Maserati Kubang 2013

Maserati Kubang - a new Maserati vehicle in the sport luxury SUV segment will represent a natural direction for the company to enlarge its product range and strengthen its presence in the sport luxury market.

For some reason SUVs today never seem to offer the kind of uplifting driving pleasure and luxury atmosphere that are two givens of today's high-end sports and luxury cars. And this is precisely what Maserati set out to do with its new sport luxury SUV concept that is being unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show today, the forerunner of the future Maserati range, creating at once discontinuity by entering a new segment, and continuity by maintaining the integrity of Maserati's DNA.

The idea of a sport luxury SUV is naturally not totally new to Maserati. Many will remember the Kubang concept that was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in 2003. At a time in which few other brands were going in the direction of a sport luxury SUV, Maserati was already thinking to build one.

Today potential synergies with sister brand Jeep - a brand that 70 years ago created a new segment of the market and is today a leader of this very segment - are the important catalyst for Maserati's own interpretation of a sport luxury SUV. And it seems only appropriate to give the model that we are unveiling today the very name of the concept that opened the way: Maserati Kubang.

The essence and all major system components of the Maserati sport luxury SUV will unmistakably be Maserati: style, engine, suspensions, brakes, handling and performance will all be 100% Maserati in picture-perfect continuity with the brand's core values of sportiness, style, 
elegance, luxury, performance and craftsmanship.

The distinctive Maserati style that makes the Kubang immediately recognisable as a true Maserati has been created by the Maserati Style Center headed by Lorenzo Ramaciotti.

New-generation high-tech Maserati proprietary engines will be designed in Modena by Paolo Martinelli - Head of the Maserati Powertrain Department and for nearly 30 years at Ferrari, where he also served as engine chief of the Formula One racing team - and will be produced in Maranello by Ferrari.

An AT 8 speed automatic transmission and specific performance settings such as suspensions, brakes, steering will be exclusively developed in Modena for the Maserati sport luxury SUV by the Maserati Product Development Department.

Until today Maserati has been producing sedans, coupes and two- or four-seater convertibles. Whether we named them Quattroporte, GranTurismo or GranCabrio - or, before them, Ghibli, Mistral, Bora or Indy - their common denominator rested in two words: sportiness and luxury. Times have changed: sportiness and luxury today don't have just one definition. They can also take the form of a very dynamic looking and high performing sport luxury SUV.

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Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale 2012

The new Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale will be the fastest, 

lightest and most powerful car in the Maserati range when it goes on sale in the first quarter of 2011. Inspired by the Trofeo GranTurismo MC and the race-winning GT4 motorsport models, the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale will have more power, less weight, razor-sharp handling and a top speed of over 300 km/h.

The Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale responds to demands for a GranTurismo which can balance on-road driving needs with race-driving desires and it incorporates the handling and aerodynamic lessons from Maserati's three racing programs. It produces more aerodynamic down force without producing more aerodynamic drag, it produces more power without using more fuel and it is more agile without sacrificing the GranTurismo S's highly praised ride quality.

With 330kW (450 horsepower), the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale generates more power (7 kW, 10hp) from the 4.7-litre V8 engine than the GranTurismo S, while its 510Nm of torque is a further 20Nm improvement. Its race-bred heritage is highlighted by a 110kg weight reduction from the GranTurismo S, down to 1770kg. It mirrors Maserati's racing advantages by retaining an optimal 48 : 52 weight distribution, ensuring balanced handling and even tyre wear.

The Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale uses advanced electronics to cut gear-shift times from the upgraded MC Race Shift electro-actuated transaxle gearbox to just 60 milliseconds. This all helps to slash the 0-100km/h sprint time, which the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale covers in just 4.6 seconds.

The Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale is also the first Maserati in history to have a dedicated Race mode alongside the upgraded Auto and Sport modes in its simplified dashboard layout.

With the removal of the rear seats, the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale becomes the first two-seat Maserati since the MC12. The GranTurismo MC Stradale has also benefited from new Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes, custom-developed Pirelli tyres, a unique suspension layout and rigid, light-weight, carbon-fibre race seats.

The push for the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale came from existing Maserati customers who wanted a road-legal super sports car that looked and felt like the GT4 and Trofeo race cars. The Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale also provides the latest step in the well-trodden path between Maserati's racing programs and its production road cars and, often, back again. In the 1990s, the Ghibli Open Cup race car gave birth to the Ghibli Cup and a decade later the Trofeo GranSport gave birth to the GranSport MC Victory. At the pinnacle of recent Maserati's road-to race story, the FIA GT-winning MC12 was developed directly from the MC12 Stradale.

With a unique body design that is based around the requirements of the track, the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale has borrowed heavily from its racing car stablemates, the Maserati GranTurismo MC, both in the Trofeo and GT4 configurations. It has a new front splitter, bumper, bonnet, front guard panels, sills, exhausts and even a new rear bumper. To emphasize the harder-edged nature of the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale, Maserati even offers the car with an optional roll cage and a four-point racing harness.

Yet it was also designed to be easy to drive, so it retains all the inherent ride, handling and stability benefits of the GranTurismo S's long wheelbase. It has the speed to be a road-legal racing car, yet it has the progressive handling to be considered an extremely usable super-sports car.

In this configuration, the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale will be on sale in February 2011 in all major markets, with the exceptions of the USA, Canada and Korea.

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Maserati GranCabrio Sport 2012

Maserati has taken the GranCabrio convertible to a new level of performance with the new Maserati GranCabrio Sport.

With more power, a faster gearshift and a distinctively aggressive look, the Maserati GranCabrio Sport has given Maserati a harder-edged convertible to sit alongside the GranTurismo S and the Quattroporte Sport GT S as the performance flagships of their respective ranges.

Publically unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the Maserati GranCabrio Sport combines an upgraded 4.7-litre V8 engine with a 10 horsepower increase to 450 hp and improved fuel economy with the faster MC Auto Shift transmission.

With a 285km/h top speed and a 0-100km/h sprint of just 5.2 seconds, the Maserati GranCabrio Sport is brimming with performance and luxury refinements both inside the cabin and underneath its award-winning body panels.

Its six-speed transmission includes a super-fast MC Auto Shift mode and has been developed for the Maserati GranCabrio Sport directly from the transmission in the Quattroporte Sport GT S.

The handling has been enhanced for greater speed, too, with an upgrade and revision of the Skyhook active-suspension system and the adoption of a more-responsive brake package.

Visually, the Maserati GranCabrio Sport is characterized by a more-pronounced dynamic look. This look begins with the GranCabrio's distinctive nose and continues with a host of small, perfectly integrated changes throughout the body and the interior.

Exterior Design

Maserati's design team worked to provide a more-aggressive look that sat in harmony with the GranCabrio's critically acclaimed styling.

A series of relatively small upgrades in critical areas have created an integrated, dynamic design that immediately differentiates the Maserati GranCabrio Sport from the rest of the GranCabrio range and identifies it with both the Quattroporte Sport GT S and the GranTurismo S.

It introduces a new colour, Rosso Trionfale - a classic red that pays tribute to the championship-winning Maserati racing cars of the 1950s. It's a colour that highlights the Maserati GranCabrio Sport's strong personality, yet maintains its elegant and slim look.

The strong, distinctive GranCabrio grille receives even more character with a new black colour, while the grille's Maserati Trident receives the red accents that are reserved for the fastest car in each of Maserati's model ranges. These red accents are also found on the Quattroporte Sport GT S and the GranTurismo S.

The headlights now have a black look with white reflectors, while front corner splitters and the redesigned side skirts are both body coloured. The Shadow line, with its dark look around the base of the window glass, stresses the dramatic look of the car, strengthening its personality and pointing out the sinous lines of the body.

Besides adding to the aggressive style, the side skirts and the corner splitters were developed in the wind tunnel and add significantly to the car's aerodynamic efficiency reducing aerodynamic resistance and improving fuel consumption.

The dynamic look is finished with redesigned 20" Astro-design wheels and a pair of menacing, black oval exhaust tips. The wheels each feature three Tridents and create a lighter look to accentuate the higher performance.

Interior Design

The more-aggressive look is carried over inside the open-topped cabin, with a new seat-face design and drilled aluminium pedals.

The Maserati GranCabrio Sport introduces changes to the gear-shifting system, with Maserati's Active Shifting paddles now standard. The paddles, drawn from the Trofeo racing car, are longer than the standard steering column-mounted paddles and make shifting easier in enthusiastic driving.

The Maserati GranCabrio Sport debuts two new interior colours in rich leather: Bianco Pregiato and Grigio Chrono. Bianco Pregiato is a more-pure white colour than the existing pearl colour and can be used everywhere except the top of the dashboard. Grigio Chrono is a darker grey, developed to complement the new Rosso Trionfale body colour.

To differentiate it further from the standard GranCabrio, the Maserati GranCabrio Sport badge will be positioned on the dashboard in front of the passenger.

While the front passenger seat matches the driver's seat by receiving adjustable lumbar support as standard, all four seats incorporate the new M-Design seat stitching.

This design reflects classical Maserati grille designs and replicates the design in the central seat panel, all crafted with Poltrona Frau's finest leather.

The Trident-embossed headrests can also be enhanced with customized stitching and customers can choose 13 different colours to contrast the leather of the seat.

Engine

The Maserati GranCabrio Sport uses the latest version of Maserati's sonorous, all-alloy 4.7-litre V8, taken straight from the high-performance GranTurismo MC Stradale.

This naturally aspirated engine produces 450 horsepower (331kW) at 7000rpm: that is10hp more than the GranCabrio. It is also rich with torque, with a peak of 510Nm (20Nm more than the GranCabrio) arriving at 4750rpm. Eighty percent of its maximum torque is already available at just 2500rpm.

The performance increases are a result of Maserati's Friction Reduction Program, which has made the Maserati GranCabrio Sport's engine more reactive to the driver's most-nuanced inputs. This program included a revision of the oil sump's fluid dynamics and the application of a Diamond-Like Coating to the tappets and the super-finished camshaft lobes.

Besides added power, torque and responsiveness, the Friction Reduction Program has lowered the Maserati GranCabrio Sport's fuel consumption by six percent to a combined total of 14.5 litres/100km.

The new exhaust tips also help the Maserati GranCabrio Sport to give a richer engine sound when the bypass valves are activated. The valves are always open in Manual-Sport mode, while they are open above 2500rpm in Auto-Sport mode.

This exhaust system allows Maserati to hit its target of improving the car's performance and also give its customers access to a new open air musical theatre and a rich sound experience.

However, the valves are closed in Normal mode, giving the driver and passengers a quieter ride.

Transmission

The Maserati GranCabrio Sport is the first Maserati to match the upgraded, 450hp version of the 4.7-litre engine with the day-to-day luxury of a fully automatic transmission.

This six-speed transmission includes the super-fast MC Auto Shift mode and has been developed for the Maserati GranCabrio Sport directly from the transmission in the Quattroporte Sport GT S.

The MC Auto Shift mode contains a launch-control mode and is active in both Manual Sport and Automatic Sport modes to provide faster gearshift times and to automatically "blip" the throttle during down-shifts.

To operate the MC Start Strategy (launch-control mode), the driver turns off the MSP in Auto Sport mode, then holds the brake pedal while pressing the accelerator. The driver should reach the optimum revs for a fast start (between 2300-2500rpm), and then simultaneously release the brake pedal and press the accelerator pedal completely. This manouvre is only recommended for use on a race track or in closed conditions of complete safety.

Like the Quattroporte Sport GT S, the MC Auto Shift gives the driver even-greater engagement by holding gears in the Manual Sport mode, even when the engine reaches its rev limiter, and introducing a digital in-dash display to indicate the ideal gear-shift timing.

The transmission gives the driver five distinct operating modes: Auto-Normal, Manual-Normal, Auto-Sport, Manual-Sport and Ice.

Chassis and Handling

The handling has received significant attention, with a new, sportier tune of the Skyhook active-suspension system and the adoption of grooved and drilled dual-cast brake discs.

The upgraded "Sport Skyhook" uses acceleration sensors to register wheel and chassis movement. It sends this data to a central processor, which also analyzes the road conditions and the driving style and instantly and precisely regulates the dampers to suit any situation.

With the Maserati GranCabrio Sport, the Skyhook system received upgraded management software and dampers to give a sharper focus on handling, grip and balance, while even the springs and anti-roll bars have been upgraded.

Derived from the GranTurismo's high-strength steel monocoque architecture, the GranCabrio and GranCabrio Sport feature aluminium structural reinforcements beneath the floor for extra rigidity at the cost of only 100kg compared to the GranTurismo S.

Attached to the front of this architecture are aluminium wishbones with forged aluminium hub carriers and struts, aluminium gas dampers and springs, while at the rear adds a radius bar for each wheel to control toe-in.

The changes to the brakes, with grooved, ventilated and drilled discs on all four wheels, have targeted a sporty, responsive and consistent feeling for the driver.

The grooves have been designed to keep the brake pads clean by avoiding dust build-up, which can reduce braking performance, while the drilled holes ensure the uniform wear of the disc and the pads for long-term consistency. This all helps the GranCabrio Sport to stop in just 35 metres from 100km/h.

Optional equipment

The Maserati GranCabrio Sport will have the MC Sport Line packages available immediately at its launch, including interior and exterior carbon fibre features. For example it is possible to change the front splitter to carbon-fibre, while the side skirts are also available in black.

The Astro-design, 20-inch wheels are also available in Shiny Anthracite Grey to create a darker, more-menacing look.

It is also possible to change the body-coloured waist line around the cabin from black (Shadow line) to the same Chrome-line that is standard on the GranCabrio.

The Chrome-line can also be fitted to the door handles, the capote mouldings and the exhaust tips.

Maserati GranCabrio Sport Specifications

• Body: High-strength steel monocoque, under-body aluminium cross bracing
• Layout: Front-mid-engine, rear-drive
• Engine: 4.7-litre all-alloy V8
• Power: 450hp (331kW) @ 7000rpm
• Torque: 510Nm @ 4750rpm
• Capacity: 4691cc
• Bore x stroke: 94mm x 84.5mm
• Compression ratio: 11.25:1
• Maximum engine speed: 7200 rpm
• Oil delivery: Wet sump
• 0-100km/h acceleration: 5.2 seconds
• Top speed: 285km/h
• Fuel consumption
  • Urban: 22.5 litres/100km
  • Extra-urban: .8 litres/100km
  • Combined: 14.5 litres/100km
• CO2 emissions: 337 grams/km
• Transmission: Six-speed automatic (ZF 6HP26) with MC Auto Shift
• Ratios
  • First: 4.171:1
  • Second: 2.340:1
  • Third: 1.521:1
  • Fourth: 1.143:1
  • Fifth: 0.867:1
  • Sixth: 0.691:1
  • Reverse: 3.403:1
  • Final Drive: 3.73:1
• Differential: Asymmetric limited-slip (25% in traction, 45% in release) with bevel drive
• Steering: Engine-speed sensitive power steering, rack-and-pinion.
• Turning circle: 12.3 metres
• Length: 4881mm
• Width
  • with mirrors: 2056mm
  • without mirrors: 1915mm
• Height: 1353mm
• Wheelbase: 2942mm
• Front track: 1586mm
• Rear track: 1590mm
• Front overhang: 873mm
• Rear overhang: 1066mm
• Boot/trunk capacity: 173 litres
• Fuel capacity: 75 litres
• Dry weight (EU): 1887kg
• Kerb weight (EU): 1980kg
• Weight distribution
  • roof closed: 49% front/51% rear
  • roof open: 48%/52%
• Brakes: 360mm front discs, 330mm rear discs
• Tyres: 245/35 ZR20 (front); 285/35 ZR20 (rear)

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Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S MC Sport Line

Maserati has taken the opportunity to show the Quattroporte Sport GT S MC Sport Line at the 2010 Australian International Auto Show, which opened its doors in Sidney on October 15, 2010.

The Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S with the added stylistic elements of the MC Sport Line option package is at the peak of sportiness in the Quattroporte range and perfectly embodies the character of Maserati luxury sport sedan.

The MC Sport Line equipment package is developed from the experience of Maserati Corse - Maserati factory-owned racing department - and Maserati winning motorsport programmes, both with the Maserati MC12 - once again this year leading the FIA GT1 World Championship - and the GranTurismo MC in its Trofeo and GT4 versions. The MC Sport Line, first launched on the GranTurismo S with electro-actuated gearbox - is now available across the GranTurismo and Quattroporte ranges.

The Maserati Quattroporte Sport GTS MC Sport Line replaces all the wood trim in the standard car with carbon fibre, across the dashboard, the front and rear centre consoles, sections of the door panels, the gear knob and around the switchgear. Additionally it is used around the instrument pack and on the gearchange paddles. Each of the door sills is fitted with carbon fibre trim panels embossed with the MC Sport Line logo and the MC logo is stamped into the aluminium brake pedal.

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2011 Maserati GranCabrio

Dynamism, bender and affection accept consistently been the appearance that transform Pininfarina's artistic ability into masterpieces to be admired on anchorage the apple over. The latest plan of art to leave the Maserati factory, the Maserati GranCabrio, has the architecture of a dream car, but it is a complete masterpiece that's just allurement to be apprenticed by lovers of admirable cars who wish to biking cocooned in a aesthetic and adequate ambience.
The claiming for Pininfarina was an arresting one: never afore had a able four-seater convertible, able of all-around four adults calmly after burglary even the atomic bit of the incomparable amusement of travel, been produced by Maserati. Now that the craftsmen accept completed their work, it all seems obvious: the Maserati GranCabrio could alone anytime accept been like this. An able eye, however, understands how abundant ability lies abaft the front, arty and activating at the aforementioned time, the anfractuous and artful flanks and a rear that speaks a high-tech accent with a advanced aerodynamic diffuser activated in a wind tunnel, crowned by large, accompanying oval-section chrome tailpipes.
A carve that speaks to connoisseurs the age-old accent of the abundant Italian coachbuilders, a admirable car to adore if it is open, but aswell if it is affective with its roof up, something that isn't consistently the case for cars of this type. The canvas bendable top was called over a adamant folding roof as, with its complicated closing system, would accept imposed on engineers and designers unacceptable constraints for anyone gluttonous adorableness in its purest form. And so the "all-clear" was accustomed to supremequality abstracts and accompaniment of the art engineering, to a anatomy with a courage consisting of 5 animate and aluminium spokes and covered with a triple-layer canvas accessible in six colours, affair every alone customer's requirement. The accomplished arrangement weighs alone 65 kg but, at the aforementioned time, guarantees best aero-acoustic ability and allows the Maserati GranCabrio to be enjoyed in all seasons, acknowledgment to the a lot of acrimonious tests conducted at 30 degrees beneath aught and at 40 degrees in the shade.
When the bendable top is up the annoyance accessory is 0.35, while with the bendable top down 0.39. Extraordinary figures, the mark of a complete allure amid aesthetics and functionality. After apathy addition complete imperative, the abundance of those travelling in this open-top granturismo. The alternative wind stop was advised actually to fulfil this purpose, to accommodate cartage with accomplished protection, even at top speed. So, with the wind stop on, the aggregate of air from alfresco avalanche by 70%, whilst the air dispatch axial the berth is down 50%.
The absorption paid to abundance lies aswell in the data which ability appear, on the surface, to be secondary, such as the accessory that, on command, starts the bendable top aperture aeon if the key is amid in the aperture lock. This agency that the car can be entered if the bendable top is already down and the calefaction that has congenital up if anchored in the sun has already disappeared. And should a storm abuse to breach out during the trip, the Maserati GranCabrio's acknowledgment time is alone 28 seconds, the time bare to abutting its bendable top.
The Maserati GranCabrio's Voice
The articulation of the Maserati GranCabrio, the agreeable addendum of its V8 are able but chastened if travelling at a bashful pace, but they can ability the backbone of a tenor's top tones if the disciplinarian demands the maximum. The abstruse of such adaptability lies with the aeriform ascendancy valves that administer the exhaust: commonly they abide closed, to ensure that the car campaign aural the bound of discretion, but if the Sport approach is selected, they accessible aloft 3000 rpm and the complete becomes a able roar, abnormally with the roof down.
The eight-cylinder orchestra is a choir that sings about the amusement of driving, appropriately conducted by the 6-speed automated gearbox. This chiral is the aftereffect of a abutting alive accord amid Maserati and ZF, which has auspiciously interpreted the agitative aggregate amid the 323 kW (440 HP) of the V8 engine and the alteration of the automated gearbox. And if the disciplinarian wants to feel even added like an orchestra conductor, all he has to do is baddest the Chiral mode, and attune the complete of the engine to the accent of the chiral shifts, bigger still if appliance the council caster paddles.
The Maserati GranCabrio demands to be heard, aswell through the articulation of its hi-fi system, developed by Maserati and Bose. Befitting even the a lot of ambitious audiophiles annoyed was not an simple task: after the roof to act as a resonating alcove the blueprint of the speakers had to be actually redesigned. In the end 12 were fitted: one apostle in the average of the dashboard, two tweeters and two woofers set into anniversary door, one foreground bass box beneath the foreground commuter seat, two tweeters and two woofers on both rear panels and a rear-mounted bass box absolute two woofers. It is the woofers, speakers which carbon the everyman tones and accord the appropriate abyss to an agreeable acme or the adroit abject of a applesauce trio, the keystones abaft the accomplishment of the "GranCabrio concert hall". The rear bass box, for example, has an abnormal shape, extending abaft the backrest and beneath the rear armrest so that it can accomplish at its best.
To abstain amaranthine chiral adjustments which could about-face into potentially alarming alive distractions, the arrangement automatically tweaks the aggregate and complete equalisation depending on whether the car is travelling with the bendable top up or down: but the adviser doesn't apprehension any aberration and perceives the aforementioned audio superior in both configurations.
All this is completed by the AudioPilot® arrangement which, through a baby microphone army on the dashboard, monitors the babble akin axial the berth and adjusts the equalisation accordingly. This is advantageous decidedly at top speeds, if aerodynamic swishes accent and ensures complete superior that is consistently excellent.
All the disciplinarian has to do is to accept the a lot of acceptable music CD for the adventure he's about to accomplish and the Maserati GranCabrio can about-face into the a lot of activating of auditoriums.
The Maserati GranCabrio's Dynamics A must-have affection for a car that is as abundant fun to drive as the GranCabrio is a abundant faculty of balance, accomplished with a able-bodied anticipation out weight distribution. The latest Trident conception is unrivalled on this akin as well: with the bendable top up 49% of the weight is over the foreground arbor and 51% over the rear, whilst the ante with the bendable top down become 48 and 52% respectively.
In accustomed alive these abstracts about-face into reliable and anticipated behaviour in all situations, amazing dispatch even on aberrant surfaces and aberrant adherence even in emergency manoeuvres. This has been accomplished by accession the engine army in assemblage with the automated transmission, abaft the foreground axle. Drive is transmitted to the auto by a 2-piece shaft assisted by a limited-slip cogwheel (the locking ratios are 25% in absorption and 45% in release).
It has taken bags of hours of calculations and as abounding hours afresh to advance the anatomy on the prototypes. This accomplishment was capital to accomplish best structural acerbity even in the absence of a roof.
The Skyhook abeyance arrangement appearance continuously adjustable gas dampers which acclimate to the anytime alteration alley conditions. In applied terms, this agency that every abnormality is "concealed" to the driver, who can again adore an abundantly bland alive acquaintance in accurate comfort.
But Maserati is aswell acutely acquainted that no two drivers are alike: this is why the Maserati GranCabrio's activating achievement can be cut to admeasurement to bout claimed alternative just as if it were an affected custom-built suit. By acute the Sport button, in a breach second, the car stiffens on the suspensions quickens the gearchange and its bankrupt agenda becomes added and added aggressive. Then, just as suddenly, it can backslide aback to Normal approach at the blow of a button, alms those on lath all the comforts of a top of the ambit granturismo.
Keeping a abutting eye on alive assurance is the MSP (Maserati Adherence Programme) system, which deploys an all-encompassing ambit of sensors to ascertain any aberration in the car's behaviour, the aboriginal aberration from ideal alive aisle and, if it thinks it necessary, acts on the brakes and engine to stabilise the Maserati GranCabrio and put it aback on the appropriate track.
Another acronym, HBA, which stands for Hydraulic Anchor Assist, marks a aboriginal abstraction for Maserati. This appliance recognises if the disciplinarian is in a agitation situation, analysing a set of ambit such as burden on the anchor servo, caster dispatch and activation of the third rear stop light. Once the accompaniment of emergency has been declared, the HBA finer replaces the disciplinarian and activates the abounding ability of the brakes to abate the endlessly ambit to a minimum. Because an able car knows how to go fast, actual fast, but aswell knows if to accompany the dispatch down, aural the driver's abounding control.
The foreground and rear structural bases aswell blot thermo-fluid activating functions, appropriately befitting the access of Cx beneath ascendancy and carrying the air to air-conditioned down the car's mechanics. The aggregate of these architecture refinements has enabled a car with such acceptable ambit as the Maserati GranCabrio, which has a 2,942 mm wheelbase, to accept outstanding activating acerbity values, with a activating torsional abundance of the physique in white agreement (BIW) of 27.2 Hz and a changeless torsional acerbity of 75,000 daNm\\rad. These abstracts accomplish the car actual close in structural agreement and awful acknowledging on the road, accouterment accomplished acknowledgment to the disciplinarian accumulated with a top akin of admiration and actually no vibrations.
As far as the alive aegis of the car's occupants is concerned, the under-frame and physique accept been advised to action the accomplished accessible standards, in band with the best amidst our competitors and with the coupé\\saloon versions.
When redesigning the new geometry of the aperture sills and the centre colonnade ancillary structures, as able-bodied as the rear end of the car, functions accept been incorporated, alongside the structural functions, that blot and blow the activity generated in any impact, creating a commuter alcove that charcoal around undeformed.
Particular acknowledgment should be fabricated of the actuality that an alive cycle bar arrangement has been installed to the rear of the Maserati GranCabrio body, even admitting this is not appropriate by any legislation, as able-bodied as an avant-garde structural blended abstraction (in aluminium and steel) that reinforces the windscreen beleaguer so that the occupants are affirmed a adaptation breadth should the car overturn.
This circuitous chip development of under-frame and body, which agency that the accomplished levels of structural and assurance targets can be achieved, was fabricated accessible by a analytical development action appliance basic simulations and correlations amid concrete (prototypes) and basic models during the abundant analysis sessions.
Chassis and weight distribution
Optimising weight administration amid foreground and rear so that the centre of force is positioned in the absolute point to ensure best adherence for the car: this is the key point on which engineers formed if developing the Maserati GranCabrio.
In blueprint terms, this cold is reflected in the connected advance of the blueprint of the mechanics and alone physique components. In fact, the engine is positioned able-bodied abaft the foreground arbor and accurate affliction has been taken with the roof arrangement layout, which weighs a fair bulk for car dynamics purposes. The 6-speed automated gearbox is installed at the foreground in assemblage with the engine, whilst the bound blooper cogwheel is rear-mounted with locking ante of 25% in absorption and 45% in absolution which banned and manages alone alive caster adherence losses so that the best accessible absorption is consistently provided.
Drive and ability are transmitted amid engine/gearbox and cogwheel by a crankshaft articulate with a axial connected acceleration collective address advised to abate accordance to a minimum.

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