MASERATI IN THE NEWS
A
Tribute By Pininfarina To Maseratis Of The Future
02/23/2005
/ Geneva
This new creation is based on Maserati's rich heritage, its most
advanced mechanics and is realized in collaboration with Motorola.
Pininfarina
revives the historical theme of the true dream car in a synthesis
of the vision of the three companies, the vision being
to combine exclusive design, sports DNA and technological innovation.
The prototype is called the 75th Birdcage.
Pininfarina’s prosperous collaboration with Maserati, marked
by the great international success of the Quattroporte, is celebrated
with this rolling hi-tech sculpture that evokes a new future context,
imaginary but possible, while simultaneously paying homage to the
strong and distinctive brand characteristics of the Trident.
The
integration of Motorola’s technology in the car realizes
the seamless mobility concept.
The
car itself becomes an intelligent moving network, able to interact
with its passengers and keep them constantly and
seamlessly
connected
to all the aspects of their lives.
Birdcage
75th Receives An Award
03/03/2005
/ Geneva
The
new Pininfarina-designed Maserati concept car which was presented
at the Geneva Motor Show has been awarded the
'Best Concept Autoweek'
prize.
The
Pininfarina Birdcage 75th won ‘Best Concept’ in the
Editors’ Choice Awards category of the American magazine, Autoweek.
The motivation behind this award was “100% passion”.
The Piedmont designer’s Birdcage was constructed by Maserati
mechanics in collaboration with Motorola. “I am pleased with
this concept car as it represents the best of Maserati spirit, its
tradition and its vision of the future”, stated Karl-Heinz
Kalbfell, Maserati’s CEO.
Maserati
Birdcage 75th makes its world driving debut
06/27/2005
/ Goodwood
The
Pininfarina-designed concept car based on the MC12 and built
in collaboration with Motorola made an
appearance at
the Goodwood
Festival of Speed.
The
gorgeous car, which received the ‘Best Concept’ award
at this year’s Geneva Motorshow and features in the ‘Ten
coolest concept cars’ classification by Forbes, took part in
the supercar hillclimb at the prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed,
in West Sussex, England, in front of 150,000 people.
Maserati’s CEO, Karl-Heinz Kalbfell, English TV programme 5th
Gear’s presenter, Tom Ford, and Pink Floyd’s drummer,
Nick Mason, took it in turn behind the wheel. Mason, who also owns
a Maserati Birdcage Tipo 61, took a break from the rehearsals for
the Live 8 concert due to take place in London and other cities next
weekend to be at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Interviewed
by Italian television channel, RAI, he commented: “It’s
a real honour to drive this amazing concept car which draws inspiration
from a golden era for Maserati. The original Birdcage, the Tipo 61,
was a perfectly balanced car, so ahead of its time. I can see the
same spirit in the design and execution of the Birdcage 75th”.
Designed
to celebrate Pininfarina’s 75th anniversary, the Maserati
Birdcage 75th returns to the tradition of extreme sports prototypes,
which highlighted the Italian renaissance of car design, starting
in the ‘50s through to the ‘60s and early ‘70s.
The Birdcage 75th is a concept car where everything – style,
performance, use and conception of the car – is extreme so
as to get the maximum impact on the collective imagination. The car
is a futuristic extension of the Maserati brand, and at the same
time it serves to reinforce the Trident’s strong design heritage,
and continues its grand tradition of advanced technology enveloped
in sporting elegance.
Featuring
Motorola Seamless Mobility technology, this car takes Internet
connection and
use, one step further.
The
technologies
integrated
in this concept car fulfill a vision
of seamless mobility and feature an iPen and
a mobile
router, using projection
screens
for man-machine
communication.
Several
classic Maseratis were also present at the Goodwood Festival
of Speed. Among
them were
a 1948
Maserati 4CLT
and a 1956 250F
competing in the Classic Grand Prix
Cars Category, a 1953 Maserati A6GCS in
the Elegant Endurance Aerodynes Category
and a 1974 Maserati Quattroporte II
in the Cartier
Style
et
Luxe Concours.
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