As has been the custom with Maserati over the previous couple of a long time, now that the four-seat GT coupe has launched, it is time for the drop-top model. And this newest convertible adopts the identical identify as its predecessor: GranCabrio. It’s, in virtually each respect, the identical automobile because the GranTurismo, however with a material roof and a bit extra weight.
Stated roof is accessible in 5 colours: a navy blue, darkish pink, black, gray and “greige.” It’s certainly cloth so as to fold extra compactly and permit for cargo area with the highest folded, although it is going to nonetheless take up a little bit of trunk area when retracted. It additionally folds shortly at simply 14 seconds, and it’ll come again up in 16. Operation of the highest could be completed at speeds as much as 31 mph. To maintain occupants cozy in all temperatures with the highest down, the entrance seats have air vents within the seat backs to blow air onto the neck. Optionally obtainable is a fold-open wind blocker that matches behind the entrance seats, although it might probably’t be used with rear occupants.
The delicate prime does convey some further weight, round 220 kilos in comparison with the equal coupe. Maserati did not specify precisely what contributes to the acquire – whether or not it is extra simply prime parts or if a few of it comes from chassis reinforcements (each appear doubtless). Apparently, the additional weight truly offers the GranCabrio barely higher steadiness than the GranCoupe. The drop-top’s entrance and rear weight distribution is 51/49 to the coupe’s 52/48.
Maserati is barely providing the GranCabrio within the top-spec Trofeo internal-combustion trim for now. That features the twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 making 542 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque, eight-speed automated transmission and all-wheel drive. The load does ever so barely blunt acceleration, dropping it by 0.1 second to three.6 in comparison with the GranTurismo Trofeo. The identical staggered 20-inch entrance and 21-inch rear wheels and Brembo brakes carry over from the coupe, too. And whereas the Trofeo is the one model for now, Maserati notes that the chassis stays designed for inside combustion and electrical energy, so an all-electric Folgore and extra entry-level Modena gas-powered fashions will doubtless be added later.
Maserati didn’t give a particular time for when the GranCabrio will hit sellers, nevertheless it must be someday this 12 months. Pricing can also be a thriller, however ought to carry a premium over the GranTurismo coupe.
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