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Maserati Car Show & Vehicle History
Maserati is a luxury Italian sports and racing automobile first made in 1914. It was manufactured to compete directly with other European cars like Aston Martin, Jaguar, BMW and Audi. The company has gone through many changes and is now owned by Fiat.
The first car was developed by the Maserati brothers. The 2 liter engine with stylish design did not do well on the racing circuit and thus, bigger cars with 4-16 cylinders were made one after the other. Maserati was a small company in the 30s but yet competed well with Mercedes and Audi. After the 2nd world war, many engineers from Fiat and Alfa Romeo joined Maserati and the new Maserati 4-CLT and A6 series were developed. In the 50s, Maserati continued to dominate the racing circuit. Newer cars during the 60s included the Mistral, Vignale, and the Quattroporte. With financial crises in the late 60s, Citroen took over the ownership and built the Maserati Bora and Merak.
After some turbulent few years, the company restructured the car and built the front engine rear drive coupe like the Maserati Turbo. Other Maserati cars produced in the 80s include the Shamal, Ghibli and the Racing. The company worked together with Chrysler and tried to enter the American market. Chrysler tried to modify the Maserati but the success was short lived. Even though the Maserati 3200 GT was fast and elegant, it was also expensive. Read the rest of this entry »
Maserati GranTurismo S Automatic
The Maserati GranTurismo S Automatic combines performance, uncompromising driving pleasure and superb elegance and beauty. The GranTurismo S is powered by a 8-cylinder V90° engine that develops 433 hp at 7,000 rpm producing a maximum torque of 361 lb-ft at 4,750 rpm. 
The six speed automatic transmission delivers driving comfort and together with the increased torque brings the car true GT spirit.
The new Maserati GranTurismo S Automatic boasts two new pieces of hardware: a 433 bhp 4.7 liter engine for exceptional performance and a six speed automatic transmission for the maximum in driving comfort.The effects of the self-adapting automatic transmission can be experienced particularly at low to medium revs, but it grants immediate power delivery higher up the rev range, with a top 7,200 rpm redline, a rate that no other automatic transmission in the class can equalize. The MC-Shift for the gearbox is the biggest innovation on the Maserati GranTurismo S sequential robotic gearbox. Its management software along with hardware components deliver super-fast gear change times. Read the rest of this entry »