Carlo Maserati (1881 in

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– 1910) was an Italian bicycle and automotive engineer, and the eldest of the Maserati Brothers. His engineering career started in a

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factory in

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, near

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, where he developed a one-cylinder

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for

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s. The engine went into production at Marquis Michele Carcano di Anzano del Parcos factory, using a

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strap as a

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. Carlo was engaged as a racer of these bicycles, winning the Brescia-Orzinuovi in 1899, and the Brescia-Cremona-Mantua-Verona-Brescia and Padova-Bovolenta in 1900.Diatto and the Maserati brothers
/ref> Carcano's factory was closed in 1901. Carlo went to work as a test driver for

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between 1901 and 1903, then became a test driver and mechanic at Isotta Fraschini later that year, where he was joined by brother Alfieri Maserati. He moved to work on automobiles for Bianchi in 1907, where he raced the Coppa Florio, coming in 9th, and the Kaiserpreis, before becoming manager of the Junior car company in 1908. At Junior, he hired his brother

Ettore Maserati Ettore Maserati (1894 – 4 August 1990) was an Italian automotive engineer, one of five brothers who founded the Maserati firm in Bologna 1914. He was born in Voghera. His oldest brother Carlo Maserati brought him to the Junior car manufacture ...

. Carlo died of

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in 1910, with his brothers establishing

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in 1914.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maserati, Carlo Carlo Maserati people Italian automotive engineers Italian automotive pioneers 1881 births 1910 deaths People from Voghera Formula One engineers Italian founders of automobile manufacturers