Automotive News, Media & Press - New Maserati

Sort of looks like a big hefty bag.... but then again all these spy shots do these days.

Source: Autocar
Maserati is building a Mercedes SL rival, complete with folding metal roof. The Italian brand is replacing its Coupé/Spyder twins with two more distinct models each with different wheelbases: this drop-top two-seater is the shorter of the two.

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The Spyder should be launched in mid-2006, with the Coupé a few months earlier, although they were due to arrive in early 2005. The original Italdesign-Giugiaro styling was dumped as too conservative; the switch to a new Pininfarina design knocked the project back by 18 months.

The Spyder will be a strict two-seater with stowage space behind the seats, while the Coupé version should have a lot more rear legroom than the current model, with Maserati proclaiming the car to be a full four-seater instead of the current 2+2.

Exact engine details are still scarce, although it will run a V8 larger than the Ferrari F430’s 4.3-litre unit, pumping out between 430-450bhp. The Quattroporte’s double-wishbone suspension with adaptive damping will be tweaked to give the car a more sporting slant.

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Yeah it is hard to get a real interpretation of what it is gonna look like with all that cover up. Sounds like it will be a nice ride though.

I've got a Ferrari/Maserati dealer just a few miles from my apartment. I always drool driving by that place.

Here are some artist sketches of what it may look like.

http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/sixcms/media.php/76/Maserati_CC_front_450.jpg (http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/sixcms/media.php/76/Maserati_CC_front_450.jpg)
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The sketches look pretty cool.

Throw a LS2 in there, change the badges, change the tail-lights a little bit and make it the new camaro ;)

Throw a LS2 in there, change the badges, change the tail-lights a little bit and make it the new camaro ;)

Everyone would bitch and moan that it didn't look just like the originals. :jest:

Maseratis have very poor resale too.

Those portholes really give them a Buick look too. Drop in a HF twin turbo 3.8 V6, offer it in solid black, and you have a modern turbo Buick.

If they actually did such a thing and it looked similar to that, I'd be in line for one.

Looks like a 2 door of the already sexy Quattroporte. I like.

Everyone would bitch and moan that it didn't look just like the originals. :jest:


The cars front does kind of resemble the 4th gen camaro :D.