Frank Markus accepts award for The Maserati Club

TMC Calendar wins 3rd award in 3 years!

APRIL 1ST: was no joke for iL TRIDENTE and contributor Jim Sitz! At the prestigious "International Wheel Awards" held this evening at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, MI, Mr. Sitz and TMC garnered two more media awards - this time for photography. Sweeping 2 out of 3 in the "Best Photography" category, the 2004 TMC Calendar took 1st place for Jim Sitz' phenomenal photographs of the 1957 racing season. Mr. Sitz' photos which were MIA for over 20 years, were given a rebirth in this year's TMC Calendar.

Taking a third place award was the centerfold photograph taken by editor Seymour G. Pond, from the last issue of iL TRIDENTE. This photo was the introductory graphic to the test drive piece entitled "Real World Coupe." Set on the rainy streets of NYC it  depicted the new Maserati Coupe in the battle driving conditions of NYC. Secomd place went to a submission from "Automobile Quarterly."

In addition iL TRIDENTE writer Frank Markus (also technical director for MOTOR TREND) won a second place for an test drive article he wrote for CAR AND DRIVER on the new Saturn Ion.

Real World Coupe (photo: sgPond)

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  Welcome to our club home. We are now headlong into Maserati's re-emergence as a preeminent sports car marque, both road going and in racing. Amongst the features of our site you can look to our online magazine section titled  IL TRIDENTE OnLine containing a Letters to the Editor section allowing you to make your opinions known to us instantly. This ILTRIDENTE OnLine is not meant to replace our famous IL TRIDENTE but rather to add value to your membership dollars and fill in the gaps between issues. Here you will have access to the most current Maserati news from this ever accelerating world we live in. As"news" is really only news in a very short window, ITOL is our best resource in getting it to you as soon as it occurs.
   To help support iL TRIDENTE, ITOL will help to keep members connected between issues. A major advantage of the site will be it's ability to archive large amounts of reference materials, particularly historic, which will be accessible to our ever expanding worldwide Maserati community. In the future we'll add more of the well-known articles which we have published in the magazine as well as current event pieces and, of course, our usual accurate news on the latest developments from the Maserati factory. As you who read iL TRIDENTE magazine know I have a"pet peeve" with the U.S. automotive press for printing a never-ending stream of gossip and inaccurate "news items" on what is considered the "latest" Maserati news. You can continue to expect a higher level of accuracy from us as we check all "news" directly and don't print them until they are ascertained to be true. We hope you enjoy this site and perhaps even take the time to add your own contributions to it. Cercate le belle strade! 

-Seymour.