The engine went into production at Marquis Michele Carcano di Anzano del Parcos factory,[3] using a leather strap as a transmission.

Carlo was engaged as a racer of these bicycles, winning the Brescia-Orzinuovi in 1899, and the Brescia-Cremona-Mantua-Verona-Brescia[4] and Padova-Bovolenta in 1900.

Carlo went to work as a test driver for Fiat 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.

Carlo died of tuberculosis in 1910, with his brothers establishing Maserati in Bologna in 1914.