Driving la dolce vita

摘要

Marcello Mastroianni has been reincarnated. Maserati's GranTurismo S Automatic has the suave good looks and smooth, effortless acting abilities of Fellini's alter ego in "81/2"and "La Dolce Vita."The new car tosses out the GranTurismo S six-speed Duo-Select manual for a six-speed paddle-shifted ZF. It dismisses the S's passive damping suspension for the base GranTurismo's Skyhook suspension with its adjustable aluminum dampers. Hit the "sport" button, and the suspension stiffens while anrnexhaust flap opens to turn up the volume on the lovely, throaty-brappy Italian V-8 soundtrack. Nino Rota would approve.