The trident logo of the Maserati car company is based on the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna's Piazza Maggiore.

In 1963 Maserati unveiled its tradition of calling some of its sports models by wind names. The first one was Mistral, followed by Bora, Merak, Ghibli and others.

Alfieri Maserati, behind the wheel of the Tipo 26, finished first in the 1,500 cc class with a time of 8 hours 37 minutes 11 seconds.

The Mille Miglia ("Thousand Miles") was forever banned after two fatal crashes in 1957. Five of the spectators killed were children, all of whom were standing along the race course.

The V8-engined 5000 GT became one of the fastest and most expensive cars of its day.

It's tough enough to win the Indianapolis 500 once, but twice and in the very same race car? That's exactly what Wilbur Shaw did in 1939 and 1940 in the Maserati 8CTF.

Carlo, an Italian bicycle and automotive engineer, died of tuberculosis in 1910, four years before his brothers established Maserati in Bologna.

Argentinean Juan Manuel Fangio won the championship trophy while driving a Maserati 250F.

A luxury red 1955 Maserati 300S Sports Racing Spyder sold for $6.1 million at Bonhams auction of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The car had been raced by Bill Spear and Sherwood Johnson at the 1955 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring and finished a respectable third in the event.

Maserati began racing the MC12 in the FIA GT toward the end of the 2004 season, winning the race held at the Zhuhai International Circuit.