RE: Maserati GranCabrio MC

[DeltaEvo2]

On my list.

[garypotter]

great looking car, I think Jag have copid the front for their new car but it looks stunning.

[Pork]

British Beef said:

I thought these were proper 2+2s with space for 2 adults in the back??

Closest competitor I can think of that does what this does is Bentley GTC.

The normal GTS is, you're right, but the MC Stradale doesnt have rear seats. Apparently, it can't be retro fitted either, which is a shame.

[Ex Boy Racer]

Pork said:

WCZ said:

Ex Boy Racer said:

Beautiful car. Problem is, I had an RS4 cab and never got over how wobbly it was, so no more 4 seater cabs for me!

absolutely no chance this will be wobbly imo

And no chance it will seat four either! The coupe was a 2 seater which, it is widely felt, was a massive factor in holding back the sales of the MC.

Would love to have a poke around one of these...not ideal launching it this time of year, mind

Shame they don't chop a few inches out of the wheelbase then. Long wheelbase plus big open cabin equals shakey shakey!! The side windows on mine used to rattle together if they were both up and the roof down.

[will261058]

Thats a stoatir!

[tommy vercetti]

Such a gorgeous car

[sjc]

Isn't that report and some comments here a little off the mark? Unless I'm mistaken this is simply the latest 2013 Granturismo 4.7S Sport Cab? Nothing to do with the Stradale,which was two seats only and much more hard core.MC is just the gearbox isn't it,rather than again anything to do with the Strad particularly?
In any case, utterly gorgeous, and at the moment one of the best sounding and looking car on the road. so what if it's a bit heavy, it seats 4 proper adults, sounds wonderful, beautifully built.

[GTS440]

Looks great but I don't like convertibles.

Why they can make a four seat MC Stradale look cabrio, but not a four seat MC Stradale look Coupe is beyond me. A four seat MC would be a big seller in my opinion and much nicer looking than the current four seater Sport model.

[M@1975]

WANT

[RedTrident]

My GTS is just over 2 years and really there's been next to nothing wrong with it and as I look around for a potential replacement I don't see anything that is as good looking. A very very capable everyday car (providing you can live with the fuel costs) and this cabrio version looks at least as good.

Maserati really do build some very beautiful cars.

[mikebrownhill]

RedTrident said:

My GTS is just over 2 years and really there's been next to nothing wrong with it and as I look around for a potential replacement I don't see anything that is as good looking. A very very capable everyday car (providing you can live with the fuel costs) and this cabrio version looks at least as good.

Maserati really do build some very beautiful cars.

I agree completely, I have an original style 4.2 with a very low millage, I've had it from new and at almost 4 years old it should be gone by now - but I can't see anything I like more at the moment. To be honest a 4.7 could be the answer but I like the way the sills roll under the car on the original Granturismo rather than the later side skirts - just does it for me.

[Scousefella]

rottie102 said:

So this sporty version of a sport Maserati will be ALMOST as fast as the chipped BMW 640D convertible

But when you put the BMW keyring on the table you will be Mr dull and boring. When you place an enameled Trident keyfob on the table you will just want to pick it up again and go driving.

[ali27]

myhandle said:

Is this all getting a bit Aston Martin?

Definitely not. As well as being jaw droppingly gorgeous to look at and listen to these are technically advanced cars.

[sjc]

Scousefella said:

rottie102 said:

So this sporty version of a sport Maserati will be ALMOST as fast as the chipped BMW 640D convertible

But when you put the BMW keyring on the table you will be Mr dull and boring. When you place an enameled Trident keyfob on the table you will just want to pick it up again and go driving.

And it looks better,and it's interior is better, and it sounds better,and other drivers will let you out,and you'll feel good when you walk up to it, and you'll feel sad when you get out of it.And you won't have to chip it so show that although you bought a diesel you did actually want something faster and not a car that you can pub-talk about it's 800lb/ft of torque between 2750 and 2850 rpm, it's amazing 84 mpg (as long as you don't use the accelerator),at the same time convincing the one bloke let who hasn't gone to the bog the reason BMW let them out on lease for 4 quid a month recently was because they were in a good mood.
Sorry,I don't see the comparision at all.You don't buy the car in question for it's speed.

[myhandle]

ali27 said:

Definitely not. As well as being jaw droppingly gorgeous to look at and listen to these are technically advanced cars.

I think that the current Aston Martin range is reasonably advanced, and I agree to the point I think you are making, which is that the Fiat group has the resources to make their brands' products (well, some of them - as a big Lancia fan what they are doing with that brand is atrocious, but I digress) better developed than much of the competition.

I think the policy of introducing new tweaks without properly discontinuing the model it is based on is reminiscent of Aston Martin. It may not come across this way, but I am a fan of Aston Martin as well; these brands need to be managed, and new pseudo-models is not the way forward (note - Ferrari added some new variants to the F355, 360, F430 and 599 ranges while in production, but never facelifted any of them - (and no, the 430 went way beyond a facelift of the 360, as the 355 did to the 348 - the DBS to new Vanquish might scrape through as a new car on this logic, but not for example the 550 to the 575).

Perhaps we are returning to the days of the 1950s American car market, where people would walk in wanting the "new model", regardless of whether it was better / worse / the same as the previous year, as long as it looked somewhat different. So, as a parallel, it could be argued that by launching tweaked versions of established cars, but with different names, Maserati (in this example) always has a new product out, regardless of whether it is new or not.

This is all I meant by my comparison of Aston Martin's model range and the GranCabrio MC.

[P4ROT]

So it's a sheep in wolfs clothing?

[sjc]

P4ROT said:

So it's a sheep in wolfs clothing?

No, it's a nice looking,great sounding,car that doesn't need to play Top Trumps.However if it did,it's quite likely "one" of the fastest FULL four seater cabriolets in the world,if speed is that important.Having driven the coupe version 2 weeks ago on test, the memory is still there,the first car having enough of an effect for me to consider selling my M400 after 5 years.

[fwaggie]

Ideal Mazzer:-

This, and
- 2 seats
- 500+Kg
- 18" body length

They do make lovely cars, but 4 seater convertibles are Hitler taxis, just look stupid.

[vanschpunk]

one of the best looking convertibles i have ever seen!