30.12.2003 THE AMERICA'S CUP WINNING SWISS ALINGHI TEAM VISIT THE MASERATI FACTORY

Members of the Swiss Alinghi team, recent winners of sailing's blue riband event, the America’s Cup, visited the House of the Trident before the Christmas break.

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

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 Trident vehicles, the Spyder, Coupé and Quattroporte, and lost themselves in the endless personalisation options.

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 to move on to the Panini Museum to view its collection of classic Maserati cars.