Nik J Miles

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Maserati Droptop to preview In Geneva

Maserati will preview their latest Granturismo Convertible Sport (known as the GranCabrio Sport outside of North America) at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, taking it to a new level of performance and handling, offering more driving pleasure, by providing improved overall vehicle dynamics, more horsepower from a more responsive and efficient engine, along with optimized gearshift response.

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Open air touring in grand style now available

All of Maserati’s Trident-badged models are graceful works of art, with alluring, curvaceous and smoothly flowing lines, and all are powered by a 4.7-liter, DOHC, 32-valve V8 with electronic fuel injection that generates 433 horsepower @ 7,000 rpm and delivers 361 pound feet of torque. The engine is mounted up front, low, behind the front axle in a longitudinal orientation, and transfers motive force to the rear wheels via an electronic “drive-by-wire” throttle and a ZF 6-speed automatic with four modes: Auto Normal, Auto Sport, Auto ICE, and manual shift capability with steering column-mounted paddle shifters.

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Sergio_Marchionne

With the early popularity and critical review of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says the same platform may be used for future Maserati and Alfa Romeo SUVs.

The Grand Cherokee “architecture has legs. It’s important for us to tap all of the hard work that has gone on inside Chrysler on the new Grand Cherokee,” Marchionne told Automotive News. “It has a level of solidity and resilience that we have underestimated.”

The Grand Cherokee platform was developed jointly with Mercedes-Benz, when Chrysler was still owned by Daimler.  It is being used on the latest generation Mercedes-Benz ML-Class SUVs and under the redesigned 2011 Dodge Durango. Read the rest of this entry »

The Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC is a European racing series for the Maserati GranTurismo sports coupe. Maserati says the series is for “gentleman-drivers” – which in the world of high-dollar Eurocars means “really rich guys who want to go racing and aren’t afraid to lay out big bucks to be treated like F1 drivers.” The championship is held over seven rounds on the most prestigious European circuits, together with WTCC.

The series turned on the ignition with the pre-championship test held on April 24-25 in Vallelunga, a prep for the first practices in Monza on May 23. A long-run simulation was done to make the final checks of the cars assigned to signed-up drivers. One of the protagonists of the test has been Emanuele Smurra, the winner of the first Trofeo Maserati held in 2003. 16 other drivers from various European countries also participated in the test.