Maserati takes big step forward in China

For Italian luxury car brand Maserati, there was no better choice than to celebrate its 10th anniversary in China by starting its China-Italy Centennial Rally from the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing last week.

A fleet of Maserati cars driven by their owners and journalists set off with the aim to cross six countries - Russia, Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany and Austria - before arriving in Maserati's home in Italy.

The 35-day journey will cover 12,000 km and is due to finish in mid-September at the company's headquarters in Modena, where the fleet will join Maserati's global centennial gathering.