sunrunner_pei
02-07-2008, 09:20 AM
Filed under: Spy Photos (http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/), Sports/GTs (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Maserati (http://www.autoblog.com/category/maserati/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/maser_coupe_spy.jpg (http://www.autoblog.it/post/12427/il-prototipo-maserati-avvistamento-numero-tre)
To the untrained eye, this might look like the Maserati GranTurismo (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/25/maserati-granturismo-a-clearer-picture/). 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 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/16/maserati-granturismo-convertible-coming-in-march-09/). Sources suggest instead that this is a developmental version of the 911-fighting new sportscar (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/31/maserati-preparing-911-killer/) 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 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/29/geneva-preview-ied-maserarti-chicane-concept/) remains to be seen.
[Source: Autoblog.it]
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/maser_coupe_spy.jpg (http://www.autoblog.it/post/12427/il-prototipo-maserati-avvistamento-numero-tre)
To the untrained eye, this might look like the Maserati GranTurismo (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/25/maserati-granturismo-a-clearer-picture/). 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 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/16/maserati-granturismo-convertible-coming-in-march-09/). Sources suggest instead that this is a developmental version of the 911-fighting new sportscar (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/31/maserati-preparing-911-killer/) 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 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/29/geneva-preview-ied-maserarti-chicane-concept/) remains to be seen.
[Source: Autoblog.it]
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