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Michael Taylor5 Mar 2010
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Maserati in Geneva

Slim pickings for Italian marque, with a special edition of its six year old Quattroporte and the Trofeo motorsports version of the GranTurismo

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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