08 May 2009 - 13:00
GranTuned
Doing the full tuning works on Italian supercars always seems wrong, somehow. Whereas American seems to lend itself to the more-power-and-bodywork treatment, it seems almost sacrilegious to subject beautiful Italian metal to the same fate.
That’s never stopped German tuning house Novitec, mind. They’ve already brought us the supercharged Ferrari 599 and supercharged F430, and now we’ve got a first look at the, er, supercharged Maserati GranTurismo S.
That supercharger, along with a remapped ECU and a new exhaust system, boosts the power out of the GT’s 4.7-litre V8 from a piffling 433bhp to a whopping 600bhp.
To deal with all that power, the Tridente GranTurismo (for that is what Novitec calls it) gets a revised suspension systems, massive 21-inch wheels on the back (the fronts are mere 20s) and a big carbon fibre bodykit.
And you know what? We don’t hate it. OK, it doesn’t quite have the ice-cool, understated chic of the stock GTS, but it’s definitely not bad.
Or are we plainly wrong? Speak the truth and we shall listen.
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Can you get one without the bodykit?
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it needs black rims. without all the fake bolts and stuff
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i like it looks slightly more aggressive without goin over the top like some
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I'm sorry, but on the subject of making Italian cars look move agressive where they needn't, novitec's whole spectrum of sins committed with this Ferrari F430: http://www.tuningnews.net/article/090417/novitec-tulesto/ make the Granturismo S's body kit pale in comparison.
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I'd have one, at least it's stylish unlike a German tuning firm who would just make it look more brutal and mean.
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Apart from the slightly cheap-looking alloys, that looks really good. Mostly because the bodykit is minimal, so it still looks like a Maserati GranTurismo S. This is good. Also, you guys said it needed more bite... here it is.
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1stly, is this the picture with the bodykit, because i don't see it? 2ndly, it looks no different from the original, which is beautiful. And 3rdly, those wheels look like multipiece (hopefully not fake on a car like this) to me, so not exactly cheap.
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it looks reli good and nice
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like the merc v12 i bet brabus could squeeze 1,500 bhp out of that
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holy... this is ice cool
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I like it i'd have it!
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I my God it's fantastic.
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Those rims are just awful, such a waste of beauty! Although more power isn't such a bad thing, i'd be satisfied with the original 433bhp and have a more beautiful car.
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The GTS needed more power. Not sure of the body kit. Leave the original rims and if the exhaust note is the same as the stock GTS, then i'm starting to save money :D
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I like it.... just change the wheels!
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pointless in my opinion the only cars that can getaway with being modifed or tuned are the japanese and the american cars because they are either designed for it or in the case with the american cars they are so poorly done they need improving
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It looks like a sic car
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I think it is because germans have very little imagination when it comes to aesthetic appeal so they have to modify the pretty italian cars
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A cool car but modifying it like this ruins it, and does novitec come from novice because thats what it looks lke from here
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That is one hot car. Is there such thing as being 'too old' for pin-ups?
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Novitec is the only tuner that can modify an italian GT. This one even looks better than the standard version. And has 600hp - I like it.
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the cheap alloys are sinful, im a massive fan of the massa GT though the grill is a bit for my taste id still buy one-if i could
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The alloys look.... not good. But the rest of the car looks, better. More power must be better
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it looks awesome
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TrekyD commented on this article
08 May 2009
Why tuen a car like that? surely there are stock car's that are better.
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