Novitec Tridente supercharges the Maserati GranTurismo S for 600hp
Novitec Tridente Maserati GranTurismo S – Click above for an image gallery
Some people believe in tuning exotics, some prefer to leave them alone. But everybody's got to respect Novitec. The German tuning house, now celebrating its 20th anniversary, is one of the established names in tuning Italian exotica. The company's Novitec Rosso line is known for strapping superchargers to Ferraris to delirious effect, but a couple of years ago they turned out a decidedly low-key modification to the Maserati Quattroporte. Now the Novitec Tridente line is back at work on the GranTurismo S, producing the supercharged super-coupe you see here.
By adding a supercharger, tinkering with the ECU and replacing the exhaust system, Novitec has managed to coax out an extra 165 horsepower from the Ferrari-sourced 4.7-liter V8 for a whopping 600 ponies. Managing all that extra power is a retuned KW suspension gripping massing 20 and 21 inch wheels front and back, which team up with the carbon fiber body kit to add even more aggression to one of the industry's meanest-looking GTs. See for yourself in the gallery below.
[Source: GTSpirit.com]
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Quattroporte 7:02PM (5/07/2009)
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Quattroporte 7:03PM (5/07/2009)
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Franz 7:03PM (5/07/2009)
God, I love this car.
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nzo 8:15PM (5/07/2009)
Yea these things are seriously good looking. No need to be extreme with design if you can make a really handsome car like this.
aj121489 8:35PM (5/07/2009)
Me too except the damn portholes!!!! And it's not even because people just slap em on their Escalades or anything else to make it "gangster" but they're just ugly to me. Disrupts the flow of an otherwise beautiful car
Carlos 7:06PM (5/07/2009)
That car must sound like pure sex
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Brad 9:26PM (5/07/2009)
that is does...
mcampasini 7:09PM (5/07/2009)
sweet!!!
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adam1drift 7:10PM (5/07/2009)
now lets see what we can do the the Alfa 8C....
such a sexy car to be so horid...
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davido 7:17PM (5/07/2009)
I'm curious. Between cars that come straight from the dealers and turnkey tuner specials like this, does anybody know how many 600bhp plus cars there are for sale now? They used to be rare. When I started following motor sports in the 60's even 600 horsepower race cars were rare except for dragsters.
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Yar 7:29PM (5/07/2009)
Ugh... centrifugal blowers....
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MikeW 8:47PM (5/07/2009)
Easiest way to go here.
Matt 7:44PM (5/07/2009)
Want x 1000
Wish the pictures were big enough to use as a wallpaper...
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Venom 8:16PM (5/07/2009)
Bad ass.
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JDM Life 8:45PM (5/07/2009)
I dont like the rear of this car one bit.....the front is much better looking
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alfaBAT9 11:22PM (5/07/2009)
+1.
The front is just.. wow. The back (more specifically the tail lights) I feel like I'm already used to seeing on the new Audi A4/A5/A6.
Matt 8:59PM (5/07/2009)
Very good looking car
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Michael 1:51AM (5/08/2009)
I am not surprise, they use a Corvett motor.I don t no how many company in Europe use the American V8.
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Co.Bra. 4:51AM (5/08/2009)
Corvette V8? o_0
"Novitec has managed to coax out an extra 165 horsepower from the Ferrari-sourced 4.7-liter V8"
Preus 8:05AM (5/08/2009)
Novitec once again. Coolest tuner ever.
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