Official Maserati 100 years gathering

The 100 years celebration should be around the make with a good bit of Italy promotion: Tuscany, Dolomites, lovely people (cheering at the road sides like nowhere else), good food & drinks, the Monza track, etc! It is all at the finger tips to make this a very memorable event.

Nothing of that in the program up till now: to me a missed oportunity if the agenda stays this way!
No matter how much I like the make, I will not drive 2.400km return trip for the present proposal!

Ciao,

Bart

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It is way to early to know how it will all come together.
The schedule for now looks interesting except for that first day in Bologna and the last one in Turin, which is a little odd.

I figure sometime in Aug we will know everything. Just in time to find all the flights booked.
So advice #1 would be to get your flight booked while they are still available.
Janet and I are booked on Air France from Seattle direct to Paris On Aug 25th where we will decompress, see the sights from our Hotel in the Latin Quarter then take the TGV to Turin.

If they -Maserati - could at a very minimum post a projected price I am sure that will help a lot of folks with budgeting, this is not going to be cheap.

Let start a guessing game on price. My guess is 7,000 Euros for the 4 days.
The price will include Management fees, Hotels, Breakfast Lunch and dinners as well as some swag to take home. To us yanks thats $9,669.20 + airfare ++. That makes it $15 Grand for two people or a good down payment on a New Ghibli.
Ciao,
FGM

 

Done it twice already and for a lot less. Of course that was 20 and then almost 30 years ago.

But for others who've never done this sort of thing I encourage you to at least go and do something. Some Lamborghini fans went to the Giro event last year but they just didn't sign up for the whole enchilada.

 

Maserati received three proposals, each from a marketing/organizing firm. Then it was all up to Marchionne (the CEO of FIAT) to decide which one he liked best. Eventually he chose a proposal made by a well known firm, which has also done various Olympic events and a few things for Lamborghini. They are well known and reputable for their good work.

Anyway, based on the "Italian" mentality, things will be organized at the very last minute. Since the marketing firm has been given the go ahead, they'll work through the summer months to make things happen.

The expected car attendance is rather high, too many cars from all over Europe and a few from abroad. There was a discussion to make the event private and by invitation, which meant only rare/expensive cars and special clients would get invited first. I hope it doesn't come down to that.

About pricing, in previous events, it was something between 1000 and 2000 euro per person. Lets see how much it will cost this year.

 

Thats right, it is not possible to register because the event hasn't been organized yet. The overbooking you spoke of, is what I mentioned above, they have invited owners with rare/special and expensive cars, including friends and family, which was pretty much enough to overbook the event. Which is why there was talk to make the event by invitation only.

It will be a logistics nightmare, too many cars (classics and new), driving between cities. I'm eager to see how they'll organize things. Based on what I've seen from the organizing firm, they seem capable enough (especially since they've managed several Olympic game events).

Hopefully everything will go well. I'm optimistic

 

At least we are 15 people from the Norwegian club coming down. Some are coming by plane, I think there will be six cars driving from Norway. Only a few are thinking of attending the complete official program. That's why we have all booked a hotel in Modena for the entire period. Even when we booked our hotel two months ago, most hotels were basically fully booked already.

I am for one looking forward to the event, but even more so for the 2015 event, as I theen might be able to drive the Mstral. Does anone know were the event will take place next year? I have heard rumours of France, but I have not gotten this confirmed.

 

The French Maserati Club is definitely one of the best clubs. Very well organized and the last meeting they organized was a great success. They have a strong presence in the Maserati world.

Unfortunately, sometime last year they had an internal struggle and the club was nearly split. I don't know what is the current status, I hope they resolve their problems and manage to host the 2015 meeting, because France is a superb place for car events.

 

A bit of Nationalistic pride would usually come in stating that the US Maserati Club is also one best also, the only problem is there really isn't a Maserati Club in North America.

 

A few reassuring words from Jean-Pierre Lasartigues , President of the Club Maserati France : Indeed the Club Masearti France is very active , as you mentionned . The Club did not had problems of management , nor organization . The board has been re elected , the accounts validated and the program for the 2014 rallyes defined . The Club will be participating at Le Mans Classic 2014 and the International 2015 Maserati meeting will be in France .

 

Great! Really looking forward to taking the then freshly restored Mistral down to France from Norway. By then it must be finished. It must be!

 

Thanks for the update, I'm glad I was wrong and everything is great in the French club. I'm looking forward to the 2015 meeting in France. I'm not worried about France, I'm sure you have the experience from previous meetings to organize great things.

I'm more worried about this year's meeting...

 

It looks like Maserati has released the prices.
Has anyone else received the price list? Has anyone figured out where we can sign up and where to send the money?
Ciao,
FGM

 

The base package "ALFIERI MASERATI" is 4500 euros per person, plus lots of extra upgrades and alternative packages for non-owners.

Registrations will open at the end of the month, via their website.

They have also opened a dedicated office to help and answer questions, which will be available to the public from Wednesday, you'll be able to contact them via phone or email. All information will be made public on their site at the end of the month.

 

The Alfieri package is for 2 at 4500.00. Figure that about 1,000 to 1,500 of that is hotel.

 

Non owners? I am guessing what you really mean is for those NOT bringing their cars.
Please clarify.
So, for us not bringing our cars, we can choose from the lower menu.
What about the race track on Fri what is the price for non owners driving their rental car?
FGM

 

I have the spreadsheet enclosed which quite frankly is very hard to figure out.

It appears the prices will be posted online on 30 of May and people will have until the 16th of June to make their selection.

It sure would be nice to know what exactly is included with these packages, when they are (although most I can guess), how long the event lasts, etc ... you know .... the details. It really is hard to plan this trip.

Ivan

 

Looks like the spreadsheet did not get posted. Let me try again, this time I will also post a PDF version..

Ivan
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As best as I can figure out, it will cost most US participants about €1,150.00 ($1600.00) for 2 people. That does not include hotels, on-track activities or the gala dinner in Torino (which is not listed as being available without the Alfieri package.

 

I am hoping you are right, but the price list clearly says:

"TOTAL COST PER HEAD IN EURO ( INCL. VAT )"

So I figured that it means per person... or does per head mean per couple?

 

It looks like you are both right.
On the left is clearly says "Access to all activities included in the program of the gathering, - and here is the money line - "for two persons."
But on the top to the far right is clearly says "Total cost per head in Euro"
So as you can see the two statements are in conflict with each other.
Time will tell.
FGM

 

I hope I'm wrong, the cost of 4500 "per person" would be too much for many people, especially for a 3 day event.