During its flying tour of Sydney’s sights, a few lucky people scored a sneak preview and were left without any doubts just how special the GranTurismo S is with its exhaust barking and crackling in Sport mode. The brief tour demonstrated its twin silencer system, one for quiet cruising and one to make it sound like its racing 'brother', the Maserati MC12, which has met with success in the FIA GT World Sports Car Championship.

There were, though, no opportunities to fully exploit the new 4.7 litre 323 KW V8 engine, electro-actuated gearbox with fast MC Shift, Transaxle layout, and brakes made with dual-cast technology that make the GranTurismo S the new flagship for Maserati sporting flair, with acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.9 seconds and a maximum speed of 295 km/h – the highest ever reached by a standard production Maserati.

The new Maserati GranTurismo S together with the new Maserati Quattroporte will be released, locally, later in the year.