The fratelli Maserati got their automotive start building 2.0-liter grand prix racers for Diatto while overseeing their own spark plug manufacturing business. In 1926, when Diatto suspended racing operations, the brothers started building highly successful Maserati race cars. To improve profits and ensure funding for their racing efforts, the brothers set about adapting their winning 1.5-liter racing engine and chassis for road use in 1941, with the resulting A6 1500 Gran Turismo appearing in 1947.
Today, circumstances are once more forcing Maserati down a new path—this time toward electrification—and the brand will again incorporate motorsports tech on its first production EV. Fittingly, it will be a grand tourer. But rather than adapting a competition car for road use, this time Maserati co-developed a Formula E race car alongside
