Precisely how fast I drove a Maserati at Road Atlanta racetrack is not the point. Or maybe it is the point, but since the people with me all claimed to have driven much faster, I'm not going to get into it.
I'll say that I did eventually achieve 145 mph – though that was as a passenger, after my instructor took the wheel.
For someone who drives a 1998 Honda Civic and whose typical peak driving experience consists of using EZPass, attending Maserati's brand-new high-performance driving school was a joy ride down the road not taken.
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Maserati, which returned to the U.S. market in 2002 after more than a decade's absence, is offering the program both to increase its visibility in this country and to allow its new owners to explore and master the capabilities of their exotic, high-end, Pininfarina-designed sports cars in a safe, police-free environment.
Similar schools are now offered by BMW, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes, and – since June – Ferrari.
Though Ferrari's program is restricted to existing owners, all the others are also open to anyone who dubs himself a “prospective” buyer.
With Maserati's $3,400 two-day course, the student gets a night at the posh Ch
