The Maserati GranCabrio will cost £96,630 in the UK
Maserati has priced the GranCabrio (Gran Turismo Convertible outside Europe) at £95,630. Orders are being taken now and first cars will be delivered in April 2010.
We had the official launch of Maserati’s GranCabrio at the Frankfurt Motor Show back in September, and an elegant looking convertible it is. Maserati brought the GranCabrio to London last month for the UK debut, but there where still one or two things we didn’t know, in particular price and performance.
Price is easy – it will be £95,630 when it hits the roads in the UK in April 2010. Which is not exactly a killer. And if you want one in time for the 3 days of sunshine we get next Summer you can already dash out to your local Maserati dealer and place your order (or go play with the GranCabrio Configurator). You can even partake of Maserati’s Personalisation programme which will let you choose 14 exterior colours, six shades for the soft top and an extra couple of colours for the leather – Bianco Polare (white) and Blu Profondità (dark blue). So you should be able to make your GranCabrio ‘Yours’ without too much trouble.
Of course, as we reported recently, if you’re outside Europe you won’t be buying the GranCabrio. For reasons best known to Maserati the GranCabrio will be know outside Europe as the Gran Turismo Convertible. There must be a logic to the name change, but we can’t figure it.
And the other thing we also know about the GranCabrio is its performance. Maserati had already told us it would reach 175mph, but hadn’t bothered to tell us how quickly it accelerated. Which lead us to believe it would be a bit on the sluggish side (it’s quite heavy) and we’d guessed at mid 5 seconds. Turns out it’s 5.4 seconds (to 62mph) which is more than enough in a Cabrio.
Particularly for your back seat passengers.
Maserati GranCabrio Performance and Economy
PERFORMANCE
Top speed: 175 mph
0-62mph acceleration: 5.4 s
0-400 m acceleration: 13.9 s
0-1,000 m acceleration: 24.8 s
FUEL CONSUMPTION AND EMISSIONS
Urban: 12.16 mpg (23.22 l/100 km)
Extra urban: 26.75 mpg (10.56 l/100 km)
Combined: 18.54 mpg (15.23 l/100 km)
CO2 emissions (combined): 354.0 g/km
CarsUK says
You’re only here once (depending on your POV, I suppose). And you could get run over by a bus tomorrow. And who deserves a beautiful car more than someone who works their nuts off to get it? Just don’t tell ‘She who must be obeyed’ we egged you on!
russell taylor says
what am i thinking can i afford it,can i justify owning it,i love it,i want it but i dont need it.I am a small building contractor/developer with a large (for us)project ongoing and in its early stages i am spending money heavily when most are pulling in there necks.If all goes well and the houses sell and the idiots at planning grow a brain i will own a granturismo s but i suppose i’ll miss the stunning matte whites!i’m no rich arab just a hard working yorkshire builder with every muscle aching!the S will be my carrot that keeps me going,that is what i’m thinking….