Talk:Maserati/Archives/2014

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"Fiat sold a 50% share in Maserati to its long-time arch-rival Ferrari" Hmmmm - there I was thinking Fiat OWNED Ferrari... or did the author mean historically rivals? Graham 03:56, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)

The author meant that MASERATI and Ferrari were historically rivals. —Morven 08:11, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)

The sentence should be reworded then, since the "its" is not clear - whether it is referring to Maserati or Fiat. I read it as Fiat - since Fiat is the subject of the sentence, the "its" must be referring to Fiat. Graham 00:10, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)

We need an article about the fab 3500GT and 5000 GT> those are some of the most special models (with custom bodies) built. The Shah of Iran had one of those. --Bud 09:27, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

The Orsi Ownership section uses the future tense to describe what happened in the past. I think this should be changed. Akillen (talk) 21:07, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Why don't quote MASERATI's motto "Excellence Through Passion"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.156.35.239 (talk) 18:15, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

So...

Did someone copy/paste this article from Maserati ad copy, or did the company write it straight in wikipedia? I don't know enough about the cars to clean it up, unfortunately.64.190.57.34 (talk) 14:52, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Maserati's Competitors

I have changed Maserati's competitors from Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Maybach to Aston Martin, Jaguar, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW. My reasoning is because the Coupe/Spyder/GranTourismo are pinned against the SLK/CL, V8 Vantage, 6-Series, and the XK. Also, the Quattroporte competes against the A8, S-Class, XJ, 7-Series and the up-and-coming Rapide. In many markets Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Maybach's are 3 or 4 times the price of any Maserati vehicles. I believe these manufacturers to be their true competitors, and I would never downgrade Maserati's quality or ability in the luxury market as I am a Maseratisti. What do others think? mattytay 18:36, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Maserati

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Maserati's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "AR2012":

• From Fiat Industrial: "Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Fiat S.p.A.
• From Fiat: "Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Fiat. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 04:55, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Photographs of the exhibition "100 Years Maserati" in "Autoworld Brussels"

I have just uploaded 23 photographs of the exhibition "100 Years Maserati" in "Autoworld Brussels": --NearEMPTiness (talk) 18:41, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, NearEMPTiness - I was considering writing a section on the 100th year anniversary, and now I have some more pictures for it! Jaredclce (talk) 05:37, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

GranTurismo Convertible vs. GranCabrio

In the US, the GranTurismo Convertible is no longer called the GranCabrio. It came (again) to my attention when it was changed back after I had changed it. So, my question is, which is correct to use? I thought GranTurismo Convertible because that's the official name (worldwide it is the full name, and GranCabrio is just a shortened version), and the US name, but I may very well be incorrect on that/going against majority opinion. Either way, I just wanted to get everybody else's take. I have no issue with using either. Jaredclce (talk) 15:35, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Ah, I believe that was my edit; I though it was just a mistake. In Europe the official name has always been (and still is) GranCabrio; as far as I know (and from a quick look at a couple of Maserati's international corporate websites) that's also the case in most of the other markets. Therefore I'd stick to GranCabrio. Now I'm curious, when an why was it renamed GranTurismo Convertible? – Cloverleaf II (talk) 16:02, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm not exactly sure why they changed it, but it was in 2009 (http://blog.caranddriver.com/maserati-grancabrio-re-dubbed-granturismo-convertible-for-u-s/). I agree with you though, that's what it is called in most other countries, so that's what we should use. Jaredclce (talk) 16:06, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. I've added that info to the article. – Cloverleaf II (talk) 11:57, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Buick Ventiports on a Maserati?

Just wondering when the designers thought to add portholes on all current products? Is there any signifigance? Are they glued on or are there actual holes in the sheetmetal?(Regushee (talk) 22:21, 16 September 2014 (UTC))

The triple portholes came back on the Quattroporte V, a decade ago. They're a tad older than that though: 1947 Maserati A6 Pininfarina, 1952 Maserati A6G 2000 Frua.

And ulike Buick's puny recent iterations of the glorious Ventiports they are still more than simple stick-on chrome. – Cloverleaf II (talk) 23:29, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

What makes it worse is that they use three ventiports, making it equivalent to a Buick Special and less than the four-port (quattroporte?) Buick Roadmaster. Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 22:07, 20 October 2014 (UTC)