Now with more cowbell.
The Quattroporte Sport GT we reviewed previously has nothing on this car. If there were one word to sum up the 385hp V8 GranSport Cambiocorsa, it would be ‘tight.’
Once started, the engine rumbles at a low and intimidating growl that sounds like sex, money and power. After that, you’re rolling down the streets like a king (or queen) and nothing can stop you. You float through the gears of the six speed F1 paddle-shift manual effortlessly, going from 0 to 100k in 4.8 seconds and everyone in your path that hears you coming at them promptly gets the fuck out of the way. Read more after the jump.
Oh yea, it’s a Maserati baby and there’s nothing like it. Sporting the same gearbox and engine as the Ferrari F430, no wonder why it’s such a sexy car.
Being a GT or granturismo, the artful balance of speed and comfort weighed heavily on the engineers who built this beast and in our opinion, they’ve hit the mark. The folks at Car and Driver are best quoted as saying, “The Maserati has a compliant no-surprises touring suspension that invites anyone to risk his license but not his lunch.”
Oh that rumble. If only all cars sounded like this.