http://www.thecarconnection.com/reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:58:41 -0500 Car Reviews -- Get the consensus and opinions from TheCarConnection and from around the Web on your favorite car. Lifestyle/Fashion http://static.thecarconnection.com/website/tcc-feed.jpg http://www.thecarconnection.com/reviews http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maserati_granturismo_2009 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maserati_granturismo_2009 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:06:00 -0400 2009 MASERATI GRANTURISMO STYLING | [9 out of 10] Road & Track: "There is an elegant symmetry to the 2009 Maserati GranTurismo " Car and Driver: "A Modenese masterpiece" Edmunds: "Leather-encased interior is warm, inviting and highly customizable" Maserati has been an automotive icon for decades, but the brand's recent revival ...
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]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020610_spy-shots-2011-maserati-granturismo-spyder http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020610_spy-shots-2011-maserati-granturismo-spyder Tue, 12 May 2009 10:51:00 -0400 While Maserati offers up test drives of the sensuous new Granturismo S to a host of playas--not including us!--we're content to bring you this pic of the new Granturismo Spyder that's working its way through rigorous testing. The convertible is due in March of next year, which makes it a 2011 model by our count. Its convertible lid is cloaked ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020071_link-love-from-the-car-connection-2-30-summertime-gas-plus-vids-of-maserati-granturismo-mc-electric-racecars-and-crazy-lady-drivers http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020071_link-love-from-the-car-connection-2-30-summertime-gas-plus-vids-of-maserati-granturismo-mc-electric-racecars-and-crazy-lady-drivers Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:15:00 -0400 He said, she said-- Remember when Tesla's Elon Musk called that New York Times reporter "a douchebag...and an idiot"? Remember the journalist who was interviewing him at the time--how she sort of giggled her way through it? Well, Sarah Lacy's colleagues are calling foul on her. And still no one's called us douchebags yet. No respect, we tell ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1019931_link-love-from-the-car-connection-tobey-maguire-goes-to-the-races-audi-meets-the-iphone-and-electric-motorcyles-sure-are-quiet http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1019931_link-love-from-the-car-connection-tobey-maguire-goes-to-the-races-audi-meets-the-iphone-and-electric-motorcyles-sure-are-quiet Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:48:00 -0400 Autopr0nography -- It's Wednesday, and all the cool kids are at the New York Auto Show, so what's a staff of bloggers to do while waiting for news to trickle in? Ogle some unaffordable Italian racecar hotness, of course--like maybe the Maserati GranTurismo MC? Hey, it's totally normal, and everybody does it. We won't tell. [Carzi] Getting ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1019121_link-love-from-the-car-connection-maserati-follows-fashion-tesla-roadster-test-drive-and-a-retooled-69 http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1019121_link-love-from-the-car-connection-maserati-follows-fashion-tesla-roadster-test-drive-and-a-retooled-69 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:23:30 -0500 Hey, hey! Look who's here! Friday's back! And he's brought links: The 69, reimagined -- There aren't many details about the concept you see above. We just know it's designed by André Lyngra, who calls it the SixNine Performance car. We also know that it looks pretty damn badass. You're welcome. [YankoDesign via Automotto] More fast fashion -- ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016870_link-love-from-the-car-connection http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016870_link-love-from-the-car-connection Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:41:06 -0500 A handful of the speed bumps littering our info superhighway: Most collectible car chosen: Friends of the National Automotive History Collection have tagged the 2009 Dodge Challenger as the most likely vehicle of 2008 to be prized by future car fans. Are they saying we should abandon our Matchbox collection?  [PRNewswire] More voting: Also on ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016608_ready-humpday-link-love http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016608_ready-humpday-link-love Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:29:39 -0500 In case you hadn't noticed, it's Wednesday, which means it's time for some midweek miscellanea. Here are a few of the recent stories that have crossed our desks that we'd probably write more about if we weren't so overworked/understaffed/just plain lazy: HybridCars has gotten the jump on all of us by posting the first "best of" list of the ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016501_thecarconnectioncoms-top-10-cars-with-angry-faces http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016501_thecarconnectioncoms-top-10-cars-with-angry-faces Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:30:54 -0500 This might come as a shock if you've spent the last 10 years behind the wheel of a cutesy Mazda Miata or a snuggly Volkswagen New Beetle and thought all cars were like rolling versions of Hello Kitty characters--warm, fuzzy, and somewhat squishable. Now, the wonders of science have studied how cars look--and in a huge surprise have decided ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016466_2009-lamborghini-lp-560-spyder http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016466_2009-lamborghini-lp-560-spyder Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:31:54 -0500 Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann said last year his company would have a major new model to show off at each major auto show. True to form at the Los Angeles show, Lambo pulled the silky sheet from a new Spyder version of the LP560-4, the latest edition of the Gallardo. The 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder comes with a soft top, ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016090_2010-porsche-panamera-first-official-photo http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016090_2010-porsche-panamera-first-official-photo Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:06:13 -0400 Porsche has revealed the first production photo of the 2010 Panamera sedan, but you'll have to get a Lasik tuneup to get much out of the first official shot. This photo shows the new sedan's front end from the wheel forward, accompanied by the briefest of releases that play up a new online magazine for Panamera enthusiasts and possible ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015852_new-car-smell-wont-kill-you-as-much-group-finds http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015852_new-car-smell-wont-kill-you-as-much-group-finds Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:58:27 -0400 An Ann Arbor, Mich.-based environmental group says your vehicle's "new-car smell" is less likely to cause you harm this year, but it still is essentially made up of toxic gases masked by the fragrant, earthy smell of capitalism. The Ecology Center's annual report on new-car smell puts the Acura RDX at the top of its list for least-toxic ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015837_one-maserati-gran-turismo-down-a-few-hundred-to-go http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015837_one-maserati-gran-turismo-down-a-few-hundred-to-go Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:04:17 -0400 It's the schadenfreude capital of the Internet--Gregg's WreckedExotics Web site, where you earn you 15 minutes of fame by splitting, crashing, overcooking, rear-ending or spinning out in the hundred-thousand-dollar machine of your choice. Here's the latest example of unskilled hands at work, this time on the Maserati GranTurismo. According ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015192_granturismo-s-maserati-joins-the-tweakers http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015192_granturismo-s-maserati-joins-the-tweakers Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:58:19 -0500 Maserati's stunning GranTurismo coupe is adding a new flavor just in time for the Geneva motor show, in the form of the GranTurismo S. At last year's Geneva show, we brought you the first look at the GranTurismo, the effortlessly sexy replacement for the previous Coupe. Styled by Pininfarina, the four-seater slotted into the ..]]>