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Posted by nico on November 6, 2007, 10:07 am
With the GranTurismo coupe, Maserati invites comparisons to the
Mercedes-Benz CL550, BMW 6-series, and Jaguar XKR. But mention that
the XKR costs some 26 grand less than the GranTurismo's base price of
$114,650, or that the Jaguar is almost 300 pounds lighter than the
GranTurismo's claimed 4150-pound curb weight, and the Maserati folks
shrug it off with lots of hand gestures. The same thing happens if you
mention that the similarly priced BMW M6 has 95 more horsepower and 44
more pound-feet of torque than the 405 horses and 339 pound-feet of
torque that come from the GranTurismo's 4.2-liter V-8. "Power is not
our race," they say.
On the other hand, the GranTurismo has something the BMW and the
Jaguar don't-two back seats with space for standard-sized humans. As
does the Mercedes CL550, but the GranTurismo's claimed 0-to-60-mph
time of 5.1 seconds is 0.2 second quicker than what Mercedes estimates
for the Benz.
Read full and pictures here
http://www.zone-car.com/?maserati-granturismo-2008.php
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