The Ferrari 599 GTB has the seating capacity of only 2 people, the 612 Scaglietti is large- but what if you have a large family, a dog as well as an elephant gun to carry in the car? In this scenario the Quattro Porte Bellagio enters, it certainly isn’t the old fashioned station wagon but a lot more.

I was indeed surprised to find that the Maserati Quattro Porte was parked at the Villa d’Este.

So this is the Maserati Quattro Porte Bellagio fast back touring which has a beckoning sloping roof and has been built by Carrozzeria touring, the same people who had invented the superleggera in the 1930’s. It was first shown at last year’s edition of the Concorso d’Eleganza an event that is now celebrated annually. This is a car that has a Ferrari like engine upfront and has lots of leather in the middle and which can hold the whole family at the back. This is the Quattro Porte an irresistible package of sturdiness and comfort.

Design Driven: the Perfect Maserati Garage

In the early part of this year in The United States Maserati ran a contest with the Architectural Digest magazine. In the early part of this year in The United States Maserati ran a contest with the Architectural Digest magazine to design an architecturally perfect garage for Maserati. The competition was divided into two sections – existing and concept. Some 125 entries were received overall and winners have been selected. Winner of the ‘Existing’ category was Holger Schubert’s property located in Los Angeles. This property was designed with twin objectives, one being to create a pure and minimalist ambience that allows to present the car as a work of art and the second was to create the ultimate experience for the driver when he reaches home.

Schubert’s garage has the atmosphere of an art gallery and it is located on the upper level of a hillside extension of a 1953 ranch style home that overlooks western Los Angeles. Access too this garage is via a bridge, while a 1200 square foot space not just houses a car but has a large open space to place a sofa, a slide away TV and an in-built book shelf that is in front of a large room for storage. There is also a small kitchen, bathroom and a library. Building products that were sustainable in all weather conditions were used as far as possible, for example the 47 solar panels that cover the roof and the wall insulation made of natural cotton fiber. e to design an architecturally perfect garage for Maserati. The competition was divided into two sections – existing and concept. Some 125 entries were received overall and winners have been selected. Winner of the ‘Existing’ category was Holger Schubert’s property located in Los Angeles. This property was designed with twin objectives, one being to create a pure and minimalist ambience that allows to present the car as a work of art and the second was to create the ultimate experience for the driver when he reaches home.

Schubert’s garage has the atmosphere of an art gallery and it is located on the upper level of a hillside extension of a 1953 ranch style home that overlooks western Los Angeles. Access too this garage is via a bridge, while a 1200 square foot space not just houses a car but has a large open space to place a sofa, a slide away TV and an in-built book shelf that is in front of a large room for storage. There is also a small kitchen, bathroom and a library. Building products that were sustainable in all weather conditions were used as far as possible, for example the 47 solar panels that cover the roof and the wall insulation made of natural cotton fiber.

The latest version of the Maserati Gran Turismo Spyder will come without a retractable hard top, which is the usual trend among convertibles like the Ferrari California and some others. Confirmed reports from industry sources state that this one will have a typical soft top. The move to keep a soft top was a result of the poor sales of the Ferrari California. Additionally, Maserati intends to have a completely soft top convertible like the Bentley Continental GTC. Research has shown that more customers prefer a soft top over a retractable hard top. Some additional details of the Gran Turismo state that it will have the same power train and transmission as the coupe version. This implies that 405HP 4.2 liter V8 coupled with the 433HO 4.7 liter unit will finally be available as the manufacturing company wants to generate interest for its new models. In September 2009, the Maserati Gran Turismo Spyder will be launched in the market at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Although a premium version is expected over the Coupe version but the details of the price have not yet been released.

Some people believe in testing exotic things whereas some people prefer to leave them completely alone, but you can’t deny the fact that everybody respects the Novitec. The German tuning house that is now celebrating its 20th anniversary, it is one of the most established names in tuning Italian Exotica. The Novitec Rosso line by the company is famous for strapping of superchargers to Ferraris to bring about a delicious effect, but about two years ago they brought out a low key modification of the Maserati Quattro Porte. The Novitec Tridente line is back in action on the Gran Turismo S, thus producing the supercharged super coupe.

By the addition of a supercharger, that is tinkering with the ECU and that replaces the exhaust system, Novitec has managed to bring out an extra 165 HP from the Ferrari sourced 4.7 liter V8 for a whopping 600 ponies. A retuned KW suspension manages all the extra power generated by a gripping mass of 20 inch and 21 inch wheels on the front and the back of the unit. this teams up with the carbon fiber body kit which adds even more aggression to one of the meanest looking cars of the industry.