![Back in the Day: Shell Chronicles the 1955 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/video_still_152.jpg)
It’s one thing to read about the formative days of Formula 1, or to look at still photography. It’s a completely different thing to watch video footage of the World Championship’s early years. Only then...
Tag Archives: Maserati
Purpose-built racing cars – be they single seat open wheelers, sports prototypes, dragsters or any other automobile whose sole reason for being is to compete – have always inspired awe and been capable of extraordinary...
The previous generation Maserati Quattroporte was the child of compromise. The early ones were stuck with a herky-jerky single-clutch paddle shift transaxle shared with Maserati’s two-door models, but even after a mid-cycle refresh that replaced...
![Restless: What Do the Dreams of a Maserati Merak SS Look Like? [Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/video_still_003.jpg)
Even though they have been known to act like it on occasion (particularly if they hail from Britain or Italy), cars are not sentient beings. They are machines, made up of parts and pieces just...
The Detroit Auto Show (the proper name, North American International Auto Show, makes our eyes and ears hurt) is traditionally the first major auto show of the calendar year, and it’s reprising that role in...
For virtually all of the time since it became part of the Fiat Empire in 1993, Maserati has been kept a step or two below Ferrari in areas like performance and exclusivity. Granted, there have...
Ah, Paris in the autumn. The temperatures are dropping, the leaves are turning to varying shades and saturations of crimson and, if the year ends in an even number, the automotive world is converging upon...
Long before the advent of the internal combustion engine, someone came up with the idea of using a wheeled vehicle to carry people to where they wanted to go in exchange for money or some...
One of the best ways to add some sizzle to a new model is to name it after a race track. Even if it isn’t an overtly sporty vehicle, bestowing upon it the name of...
![CDC Performance Adds Superchargers and Style to Maserati Quattroporte [w/ Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cdc-maserati-quattroporte-142-335x256.jpg)
The Maserati Quattroporte is, despite or because of its sensuous Pininfarina styling, growling Ferrari-based V8 and not-quite-full-size dimensions, something of a bit player in the large luxury sedan market. The Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7...