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Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale returns
Trident brand's two-seat street fighter back for a second bout – and with more punchMaserati has announced that the GranTurismo MC Stradale will reclaim its place in the prestige importer's local showrooms, with more power for 2012.
For the new model year the high-performance two-seat coupe gains 7kW and 20Nm, for revised figures of 331kW and 520Nm in total. But the price has not changed – still $364,900.
"Maserati is the epitome of a performance car maker and the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale represents that performance in its most pure and direct form," according to a press release quote from Glen Sealey, General Manager of Maserati Australia and New Zealand. "Such was the interest and demand for this model, we have secured a small additional production run, but being Maserati we could not simply bring back what was the 2011 benchmark Maserati, so for 2013 we have a new, more powerful GranTurismo MC Stradale and with it, a new benchmark for Maserati performance."
The added performance from the 4.7-litre V8 is the result of a new engine management map and revised valve timing at higher engine speeds, with Maserati specifying stronger pistons to match the increased output. While the gains are relatively modest – and the top speed has increased by just 1km/h to 302km/h – the acceleration time to 100km/h is 4.5 seconds, 0.2 seconds faster than last year's model.
Trainspotters will pick the new model year variant from the previous one by LED daytime running lights within the headlight clusters and LED tail lights at the rear.
Otherwise the GranTurismo MC Stradale is much as it was, with the new version retaining the race-ready air intakes in the bonnet, side skirts, aero front bumper, rear lip spoiler, rear bumper/airdam with splitter, repositioned exhaust pipes and 20-inch alloy wheels wrapped in Pirelli P-Zero Corse tyres.
Inside, the cabin is trimmed in a blend of Alcantara and leather, and is fitted with carbon-fibre seats and a restyled instrument cluster. A weight-reduction program in the development of the GranTurismo MC Stradale from the four-seat GrandTurismo Sport stripped out 110kg. Elements of the car optimised to achieve the lower kerb mass included the alloy wheels, wiring loom, sound insulation, front seats, sealing, Brembo brakes and exhaust system. Seats contributed as much as 42kg of the weight loss, by changing the front seat construction to carbon-fibre (-26kg) and removing the rear seats altogether (-16kg).
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