New Yorkers may not drive, but they couldn't ignore the appeal when the 2010 Maserati Gran Turismo S Automatic staged its world debut in the Big Apple.
Crowds in New York seem to gather almost anywhere at almost any time. Last week as a run-up to the New York Auto Show, Maserati at 55th and Park Avenue showroom, drew a red carpet group of auto journalista’s inside and jaded New Yorker’s outside for an automotive event.
An automotive event? Yes … but it was a dual event of Maserati and Ferrari who were not showing at Javits convention center on the lower West Side, probably as a result of Q1 2009 sales declines of 58% and 29% respectively. First the Maserati Gran Turismo S Automatic.
Available in a variety of colors, including elegant white, the GT-S model, when the silk-like covering was removed by Jeffrey Ehoodin, Maserati’s public relations director, was equally stunning in black. This is NY, after all, and black is still the fashionista’s only color of choice.
While black may be the color of choice for NY fashionistas, the elegant white Gran Turismo is equally eye-catching.
Powered by a 4.7 V8, the power develops 433 hp at 7000 RPM and torque of 361 and that is with an automatic 6-speed transmission, noted Marti Eulberg, president of Maserati North America, in her presentation as flash and strobes flashed. Almost as many inside as those on the other side of the plate glass showroom windows.
Refinements have been made to the famous Italian styling including side skirts, new 20″ wheels with the famous Maserati Trident design and a modified info-tainment system now with Blue Tooth and iPod interface. The interior is super nice Italian design …as one would expect.