Spy Shots: entry-level Maserati sportscar
To the untrained eye, this might look like the Maserati GranTurismo. It's wearing no camouflage to tip it off as a test mule, but if you look closely, you'll notice that it's a fair bit shorter than the expansive GT we already know. The roof is clearly fixed, ruling this out as the anticipated convertible version of the GranTurismo. Sources suggest instead that this is a developmental version of the 911-fighting new sportscar that Maserati CEO Roberto Ronchi recently alluded to.
Maserati insisted all along that the GranTurismo was not a replacement for the Coupe/Spyder/GranSport range, and indeed the two models ran alongside each other for a short while before the aging model was discontinued. Although Ronchi claimed his company had yet to decide definitively over which new model would join the Trident marque's line-up, these spy shots could indicate otherwise. Whether the new model takes styling cues, however, from the upcoming Chicane concept remains to be seen.
[Source: Autoblog.it]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
993C4S 9:05AM (2/07/2008)
I wonder what it looks like from the back. From this shot (even with all the dirt) it looks less boxy than the coupe or GT....
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John R 9:09AM (2/07/2008)
Based on this picture alone I'd be happy with this mule. But I imagine GranTurimso owners would not be amused.
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Dausman 9:25AM (2/07/2008)
Click on "read it"....there are more pictures and if you can read Italian(I'm assumming it's Italian) then there seems to be more information in the story....lot of comments in Italian also.
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3seriesisking 9:35AM (2/07/2008)
Very nice. Me likey
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Franz 9:43AM (2/07/2008)
Sweet. I'd definitely drive this.
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DKB_SATX 9:58AM (2/07/2008)
There's not a lot more in the Italian text. The writer spotted several new Maserati prototypes earlier on the west loop around Milano, and these pictures were taken around Modena. Other than that and the fact that they're counting portholes, they're basically just theorizing that this is a prototype for a Coupe replacement.
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BMWdownshift 10:09AM (2/07/2008)
Is it parked at the Olive Garden ?
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DKB_SATX 10:22AM (2/07/2008)
It's an outlet-mall sort of shopping center west of Bologna.
RCavaretti 10:23AM (2/07/2008)
Yeah BMWdownshift, like your BMW is parked down at Heinkel's Bratwurst Barn.
DKB_SATX 10:24AM (2/07/2008)
actually the map is not very intuitive... it's further from Bologna than I thought, NW of Modena.
Zane 2:35PM (2/07/2008)
Translated web page:http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autoblog.it%2Fpost%2F12427%2Fil-prototipo-maserati-avvistamento-numero-tre&langpair=it%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8
Cheers!
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Mi key 9:00PM (2/07/2008)
Italy has outlet Malls. Wow! that's Hawt!
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Mi key 9:03PM (2/07/2008)
Italy has outlet Malls. Wow! that's Hawt!
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