I had the very special benefit of meeting Giovanni last weekend when I was on board the boat and he said Maserati gave him half a million budget to go get some records plus they spent 8 million on the boat including mods. Fiat are obviously very proud of their children and money is not the issue. Italy may well be broke but Fiat are another matter.
He told me Ferrari would never do anything like this, by that he meant do something away from their core business and that Maserati was sexy and stylish enough to make it look like a natural extension. Never heard a truer word.