2024 Maserati GranTurismo First Drive Review: Striking balance
. The front seats are nicely bolstered but soft enough to sit on for hours at a time, and the rear seats … well, first of all they’re there, which is somewhat surprising considering that the list of four-seater coupes joining AMC, DeLorean, and Innocenti in the pantheon of automotive history grows annually. They’re not there just for show, either.
Maserati isn’t a firm that has historically been known for peddling cutting-edge technology. Even its top executives openly admit that, not with a sense of pride or a tinge of shame but in a realistic, matter-of-fact way that’s becoming rare in the automotive industry. Buyers want technology, however, and no carmaker can resist this shift, so the GranTurismo is equipped with more digital features than you might expect.
The center console is dominated by a panel that houses two screens — this is the same basic layout found in. The upper unit displays the infotainment system, while the lower unit shows the climate control system’s settings, among other menus. Both screens are fairly straight-forward to use, they offer sharp-looking graphics, and they respond to input almost instantly.
Behind the Trofeo’s wheel, looking over the long hood flanked by bulged wheel arches, these changes add up to a sublime driving experience. The last GranTurismo was a looker but not really a driver; the new one is both, and it feels like it’s several cars in one. In normal driving conditions it’s as tame as you need it to be: not every drive is exciting, and the GranTurismo is happy to move along at a relaxed pace.
It’s a nice place to spend time in. The interior is well-built, though the big, block-like buttons used to select a gear are clunky to use. There’s no volume knob, but buttons hidden on the part of the steering wheel that faces the dashboard let you turn the music up or down without reaching over to the touch-sensitive slider on the right side of the bottom touchscreen, and Busse’s claim that the instrument cluster is right in the driver’s line of sight rings true.
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