America’s Cup winners dock at Maserati HQ

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Modena Dec 12 2003: Members of the Alinghi team, recent winners of the America’s Cup, visited the 'House of the Trident' this morning.

Following the decision to hold the next America’s Cup in Valencia, Spain, the Alinghi staff – the Swiss consortium that managed to bring the prestigious Cup back to Europe for the first time in 152 years – is already busy preparing for the 2007 challenge.

Skipper and Executive Director of Alinghi, Russell Coutts, and Marketing Manager, Nick Masson, took the time to visit Maserati in Modena during their stay in Italy. Greeted in the new showroom by Maserati CEO, Antonello Perricone, the pair were able to admire the entire range of the company's vehicles – the Spyder, Coupé and Quattroporte – and were spoilt for choice when shown the endless personalisation options available on the cars.

They were then taken on a tour of the factory where they stopped by the production line and took the wheel of a Spyder and a Coupé, moving on to the Panini Museum to view its collection of classic Maseratis.

Research into new hi-tech solutions and exclusive new materials, and the desire for stirring emotions, are ideals common to both Maserati and Alinghi.

Text/Photos - Maserati