Beauty Cars Maserati Grancabrio Sport
The GranCabrio Sport’s beauty strikes straight to the heart. The new details that adorn the car’s lines give its elegance and style a more sporty imprint, the natural evolution, in true Maserati tradition, of the marvellous GranCabrio, the brand’s first four-seater convertible and the latest product of a rich tradition of open-top car construction.
Not only will you need to be a true extrovert to drive the sensationally loud, undeniably gorgeous new Maserati GranSport Cabrio, you’ll also need to be exceedingly wealthy, too. For when it goes on sale in ‘early autumn’ this car will cost £102,615, and as such it’ll be competing with some of the world’s most desirable convertibles.
Yet in its way the dramatically elegant, much improved Maserati is easily capable of pulling it off. Rumble along any stretch of road, anywhere in the world, and you will get noticed in this car without any problem at all. And my goodness will you be heard as well as seen.
The key improvements include various upgrades both to the styling and what lies beneath, hence there are 15 per cent stiffer springs, thicker anti-roll bars, a 10bhp power increase for the 4.7-litre V8 and a brand new electronic damping system. But it’s what happens when you press the button marked sport, just to the right of the steering wheel, which makes the biggest difference of all.
The new front bumper features two sinuous air intakes that run from the central spoiler towards the aggressive front light assembly, with its LED Daytime Running Lights. The famous radiator grille has black vertical fillets, while the usual Trident in the centre sports red details: a finishing touch only used on the most powerful models in the Maserati range.
The GranCabrio Sport is a real four seater, allowing all passengers to enjoy the pleasure of open-top travel. The soft Poltrona Frau® leather, available in two new colours, Bianco Pregiato and Grigio Chrono, and the original central section of the M-design seats, whose contrast stitching is inspired by the sleek curves of the Maserati radiator grille, are classy details which cannot fail to impress.
Pretty wonderful to be honest, so long as you find the right road, the right weather and have the right attitude with which to drive it. But the key thing to realise is that despite the addition of a range of upgrades intended to make it more sporting, the GranCabrio Sport isn’t the bone rattling madman of a car you’d half expect it to be. It’s actually a much more complete machine than the regular GranCab, featuring a more mature ride, crisper feeling steering, much better body control and an exhaust note to die for – so long as you press the right button.
Do so and, at a stroke, the throttle response gets punchier, the dampers become stiffer, the steering weight deepens, the shift times within the excellent six-speed semi-automatic gearbox are cut – and the exhaust note goes completely berserk. The transformation is a bit like what happens when Clark Kent emerges from the telephone box, and the effect it has on the GranCabrio Sport’s personality is as close to total as it gets.
The famous Maserati 4.7 litre V8 installed on the GranCabrio Sport is able to deliver 460 HP (338 kW) at 7,000 rpm and a peak torque of 520 Nm thanks to a series of innovations to optimise its operation. It was designed with important innovations to reduce friction, such as the use of DLC (Diamond-Like Coating) for the tappets and camshaft lobes.
The gearbox offers a choice of five operating modes: Normal, Auto Sport, Manual Normal, Manual Sport and Ice. The exclusive MC Auto Shift function included in the transmission control software makes the car even more exciting to drive in a number of ways. For example, it includes electronic double declutching during downshifting and the MC Start Strategy high-performance start function that enables the car to leap from 0 to 100 km/h in just 5 seconds.
Not only will you need to be a true extrovert to drive the sensationally loud, undeniably gorgeous new Maserati GranSport Cabrio, you’ll also need to be exceedingly wealthy, too. For when it goes on sale in ‘early autumn’ this car will cost £102,615, and as such it’ll be competing with some of the world’s most desirable convertibles.
Yet in its way the dramatically elegant, much improved Maserati is easily capable of pulling it off. Rumble along any stretch of road, anywhere in the world, and you will get noticed in this car without any problem at all. And my goodness will you be heard as well as seen.
The key improvements include various upgrades both to the styling and what lies beneath, hence there are 15 per cent stiffer springs, thicker anti-roll bars, a 10bhp power increase for the 4.7-litre V8 and a brand new electronic damping system. But it’s what happens when you press the button marked sport, just to the right of the steering wheel, which makes the biggest difference of all.
The new front bumper features two sinuous air intakes that run from the central spoiler towards the aggressive front light assembly, with its LED Daytime Running Lights. The famous radiator grille has black vertical fillets, while the usual Trident in the centre sports red details: a finishing touch only used on the most powerful models in the Maserati range.
The GranCabrio Sport is a real four seater, allowing all passengers to enjoy the pleasure of open-top travel. The soft Poltrona Frau® leather, available in two new colours, Bianco Pregiato and Grigio Chrono, and the original central section of the M-design seats, whose contrast stitching is inspired by the sleek curves of the Maserati radiator grille, are classy details which cannot fail to impress.
Pretty wonderful to be honest, so long as you find the right road, the right weather and have the right attitude with which to drive it. But the key thing to realise is that despite the addition of a range of upgrades intended to make it more sporting, the GranCabrio Sport isn’t the bone rattling madman of a car you’d half expect it to be. It’s actually a much more complete machine than the regular GranCab, featuring a more mature ride, crisper feeling steering, much better body control and an exhaust note to die for – so long as you press the right button.
Do so and, at a stroke, the throttle response gets punchier, the dampers become stiffer, the steering weight deepens, the shift times within the excellent six-speed semi-automatic gearbox are cut – and the exhaust note goes completely berserk. The transformation is a bit like what happens when Clark Kent emerges from the telephone box, and the effect it has on the GranCabrio Sport’s personality is as close to total as it gets.
The famous Maserati 4.7 litre V8 installed on the GranCabrio Sport is able to deliver 460 HP (338 kW) at 7,000 rpm and a peak torque of 520 Nm thanks to a series of innovations to optimise its operation. It was designed with important innovations to reduce friction, such as the use of DLC (Diamond-Like Coating) for the tappets and camshaft lobes.
The gearbox offers a choice of five operating modes: Normal, Auto Sport, Manual Normal, Manual Sport and Ice. The exclusive MC Auto Shift function included in the transmission control software makes the car even more exciting to drive in a number of ways. For example, it includes electronic double declutching during downshifting and the MC Start Strategy high-performance start function that enables the car to leap from 0 to 100 km/h in just 5 seconds.
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