"Drivers will be extremely pleased with the effortless of this transmission and the ride - which provides a perfect balance of road feel and road heal," Pauken notes. "Maserati drivers expect both the thrill of the race and ease of transportation - and the GranTurismo delivers both experiences in good measure."
Standard are 19-inch alloy "V-style" wheels, which can be ordered in two styles. Three optional 20-inch wheels are available, including a polished "Birdcage" design. The perforated brake discs, 13 inches front and rear, are painted black from the factory, but you can order them in five colors as well, including titanium. All cars are metallic paint in wonderfully named colors such as Blue Nettuno, Bordeaux Pontevecchio and Grigio Alfieri, but you can specify pearlescent paint as well to finish this very fine car.
Of course, Maserati buyers buy craftsmanship as much as they expect performance. New for this year is an 11-speaker Bose surround-sound system with 100 hours of storage capacity; that's a lot of Beethoven, for sure. Other standard equipment includes a multi-media system with a 30-gigabyte hard-drive navigation; rear park sensors; a home-link system and alarm system; heated front seats with memory; twin dual exhausts; bixenon |
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headlights; an adaptive light-control system; and a tire pressure monitoring system.
Because Maserati has extended the distance between the front and rear wheels, interior legroom is excellent, even for four adults. Poltrona Frau leather - in 10 available colors - provides a luxurious environment, with various stitching styles available. The Maserati Trident is embossed on each of the four seats. To complement the standard rosewood, Tanganyika or walnut briarwood interior the steering wheel and gear shift are standard in black leather, but you can specify other colors.
"The GranTurismo is a hand-built car, and because of that you can personalize it with such items as contrasting stitching on the seats," Pauken explains. Many companies, for instance, limit the number of interior colors available with an exterior color. This is not the case withMaserati, which builds only a fraction of the cars other companies, such as BMW, Mercedes and Audi.
"The new GranTurismo is an unsurpassed driving experience," Pauken says. "This is a car that will turn heads, without gaudiness, without self-proclamation. It is what it is and always has been: a Maserati." |
