Set to compete with Ferrari’s California it is a posers car
that comes again with a fold away hard top. Now I am a big Maserati fan but I
really do feel in this case they have just put a different body on the
California and re-released it with a few less electronic tricks. Let me explain
that statement. Ferrari is owned by the Italian giants Fiat, who also happen to
own Maserati. Now I know with companies that own two cars they save money
sometimes buy sharing some things but I honestly believe that in this case they
just changed the bodywork and the Badge which is not a bad thing, it means the
Gran Cabriolet is a great car. The cabriolet is not a great car in its own
right which gave the history of these two competing cars lets me down. They
reduced the horse power from 453 to 443 and added a second on the 0-60 time so
they don’t directly match one another. Knocked the top speed down 20mph so it
seems like they are not comparable but it is the same engine really, the same
set up but the Maserati got sand bagged. I hope this is not something we will
be seeing more of in the future as I want to see creativity and competition
between the two great Italian cars pushing each other and really making people
think which car I should buy!
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