Spied: Maserati’s new Spyder gets folding hardtop

June26

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New spy photos provide concrete evidence that Maserati’s new convertible Spyder will get a folding hardtop roof. Based on the new GrandTurismo coupe, the Spyder will have just two seats, instead of four.

It will likely share an engine with the GranTurismo, which delivers 405 horsepower via a 4.2-liter V8. It will also share styling with its coupe sibling, as indicated by our artist’s illustration.




 


14 Comments

  1. Dare I say Maseratis design team is truely making a mark! Absolutely stunning.

    Comment by deutschetouring1337, posted on June26 at 4:04 pm
  2. Pininfarina designed it.

    Comment by gtv6, posted on June26 at 4:54 pm
  3. A folding top to match the folding reliability.

    Comment by RicardoHead, posted on June26 at 7:05 pm
  4. RicardoHead, it’s funny that you criticize Maserati’s reliability with such authority. How often again do you take your Maserati GT to the dealer? Yeah…..

    Comment by Wickedated, posted on June26 at 7:24 pm
  5. Wicked, I also don’t need to own an MG, Triumph, or Fiat to know they are unreliable. I suppose you’ve never criticized anything that you didn’t personally own? Yeah…..

    Comment by RicardoHead, posted on June26 at 7:49 pm
  6. That illustration looks like the new Jag CF concept plus a Aston Vantage. Fairly good looking but, based on the illustration, I’m not 100% sold. Those roll bars need to go.

    Comment by Kaizen, posted on June26 at 10:59 pm
  7. Especially loving the first pic with the huge, almost flying-buttress rear camo.. I’d love to see a Cayman-like fixed-roof fastback version of the Spyder become the entry-level Maserati!

    Comment by autonutt, posted on June27 at 1:22 am
  8. how come you all comment on the design of the folding top? all i can see of it is a slight bit of the line… the rest is covered by some bulky big camouflage, that tells NOTHING about the real look of the RHT…?

    Comment by fan, posted on June27 at 6:05 am
  9. wow, looks sweet

    Comment by Fromes, posted on June27 at 9:05 am
  10. not sure about it, sketch looks cool.

    Comment by Syrax, posted on June27 at 9:23 am
  11. Ricardo, please! Maserati is an ultra premium brand owned by Ferrari. The old Maserati from the 80s is LONG gone. As a matter of fact, Fiats too. The old ****box Fiat from the 80s are long gone, with Fiat pumping out very reliable vehicles in Europe and South America that compete head to head with Renault Clio and Peugeot 305. As for MG and Triumph, come on! Are you seriously comparing a Maserati to an MG? Why don’t you compare it to a Lada? Flawed comparison. The Maserati GT in question is an exercise of Ferrari engineering and Pininfarina styling. What triggered my comment to you is that I do own a Maserati and it hasn’t broken down any less or needed any more maintenance than my BMW.

    Comment by Wickedated, posted on June27 at 9:39 am
  12. I watched ‘Cars’ again last night for the 1 millionth time with my three-year old son. I still get a kick out of the scene where Michael Schumaker visits Casa dela Tires with the two Maseratis.
    Makes me wish I had $100K or so to spend on a car…

    Comment by global_lightning, posted on June27 at 11:49 am
  13. STUNNING. JUST ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.

    Comment by LP640, posted on June27 at 2:44 pm
  14. Wickedated, I can say to you that Fiat is not that reliable in S America…yes, they’re better than GM or Ford, but they can’t beat VW here in sales or reliability (which isn’t high anyway) the only car that is a hit is the Stilo, beating the Golf (which is MkIV facelifted here, total crap!!)

    Comment by Syrax, posted on June28 at 4:46 pm

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