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It's the schadenfreude capital of the Internet--Gregg's WreckedExotics Web site, where you earn you 15 minutes of fame by splitting, crashing, overcooking, rear-ending or spinning out in the hundred-thousand-dollar machine of your choice.
Here's the latest example of unskilled hands at work, this time on the
Maserati GranTurismo. According to Gregg, it's the
first known crash involving the newest Maserati. The $115,000 exotic was destroyed, he reports, after an accident in rural Ontario.
"The car sustained extensive damage to the rear, driver-side resulting in a bent axle. The poor owner probably had less than 1,500 miles on the odometer," he blogs.
No doubt there's a special hell for drivers who perform this kind of sheetmetal bending. What's the ideal punishment for handiwork like this? Tell us in a comment below.
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Maserati’s stunning
GranTurismo coupe is adding a new flavor just in time for the
Geneva motor show, in the form of the
GranTurismo S.
At last year’s
Geneva show, we brought you
the first look at the GranTurismo, the effortlessly sexy replacement for the previous Coupe. Styled by Pininfarina, the four-seater slotted into the Italian brandscape between the
GranSport coupe and the flagship
Quattroporte sedan.
The standard
GranTurismo sported a 4.2-liter V-8 delivering 405 hp, mated to automatic gearbox and equipped with an adaptive control system that adjusts the gear-shifting mode to the driving style and the road conditions. In the
GranTurismo S, more power is the first order of the day.
Maserati says the bored-out 4.7-liter V-8 now makes 440 horsepower. The power’s shifted out through an electrically actuated gearbox.
Also in the S: a set of high-performance Brembo brakes newly developed for the
Quattroporte Sport S, with six-piston calipers for big performance; some minor body tweaks on the exterior; and a new interior with Poltrona Frau leather and Alcantara, along with new seat designs.
Maserati's tradition of GTs dates back to 1947 when, at the same Swiss exhibition, bosses unveiled their first Gran Turismo, the A6. It was designed by Pinin Farina himself, and only 58 were ever built.
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After a more than decade-long absence, Alfa-Romeo is ready to make its return. The Italian automaker has pulled the wraps off its 8C Competizione, TheCarConnection.com reports, the limited-edition coupe that will herald the brand’s U.S. revival. Paul Eisenstein has the complete story.
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This is all a bit too esoteric for early morning, but hey - remember
the Cardigans? That catchy Lovefool song? The follow-up was a darker, less catchy, heavily art-directed brown disc called
Gran Turismo that sported a couple of singles we like, including
Erase/Rewind. You should catch it. VH1 even has the Cardigans on its top 100 one-hit wonders, even though they got it wrong, since
Erase/Rewind actually charted, along with
My Favorite Game.
The point being that Gran Turismo is also the name of the new
Maserati coupe concept coming to
Geneva. Rumors had it pegged as the next Mistral, but apparently, rumors don't understand enough Italian to translate properly.
Along with the revised
six-speed Quattroporte, the new Gran Turismo should be in U.S. showrooms by early next year. Or whenever
Maserati gets around to it. With all the turmoil at home - first they're
Ferrari juniors, now they're Fiat seniors - we just take it one day at a time.
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