Maserati GranCabrio
24th August 2009
It’s a glorious summer. Record temperatures, months of blue skies, England thrashing the Aussies at cricket, and inevitably in the UK - swarms of drop-top convertibles.
Britain buys more convertibles than France, Spain and Italy COMBINED, and the vast majority of convertible sales are done during the summer. So Italy’s latest offering couldn’t come at a better time - The Maserati GranCabrio.
A drop-top version of the Maserati GT, essentially. Millionnaire sugar daddies are signing cheques as we speak...
Headline figures? Basically it’s a Maserati GT with a soft top roof. That means it gets the same 4.7L V8 with the same 433bhp. However, it’ll also come with far more charm than the GT. Rumours of supermodels in the back seats being sold as optional extras are entirely unfounded.
The car will be quick - 0-60mph in 5.5 seconds, top speed around 180mph. Which is all pointless really, because this isn’t some drop-top supercar trying to rival the Ferrari Scuderia convertible, or a Murcielago LP640. Which is just as well, because despite having a delicately exquisite soft top roof, the car still needs structural reinforcements, so it weighs the best part of two tonnes. This is for the middle-aged sugar daddy that goes to a West End Theatre with two trophy girlfriends at either side. A boulevard cruiser. Something that’ll rarely exceed 30mph.
Which begs the question: Why give it a racy, Italian V8? Alfa Romeo had the right idea with their 8C Competizione. Not particularly brilliant to drive, but an absolutely gorgeous thing to behold.
Prices are expected to start around £90,000. Or if you wait about 5 years you’ll find one on Autotrader for at least half that, given you can get second hand Maserati GTs for £15,000 now.
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