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Now
that’s Italian.
Maserati has
unveiled its new GranTurismo, a larger, more classically styled
replacement for the
Coupe model that
marked the brand’s return to the U.S. in 2002. The new four-seater draws
on the company's rich design heritage and will undercut its closest
competitor, the $170,000
Bentley Continental GT,
by about $40,000 with an estimated price of around $130,000. -
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BMW
has long reigned atop the upper echelon of the compact sports coupe
market with its high-performance M3. The two-door
Audi S5
challenges the M3’s authority with a powerful V8 engine and other
assorted upgrades over the A5 model upon which it's based. That A5 is,
in turn, derived from the next generation of the A4 sedan. -
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