2009 Maserati GranTurismo S

2009 Maserati GranTurismo S

Maserati added the performance-oriented GranTurismo S for the 2009 model year. The GranTurismo debuted a year earlier, reviving the Italian automaker’s competitiveness in the two-door segment. This sexy shape of Maserati GranTurismo was designed and created by the Italian design house of Pininfarina.

The new GT S version can be recognized by its sinister alloy wheels and by its extra howl, coming from the exhaust pipes of the larger 4.7-liter V-8, up from the original 4.2 liters, which now packs a 440-bhp punch (up from 405). Also new is an electro-actuated transaxle-mounted gearbox with sequential paddle shifters and an automatic clutch. The so-called MC-Shift system was adapted from Maserati’s exotic MC-12 mid-engine racer.The GranTurismo S also benefits from new brakes, developed in conjunction with Brembo initially for the larger Quattroporte S sedan. The revised braking package feature front rotors made with a dualcast technology, which casts the units out of iron and aluminum. These discs are paired with aluminum mono-block calipers with six pistons. The GranTurismo rides on a 115.9-in. wheelbase and is 192.3 in. in overall length.