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Summer isn’t nearly as enjoyable without top-down driving. As much as we’re fans of hardtop automotive design and the way a sweeping roofline catches the eye, we have to admit that the clear growl of an engine and the wind in your hair makes the warmer months that much better. Even a drive up Pacific Coast Highway in a cream-hued 1995 Chrysler Sebring Convertible can be a pleasure (as long as no one actually sees you). Bully for you, convertibles are better than ever — gone are the fussy tops, the anemic engines, and silhouettes that would make Quasimodo cringe. The crop of current convertibles range from modern nostalgia to supercar power players, but one thing they all do is make your motoring pleasure good for all the world to see.

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In all things, Maserati knows how to excite. Images of the 2013 Maserati Quattroporte have been shared just ahead of its inevitable Detroit debut, proving you can indeed teach an old pony new tricks. While no specific details about the car have been released, the trained eye will pick up hints of a longer wheelbase,…

Maserati’s singular focus on high-end beautiful Italian machinery has made them masters. The GranTurismo, GranTurismo Convertible and the Quattroporte are all essentially a variant on one auto. They’re vehicles with gorgeous lines and roaring V8s; each is designed to be (Maserati vernacular) “a good host” (however, as Olivia Munn and Mario Lopez demonstrate, good hosts…

Beware, Porsche Cayenne. Your exotic SUV market share might dip a bit when the Maserati Kubang bows in 2014. The concept strutted its stuff in Detroit this past week, and it’s got some interesting background. First of all, it will be built in America (what??). It will be based on a Jeep Grand Cherokee platform…

It seems like Maserati has been spitting out versions of their luscious GranTurismo like machine gun fire. It appears that they may have, at least aesthetically, reached their zenith with the Maserati GranTurismo S Special Edition. Limited to a scant twelve cars for strictly the Italian market, the S Special Edition was created to commemorate…

We can all agree that the Maserati GranTurismo is one gorgeous automobile. Then there’s its angry brother, the MC Stradale (strah-dahl-ee) with 444 horsepower and a beefed up suspension and chassis. Well, Novitec, the tuner that regularly modifies already blazingly quick Ferraris and Alfa Romeos, has churned out the Novitec Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale through…

Maserati is a legendary carmaker resurrected. After decades of false starts and forgettable collaborations (the 1980s Chrysler TC comes to mind), the Italian marque that made its name in racing between the World Wars is now firmly back in the hearts and minds of motoring fans. Despite the company’s seductive new releases, there is one…

As you have your inevitable adult Ferris Bueller moment, perhaps you should read more about the Architectural Garage contest winner. Earlier this year, Maserati ran a nationwide contest to uncover the finest architectural garage or basically what amounts to the coolest. Their winner certainly qualifies as pretty damn cool because Los Angeles (of course it…

By Robert Farago | The Truth About Cars As the salesman retrieved the key for the demo GranTurismo, I approached the trunk of the sleek silver siren sitting on the showroom floor. Even though I was opening the Maserati’s boot rather than its bonnet, I felt like a pre-teen rifling through a copy a Playboy…

[click on image to enlarge] A while back Gear Patrol brought you a post on the Maserati GranTurismo S. The coupe is undoubtedly gorgeous, but honestly its four door brother, the new 2009 Quattroporte S has always been dearer to my heart, no less caused by my affinity for over-powered European sport sedans. Well, my…

[click on image to enlarge] This car oozes. What does it ooze? It oozes sex appeal. It oozes sensuality that only the Italians could derive from a vehicle and it does it with an incredible amount of intimidating presence. We’ll stop with the ‘oozes’ now. The Maserati GranTurismo S uses a 440hp 4.7 liter engine…