Maserati GranCabrio

The Maserati GranCabrio is a sporting convertible that Maserati of Italy built from the end of 2009 until 11 November 2019, when it went out of production after 11,715 had been sold. It is the open version of the GranTurismo coupe, from which it takes its mechanics, part of the interior and the body design, and it was officially presented at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show with a cabin laid out for four people. It was first planned with a folding metal roof, but the engineers in Modena kept the light multilayer fabric roof, which folds in 28 seconds at speeds up to 30 km/h, partly to avoid competing with the Ferrari California. Pininfarina designed the body, which is 4.88 metres long. The only engine was the 4.7 litre naturally aspirated petrol V8, the Ferrari F136, giving 439 CV (323 kW) at 7,000 rpm and a top speed of 283 km/h, with a six-speed automatic gearbox developed by ZF. In the United States it was sold as the GranTurismo Convertible.