While Ferrari stormed past the rest of the established supercar world to occupy its vacant, environmentally-friendly role, near-neighbour Maserati could offer only a humble limited-edition Quattroporte and a one-make racing car.
Its celebrated four-door sports sedan has been around for six years now and has garnered around 60 major international design awards, so Maserati showed its Sport GT S Awards Edition.
While it has no more power or torque, the car will be on sale in Australia next year with a unique, hand-crafted interior, a new metallic grey, pearlescent paint and highly-reflective, hand-polished brake calipers inside its 20-inch wheels.
Flush from the launch of its already-acclaimed GranCabrio four-seat convertible, Maserati also announced its return to one-make racing with a lighter, faster GranTurismo MC Trofeo.
Maserati's last one-make series concluded in 2006, and the GranTurismo has been stripped out, lightened, given aero tweaks and racing suspension and brakes to cope with a seven-race European season in Europe this year.
Produced on Maserati's Modena production lines alongside the standard GranTurismo, the MC Trofeo season will cost in excess of $300,000, with the cars maintained by Maserati.
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