Maserati GranTurismo is a 2+2 GT car built by Maserati from 2007 to 2019 and since 2023. The platform shared from the Maserati Quattroporte V. The car was unveiled in 2007 Geneva Motor Show.
The GranTurismo has a drag coefficient of 0.33. The standard version has a 4.2-litre V8 (a jointly co-develop with Ferrari and Maserati) engine with 405 PS (298 kW; 399 hp) and an automatic ZF gearbox 6-speed (AMT gearbox was offered as optional for Sport and MC Stradale model) and the larger engine is a 4.7-litre 433 hp V8. The body has been derived from the Maserati Quattroporte V with double wishbone front suspension and multilink rear suspension.
The body style is offered either coupé or cabrio (badging as GranCabrio) in 2010. First-gen GranTurismo produced until 2019.
In 2023, the GranTurismo restarted the production for the second-gen. The new engine was downsized to 3-litre V6 dubbed as Nettuno, it comes with a twin-turbocharged.
Appearances[]
- In Clarkson: Thriller, Jeremy tested the first generation GranTurismo for the first time, criticizing it's soft suspension, slow gearbox, size and styling.
- In Season 2 Episode 3 Top Gear Australia, Brown falls in love with the GranTurismo S and it sets a lap around their track of 1:11.82 at the hands of their Stig.
- In Series 18, Episode 5, Jeremy compares the GranTurismo MC Stradale to the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series at the Top Gear Test Track. Despite praising the Stradale for it's sharpness, soundtrack, and the improvements over the standard car, he criticises for it's sluggish gearbox and pointless racing harnesses, concluding both cars didn't work well. With the hands of The Stig, the Stradale set a time of 1:23.1.
- In Sand Job, May uses a GranCabrio as the best exotic GT convertible which he modified for a Paris-Dakar rally across Mauritania against Clarkson in a Jaguar F Type V6S and Hammond in a Aston Martin DB9 Volante. His GranCabrio had suffer fewer flaws, comparably to the Hammond's DB9 Volante.