A warm summer day, a winding road on the sea and an open Maserati – sounds like a sumptuous day. And if the red paint is still Rosso Trionfale as here at the Gran convertible sport, comes a pinch to exuberance. But despite this glitter the appearance remains style. Also with the addition of sports drifts from the new top model of the open GT series in a krawall-direction.

Maserati Gran convertible sport with more power, who drives a Maserati, proving finally that he has the necessary money to express his exquisite taste. And that he allows a tradition his vehicle, which as fangled evaluates start-stop, hybrid or boot systems and instead maintains the Italian aspirated etiquette. By the way still without direct injection. Instead measures should leave as reduction of inner friction decrease the average by six percent to now 14.5 liters per 100 kilometers – even though the performance increases by ten to now 450 HP. What was missed but so far more than the efficiency, so the marketing executives, is the sound. And he did judge at a first exit in bright sunshine. This must be the Maserati Gran convertible the cloth cap from the head pull (up to 30 km/h) sports in the city, creates what he electro-hydraulic supports in 24 seconds.

Clearly being felt Ferrari origin thanks to konstruiertem silencer with adjusted flap control stresses the V8 of Maserati Gran convertible sport his Ferrari background clear. The 90-degree crankshaft forms while in towards US colour, but the technician the sound dünnten sent dröhniges Thunder and added instead penetrating overtones, rightly expect fans of an Italian engine. The sound was powerful and insistent at the same time. Of course we enable the sport button behind the border, open the Auspuffklappe thus and let at the gas allows curious the sound wave manifestations. This modulates the right foot of the volume according to taste, and the suitability of travel for the Maserati Gran convertible sport is maintained.

Around 100 kilos heavier than Coupe while the powerful mouth with the Trident of the God of the sea Neptune reminds of historic race cars – now with a grille with black, vertical ribs – to the Maserati Gran convertible as a sports car misunderstand Maserati Gran convertible. Bracings in floor pan, windscreen frame and engine compartment make expressed the Maserati Gran convertible to the automotive Moppelchen, or nice, the sport version of Straßenkreuzers. The 100 kilograms of ballast, compared to the Coupé are easy to notice, they correspond with the voluminous body. Hardly a car, the Word fits better grandeur. Because Maserati wants to be perceived yet as sporty, the chassis of the Gran has been streamlined to convertible. Despite 15 percent of power Springs it is still always good on bumps, long passes on ground waves more clearly. Thicker stabilizers continue to reduce the already so far barely perceptible wavering, but strengthen the over-zealous means beyond the generous middle position. In 5.2 seconds to 100, who is looking for the elegance in the sporty and sport not sweeping the Maserati Gran convertible, but only cheering, finds its actual provision. It celebrates the grandeur of the open procedure: in long turns that flows, intersperse here and there a burst of speed, the sound waves from the air in the Interior of this rinse can be – especially the bubbling load changes – and that even without wind deflector to catch never in the power of the vortex.

If you want, served the new, longer paddles in the Trofeo design and quilts through the six halls of ZF-converter transmission. This goes up to 50 percent faster than before, but check off after a few attempts – does the automatic of Maserati Gran convertible their jobs unobtrusively, the course switches supple. Meanwhile, five different modes can be select: Auto normal, auto sport, manual normal, manual sport and ice. In addition, there is a launch control of kind of, Gran convertible for the Maserati MC start strategy called. If you enabled it, can carry in 5.2 seconds to 100. In the weaker Gran convertible takes the one-tenth longer. Whether this justifies cost about 6,000 euro? Rather, it is the synergy of emotionalerem sound and ekstatischer hochdrehendem engine saugenderer road holding, which follow a “Yes” can be. This is the sport represents a 4.9 M long two credible.