Oldtimers on the auto-racing circuit remember Alfieri Maserati as a querulous Latin who spent as much time crying the faults of cars as he did driving them. His dissatisfaction drove him and his ...

On 1 December 1914, an Italian luxury car company was founded in Bologna, Italy, by a group of brothers led by Alfieri Maserati. At first, the goal was to create racing cars, originally designing for ...

Florida’s International Twelve-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance was less than four hours old when Chicago’s Bob Gold-ich, 33, took a tricky S turn just a touch too fast. His little (1.9 liters) ...

A Mercedes raced by Formula 1 legend Juan Manuel Fangio in 1955 set a record for a grand prix car on Saturday, selling at auction for $53 million. The silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen -- one of only ...