2011 Maserati GranTurismo Convertible - Car and Driver
We’d like to be able to tell you that the new Maserati GranTurismo convertible is great with the top up or down, but we can only confirm the former. Maserati’s PR chief paced nervously. Outfitted as a one-powertrain model, the GranTurismo convertible is blessed with the top-hole GranTurismo S automatic coupe’s 433-hp, 4. 7-liter V-8 and ZF six-speed manumatic. Maserati traded the elegant sweep of the GT’s C-pillars for the trim greenhouse of an Aston or a Bentley, and the softtop—available in six colors, weighing just 143 pounds in all, and retracting in 20 seconds—is a three-layer job that steals just... Maserati engineers didn’t even have to change the rear-seatback angle to accommodate 62. 5-percentile humans—a rarity in a segment whose cars force their unfortunate rear-seat passengers into the straitjacketed position popularized by Dr. Hannibal... In the absence of a roof, Maserati reinforced the A-pillar inners and trussed the floor. Source: www.caranddriver.com
