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Maserati got its name from the surname of its creators - the Maserati brothers.

There were six of them - Alfieri, Bindo, Mario, Ernesto, Ettore, and Carlo.

They lived at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries in the Italian city of Bologna.

All except Mario were ardent enthusiasts of technology, connected to one degree or another with the design of cars.

However, the artist Mario left an equally bright mark in the history of the future company - it was he who drew the famous trident logo.

According to the official legend, he borrowed the trident from the statue of Neptune, which still stands in one of the squares of Bologna.

However, there is also an unofficial legend according to which the trident symbolizes the three brothers who founded the company - Alfieri, Ettore and Ernesto (Bindo joined later, after Alfieri's death in 1932) ; there is a grain of truth in this, but still such a theory will seem clearly far-fetched

The fate of each of the brothers (except Mario, perhaps) deserves a separate book. They all left a rather bright mark in the development of cars, worked in fairly high positions in well-known companies of those years, successfully participated in auto racing.

Unfortunately, Carlo did not live to see the birth of Maserati in the role we are used to, having died in 1910 from tuberculosis

And in 1914, Alfieri (who is often called Carlo's spiritual heir) founded a small company for the production of automobile engines, which he called Società Anonima Officine Alfieri Maserati. It was on its basis that the legendary company would be born in the future.

In 1993, the company changed hands again. This time it was acquired by the Italian concern Fiat Auto.

The new owner invested huge sums in the development of Maserati, for which a renaissance era had now begun. A complete reorganization took place, which only benefited the company.

But the change of owners did not end there - in July 1997, Fiat sold 50% of Maserati's shares to its long-time competitor - Ferrari, which is part of the financial and manufacturing enterprise FIAT Group.

And since 1999, Ferrari has completely taken over Maserati. And almost brought it to bankruptcy again.

So in 2005, the long-suffering Maserati changed hands again. This time it came under the management of Alfa Romeo, which is also part of the FIAT Group.

Under the management of this company, things went more successfully - for the first time in many years, Maserati began to make a profit.