2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale

The Italian automaker announced the 2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale, that it will debut the lightest and most powerful variation of the GranTurismo, at this year's 2010 Paris Motor Show. Maserati said the car will boast "razor-sharp handling and will break the 300km/h [187mph] barrier", adding that the reworked body also produces more aerodynamic down force without producing more

2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale

The Italian automaker announced the 2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale, that it will debut the lightest and most powerful vari...

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2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://sportcar5.blogspot.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521633166858459362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFpZqMUZZHKVnPbHdDsw6djSa_XIs2hXik0g12LGW_hn96NeOOwHSaUhxoHEAyfYr6UullcvbibGzskdUh2MdYD8ueLRahxB8Oh9Gdi_KWRC7cLTJsvQDjzU75ZCPUT9NOvNt0K8D-u4/s400/2012-Maserati-Sport-Cars-GranTurismo-MC-Stradale-4.jpg" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Italian automaker announced the <b>2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale</b>, that it will debut the lightest and most powerful variation of the <b>GranTurismo</b>, at this year's <b>2010 Paris Motor Show</b>. <b>Maserati </b>said the <b>car</b> will boast "razor-sharp handling and will break the 300km/h [187mph] barrier", adding that the reworked body also produces more aerodynamic down force without producing more aerodynamic drag.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521633154393635906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NkoTEdsKTQ09eYnzrFoskMiCQA9j-b-Vhddsa7WqDgPoXlbh-2djKU354qVutSsX2DypamZZTWqzA4MkFhjXCrP0cRV-sYmfCDPeZ5aIVwjvMS5sk93nIX1EK9m8MsbktvClOTjdrkA/s400/2012-Maserati-Sport-Cars-GranTurismo-MC-Stradale-2.jpg" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2012 Maserati Sport Cars Gran Turismo MC Stradale</b> looks <b>sporty</b>, the bumper and grille has been redesigned. The car also has a large diffuser to improve performance. Inspired by the <b>Trofeo GranTurismo MC</b> and the race-winning <b>GT4 motorsport</b> models, the two-seater 2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale that will debut at the Paris Auto Show. GranTurismo MC Stradale high-performance model and will be on sale next spring, with £ 105,000 prize.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521633159168803650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64MvxRK-AwcdnxwdgX4icon8yHAzCFNwm-hSvNoHztM_inQacl0UvkMGldxr8bzKUWJKD3RhGcXcF89YEOW6_SIjaZuiZRgag-33bdx25cWMTth2wCadRFlwNNXtizfCddqOtQ7bxhHQ/s400/2012-Maserati-Sport-Cars-GranTurismo-MC-Stradale-3.jpg" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;">2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale </div>2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale is in the <b>GranTurismo S</b>. The basis is seen in power, it features a 4.7L V8 engine, maximum power of 336kw. Corresponds to a 6-speed manual transmission with mechanical top speed to 300 km / h, the 0-100km / h acceleration of about 4.5 seconds.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521633151598555650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvolsy8xnKADxSJsNmknDZwA1TyKWVb2aRXJvsEbOZ-MzWeaKgslSF5CI_nLUd-vm9r1E9EH6R6a5FFIwQuN-F4rh7RseCJbPYsxRYGQ7wI4oZZ4n8yLPFwoUXb7t73jz5SPU6u_QG1Kk/s400/2012-Maserati-Sport-Cars-GranTurismo-MC-Stradale-1.jpg" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale</b> responds to demands for a GranTurismo which can balance on-road driving needs with race-driving desires, incorporating the handling and aerodynamic lessons from Maserati's three <b>racing</b> programs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521633175789893458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINYpwMd5URnRJGmSK93Jk9wAGXoYOtXPwZWzH86mckvuANXbHuyldm0XVm1MEsdn9WWg1PhAKjMxeTTG0cztYdENlXefua5-ku4wfQRjb5KE6vUM9rnFlSCx83xHkIUUDW_YZWdpjXHE/s400/2012-Maserati-Sport-Cars-GranTurismo-MC-Stradale-5.jpg" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://sportcar5.blogspot.com/"><b>2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale </b></a></div>No other details were given on the car but the official photos show a raft of styling upgrades including the new front end with a lower spoiler and additional air ducts, chunkier side skirts, possibly larger front fenders with new air vents, a boot lid spoiler and a new rear bumper with a diffuser and twin central exhaust pipes plus unique alloy wheels.</div>

2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale

The Italian automaker announced the 2012 Maserati Sport Cars GranTurismo MC Stradale , that it will debut the lightest and most powerful var...

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VIDEO: Maserati Quattroporte Hearse on Transport

<a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2010/09/video-maserati-quattroporte-hearse-on.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519839773257128402" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJppB0YQWdI/AAAAAAADU9I/Hc4b8Yamyyg/s800/Quattroporte-2.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 645px; height: 349px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Someone has turned Maserati's lovely <a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/search/label/Maserati%20Quattroporte">Quattroporte sedan</a> into a tall, bulky hearse, and there's video of it on a trailer below. Regardless of how it looks, it sure puts the Cadillacs used in America to shame. Unlike Ferrari, who has issues with anyone doing anything heinous to their cars (like making <a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2008/03/ferrari-threatens-to-take-legal-actions.html">a 360 limousine</a>), Maserati apparently doesn't mind too much.<br /></span><p></p><p><a name="more"></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Spotted near Modena by youtube's lambofanX, who usually doesn't film Quattroportes (but we're sure glad he did), it appears as if there's at least one Italian mortuary out there with mad style. This at least seems a little more appropriate for a funeral compared to those funky car coffins <a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2010/09/its-what-he-would-of-wanted-cruisin.html">we recently showed</a> you. Who knows, maybe Maserati's just prepping a hearse for the Vatican.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">If anyone knows what this is for (other than hauling the deceased, that is) and where it's going, feel free to drop us a line.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">By Phil Alex</span></span></span></p><p><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /></span></p><br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FcARwkk3jO8?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FcARwkk3jO8?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="640"></embed></object>

VIDEO: Maserati Quattroporte Hearse on Transport

Someone has turned Maserati's lovely Quattroporte sedan into a tall, bulky hearse, and there's video of it on a trailer below. Rega...

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Paris Preshow: Maserati's More Hardcore GranTurismo MC Stradale

<a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2010/09/paris-preshow-maserati-more-hardcore.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519042053261022050" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJeTgZ0Q02I/AAAAAAADT8g/8fqxP_WBP4Q/s800/Maserati-GranTurismo-MC-Stradale-0.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 645px; height: 349px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">After the standard 404HP GranTurismo, the sportier 'S' with 440HP in both manual and automatic flavors and more recently the limited edition '<a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2009/12/maserati-granturismo-s-mc-sport-line.html">S MC Sport Line</a>', Maserati is once again expanding its coupe's lineup with the introduction of a new model.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Set to make its world premiere at this month's <a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/search/label/Paris%20Auto%20Show">Paris motorshow</a>, the more hardcore GranTurismo MC Stradale is claimed to be "the fastest, lightest and most powerful car in the Maserati range" when it goes on sale in the first quarter of 2011.<br /></span></p><p><a name="more"></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The strictly two-seater model is inspired by the Trofeo <a href="http://trends-automotive.blogspot.com/2008/09/maserati-granturismo-mc-concept.html">GranTurismo MC</a> and the race-winning GT4 motorsport models, and features a more powerful version of the Ferrari-sourced V8 producing 450HP.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Maserati said the car will boast "razor-sharp handling and will break the 300km/h [187mph] barrier", adding that the reworked body also produces more aerodynamic down force without producing more aerodynamic drag.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">No other details were given on the car but the official photos show a raft of styling upgrades including the new front end with a lower spoiler and additional air ducts, chunkier side skirts, possibly larger front fenders with new air vents, a boot lid spoiler and a new rear bumper with a diffuser and twin central exhaust pipes plus unique alloy wheels.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Full details on the car will be release at the Paris auto show.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJeTN-RQVMI/AAAAAAADT8Y/K36T95TPtt8/s1600/Maserati-GranTurismo-MC-Stradale-9.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519041736628786370" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TJeTN-RQVMI/AAAAAAADT8Y/K36T95TPtt8/s200/Maserati-GranTurismo-MC-Stradale-9.JPG" style="float: left; 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Paris Preshow: Maserati's More Hardcore GranTurismo MC Stradale

After the standard 404HP GranTurismo, the sportier 'S' with 440HP in both manual and automatic flavors and more recently the limited...

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