Maserati GranTurismo

Maserati GranTurismo Convertible: Internal Design and Customized Options
In the Maserati GranTurismo Convertible car, customers can now select from two extra modification materials such as Carbalho wooden, with its feature sectioned styles, and Moonwood with its straight line grain. By comparison, Moonwood is a multi-layer blend wooden with a light color and pink feed which extremely matches the car interior. A new set of custom-fit baggage have been created for the Maserati GranTurismo Convertible car. In addition to infinitive custom remaking choices for their new vehicle, Maserati owners can enjoy unique generating encounter such as the Maserati Driving Programs in Italia. Thru the Expert Maserati Driving Programs, Maserati offers to all its customers the opportunity to encounter the excitement of generating the newest designs in the "home" competition track of Varano de' Melegari, few kilometers from the Maserati Head office. Maserati GranTurismo MC: Game Range Components and Specialized Specifications
The new Maserati GranTurismo MC represents energy and efficiency thanks to its top accomplishing V8, 444 hp 4.7 litre website, attached to a six-speed automated gearbox with MC move using exercise shifters with faster reaction and go with rev downshifting. The new Maserati GranTurismo MC comes from a world of rivalry, interest and services devoted to those who love Maserati, its rushing history and efficiency. For the more efficiency pushed clients, the Trident Company offers an range of MC Game line accessories to further boost the fantastic personality of the new Maserati GranTurismo MC.

MC Game Range Accessories
* Sleek bundle in as well as small (rear lip spoiler in as well as fibre, side showcases in as well as fibre, gates addresses in as well as finish)
* Internal as well as bundle (carbon complete on splash and entrance sections decrease pieces, higher entrance decrease remove in as well as fiber)
* Internal as well as bundle - Progress I (door admittance protects in as well as fibre with "MC Stradale" company logo, center system cabon fiber)
* Internal as well as bundle - Progress II (paddles move in as well as fibre, guitar encompass in as well as fiber)
8 Rim in as well as complete and dark-colored leather
* MC-Design Metal driving pedals (incl. deceased pedal)
* 20-inch Shiny Black Neptune Style aluminum tires (8.5 J x 20" front side / 10.5 J x 20" rear)

Maintenance
Maserati GranTurismo MC first service is at 12,500 kilometers or after two years of the car life and therefore every 25,000 kilometers. Warranty
The MC edition of the Maserati GranTurismo has a transferable four year/ 50,000 kilometer new car restricted guarantee with 24/7 Kerbside Support. For more information, ask the Certified Maserati Beverly Mountains supplier.

Technical Specifications
Dimensions and Weights
Front monitor 62.4 in
Rear monitor 62.6 in
Front overhang 36.4 in
Rear overhang 42 in
Engine
Compression rate 1:11
Max Power Result 444 hp (330 kW) at 7,000 rpm
Performance
Max rate 187 mph
0-62 mph speed 4.8s

Tires
Front 255/35 ZR 20
Rear 295/35 ZR 20

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To say the truth, Maserati has been known as a manufacturer of beautiful but technically inferior cars. With a new model, Maserati GranTurismo, the House of the Trident is taking another direction. GT is not just beautiful, sophisticated, and stylish. GT is also technically polished, and in the case of Maserati that means a new gearbox :)

Technical Specifications

ENGINE

Manufacturer: Maserati
Type: V-8
Displacement: 4244 cc
Max power output: 405 HP (298 kW) @7100 rpm
Max torque: 460 Nm (339 lbft) @4750 rpm

DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS

Length: 4881 mm (192.2 in)
Width: 1847 mm (72.7 in)
Height: 1353 mm (53.3 in)
Wheelbase: 2942 mm (115.8 in)
Dry weight: 1780 kg (3924 lb)
Kerb weight: 1880 kg (4145 lb)

PERFORMANCE

Top speed: 285 km/h (177 mph)
Acceleration 0 – 100 km/h (0 – 62 mph): 5.2 s
Acceleration 0 – 400 m (0 - quarter-mile): 13.4 s
Acceleration 0 – 1000 m : 23.9 s @ 225.00 km/h

Although, you may not be astonished by the speed of Maserati GranTurismo, you should keep in mind that this is a four person tourer after all. Anyway, with GranTurismo Maserati is back.

February Recalls: Toyota RAV4, Honda Accord, Crosstour and Ridgeline, Ford F-53/59 and Maserati GranTurismo

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced several recalls in the first week of February.

Starting with Toyota, the Japanese carmaker has issued a recall on a total of 427 RAV4 vehicles manufactured from November 24, 2011, through December 19, 2011, because the curtain shield airbags may not deploy. Toyota said it would check the RAV4s and if necessary, replace the assemblies. The safety recall is expected to begin in early March.

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This is Not the All-New 2013 Maserati Quattroporte

Regular readers will know that you can't ever be too careful with allegedly official photos of unrevealed cars floating around the internet. The examples are too many to list.

Earlier today, the guys over at GT Spirit tipped us off on these photos of the 2013 Maserati Quattroporte with the note that they were the first official pictures of the Italian firm's upcoming sedan model.

However, as it turns out, it's not the new Maserati Quattroporte but the Maserati...Quattroroute as the images are actually renderings from the November 2011 issue of the Italian car magazine Quattroroute, scans of which were posted over at Autoblog.nl. More pictures if you're interested after the break.

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Police Seize MegaUpload Founder's Vast Collection of Luxury and Exotic Cars [Video + Photos]

You've no doubt heard by now about the U.S. indictment against the owners of the popular file-sharing site MegaUpload, which was shut down by feds on Thursday and which triggered a massive cyber-attack from Anonymous on a number of government websites including the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice.

Today we also learn that the police seized a number of assets from the founder of MegaUpload, Kim Schmitz, aka Kimble, aka Kim Dotcom, including an amazing collection of automobiles with some rib-tickling license plates from his estate in New Zealand.

Twitter user Elliot Kamber was on hand to take a few shots of the cars that were seized, while we've also added a video after the break.

Among the vehicles taken from Schmitz's garage were a 2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM with "Good" number plates, a 2010 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG with a "CEO" plate, a pink 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible, a 1989 Lamborghini LM002 and a 2010 Maserati GranCabrio. The cars are estimated to be worth over $6 million.

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Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S Awards Edition

Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S Awards Edition

Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S Awards Edition

Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S Awards Edition

Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S Awards Edition

Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S Awards Edition

Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S Awards Edition

New Limited Edition Maserati GranTurismo S MC Sport Line

Maserati has made a new limited edition of GranTurismo for their Middle Eastern customers. Read the full story:

The limited-edition Maserati GranTurismo S MC Sport Line with Matt White "ice" finishing is here portrayed in front of the futuristic structure of the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, where it was unveiled in a dedicated event for a selected number of Maserati customers of the Middle East.

Designed to enhance the sporty DNA of the Trident, the "MC Sport Line" sums up the experience acquired on the track by the Maserati Corse racing department, whose contribution to the design of the functional components has been invaluable. The world of motor racing also inspired Maserati's designers when it came to styling, hence the extensive use of carbon fiber.

Only twelve GranTurismos in this configuration will be produced in Modena, all for the Middle East markets. Twelve is also the number of the world titles which make up the prestigious palmares of the MC12 in the FIA GT International Championship since 2005: 2 Constructors' Cups (2005 and 2007), 4 Drivers' Titles (Bartels-Bertolini in 2006, Thomas Biagi in 2007, Bartels-Bertolini in 2008 and 2009); 5 Teams' Titles (from 2005 onwards uninterruptedly with the Vitaphone Racing Team); 1 Citation Cup in 2007 with the gentleman driver Ben Aucott.

Furthermore, twelve are the Middle East cities where Maserati is present with a dedicated showroom: each car will feature an internal plaque with the name of the city to which it is committed.

A limited and numbered edition of the GranTurismo S MC Sport Line, finished in a Matt Bianco Fuji with eye-catching pearlescent nuances, will be dedicated to the Italian market. Only eleven customers in Italy will be able to sit behind the wheel of this exclusive car.

source: maserati.com

Maserati

The Geneva Motor Show marks the world debut of the Maserati Chicane, a concept developed by Istituto Europeo Designing. This car is a 2+2 coupe, powered by a V8 engine placed in the front and features rear-wheel-drive. The Chicane concept is 4400 mm long, 1250 mm tall and 1850 mm wide and we must tell you that it looks awesome. Check out more photos taken by us today, after the jump.

Maserati

"Società Anonima Officine Alfieri Maserati" was officially founded on December 14, 1914 in Bologna: a brand that was to become a legend on all the racetracks and the roads of the world.

Founders: The Maserati family constitutes seven brothers Carlo Maserati, Bindo Maserati, Alfieri Maserati, Mario Maserati, Ettore Maserati and Ernesto Maserati. The third brother who was also called Alfieri died in his infancy and hence the fourth brother was also given the same name. It was Alfieri who founded the company and begun producing some fabulous race cars that took his name and his brand "Maserati" across the world.

Alfieri efforts to manufacture world class race cars was ably assisted by his brothers Ettore, Ernesto and Bindo Maserati. Although Carlo was the first to venture in manufacturing cars, he breathed his last in 1910. It was his passion for cars brought his brothers to this field.

The first model that was produced under the flagship of Maserati's was a Tipo 26 in 1926, it was a two seater race car with 8 cylinder engine with 1.5 litre supercharged displacement that developed 120 bhp at 5300 rpm. Mario Maserati though did not venture his life into the engineering field like his brother also contributed; he presented a badge of the Trident that was evoked from Bologna famous statue of King Neptune.
The Tipo 26 made its debut in the racing tracks in Targa Florio, 1926 with Alfieri Maserati on the wheels and it emerged a superior racing car of its kinds. This was the first win for the Maserati with Alfieri the driving force behind the company and the car won his first victory. The company focused all its talent in producing other superior models for racing. Victories were sparse, Maserati's continued their domination in the racing sector and in 1929 they won the Tripoli Grand Prix and Mille Miglia. Alfieri never looked back and started venturing to improve his machines performances and subsequently the Tipo V4, 3.5 litres set the New World Speed Record.
Alfieri masterpiece design the Tipo 26M was one of the most renowned models that won him many victories in the racing circuits. Alfieri revolutionary ideas to fine-tune his engines brought 4 CTR a 4-cylinder, 1088 cc turbocharged model into existance, though that was his last designed car, since he died at 44 in 1932.

Maserati's brothers Ettore, Ernesto and Bindo Maserati took their respective places and revitalized their companies economic crisis and in the year 1933 the Maserati's 8C won the Belgian Grand Prix, Coppa Ciano and Nice Grand Prix. Everything looked stable and they continued to improvise the performances of their machines and the revolutionary model 8CTF won the Indianapolis 500, this is the only Italian car that had a triumphant victory in Indianapolis till date.
Though Maserati's dominated the racing circuits their financial conditions wooed and the Adolfo Orsi acquired Maserati in 1939. Under the new leadership the company was moved to Viale Ciro Menotti. Maserati re-entered the racing circuits under their new leadership in 1946 and won straight-away the Nice Grand Prix and Marseilles G.P. Maserati's desire to venture into manufacturing road cars were duly honoured by the introduction of A6, the first ever road car of Maserati. In 1957 Maserati continued its dominence in the racing circuits and sweeped all three places in Argentine Grand Prix and by the end of the season Maserati won the F1 Championship.

Economic crisis hit the company badly and the Maserati announced their decision to pull out from the racing arena and decided to manufacture racecars and their road versions. It was after this period Maserati (1957 - 1975) produced many successful cars in the Italian Car History. To sum up their successful models produced during this era are A6, A6G, A6G/54, 3500 GT Touring coupé, Vignale, 5000 GT, Shah of Persia Touring version, Vignale Sebring, Quattroporte, Mistral, Ghibli, and Indy.
In 1968, Citroen acquired Maserati from The Orsi family and they introduced the series of cars with Two Centre-Engined Models The Bora, Merak and Khamsin. It was the period of the worst Oil crisis the motor market subsided and Maserati was taken up by Alejandro De Tomaso and GEPI in 1976 and new model was introduced the same year in the Geneva Motor Show, The Kyalami. Maserati remained close to the market pace and it produced cars of diffferent models.

In 1993 Maserati was taken by the Motor Giants "Fiat" and currently it is managed by The Ferrari Management. Ferrari's technical strength and experience with Maserati's elegance proved to be very strong and they contributed much more powerful version of 3200 GT.

Maserati remains a Passion for both the F1 G.P. racers and the owners who own them.

Italian Supercars in 2008

    This year is almost over and it's a good time to start looking at what models we will be seeing in 2008.


    Ferrari has unveiled F430 Scuderia at the Frankfurt Motor Show and the rumor has it that new F430 Challenge Stradale will be joining other F430 models early next year.


    From Lamborghini we have updated Gallardo and Murciélago LP640, and much more interesting models: Gallardo Superleggera and Reventón.


    2007 is a very interesting year for Maserati, because Maserati made profit for the first time in the last 17 years. For the 2008 we can safely say that will be even more interesting because of the new model GranTurismo.


    For the year of 2008 Pagani is introducing Zonda R Clubsport.

    With all those models coming, the year of 2008 will be very interesting for all the lovers of Italian super and sport cars.