Heading the list of eagerly anticipated cars to arrive in New Zealand in 2010 is the Maserati GranCabrio, the unique glamorous open top Maserati that compliments Quattroporte and GranTurismo from the Italian sports car maker.

Heading the list of eagerly anticipated cars to arrive in New Zealand in 2010 is the Maserati GranCabrio, the unique glamorous open top Maserati that compliments Quattroporte and GranTurismo from the Italian sports car maker.

“Maserati has a long and illustrious history of open top sports cars, each of which has set a new benchmark in their respective eras, but the GranCabrio is a first for Maserati, offering, as it does, a full four seat convertible,” says Edward Butler, General Manager for Maserati in Australia and New Zealand. “Maserati has also managed to produce a car that is, if anything, even more beautiful than the acclaimed GranTurismo – and it maintains this beauty whether the roof is up or down. The GranCabrio is not just an open top beauty; it also maintains Maserati’s standards for performance, roadholding, handling and exclusivity.”

Powered by a 4.7 litre 323 kW V8 engine, the Maserati offerings exemplary performance, which, thanks to a new chassis, using advanced materials to reduce weight, ensures that the performance is available around corners as it is in a straight line. Remarkably for a convertible and especially one with a classic fabric roof, the GranCabrio has the aerodynamic drag figure as the Coupe on which it is based, enhancing performance, reducing fuel consumption and emissions and ensuring a quiet, comfortable interior when the roof is raised.

The Maserati GranCabrio will arrive in New Zealand in the second quarter of 2010. Both New Zealand Maserati dealers, Continental Car Services in Auckland and Euromarque in Christchurch, are taking orders now to ensure that new owners of the GranCabrio are able to choose exactly the car they want from the possible four million combinations of colour, trim and equipment available, as with all Maseratis, with the GranCabrio.