Q4 GRANLUSSO
Italian Elegance Combined with Sparkling Performance. Quattroporte is a name revered by Maserati aficionados because it denotes a fourdoor sedan with the chops of a sports car and it comes from a brand whose history dates back to 1914. Just as Italians are known for their passion and charisma, so too are the cars from Maserati, Ferrari, and Alfa Romeo, brands that now fall under the corporate umbrella of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Maserati is one of the world’s most iconic automotive manufacturers, rich in tradition and sporting successes. It was founded on December 1, 1914, in Bologna, Italy, when Alfieri, Ettore, Ernesto, and Bindo Maserati opened a car-engineering workshop called Officine Alfieri Maserati. In 1926 Maserati was transformed from a workshop that modified or developed cars built by other companies into a company designing, constructing, and selling its own vehicles. The Maserati brothers adopted the Trident symbol as their logo, created by the artist of the family, Mario Maserati, with inspiration from the famous statue of Neptune
Tom Strongman has a degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri and was formerly the director of photography and then the automotive editor of The Kansas City Star. Tom, a member of the Missouri Press Association Photojournalism Hall of Fame, has written about and photographed cars for more than three decades.
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