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Spyshots: 2011 Maserati GranTurismo Mystery Car

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Not so often caught by the snooping spyphotographers, a Maserati model is now coming under the spotlight, after being caught testing on the famous Nurburgring track.

What's interesting about the car featured in these photos is that it is hard to tell what kind of a Maserati will it be. The GranTurismo features the same front end as the current version, but the modified rear bumper, with its two round tailpipes, mounted closer to the centre, point to a new version of the model.

With the GranTurismo Sport still on the market, the model caught here fuels speculation that it will is an even sportier version of the S, a GT SS. Of course, the possibility that this car here is the future replacement of the current GT S still exists.

Others believe this model here is just a test mule for an even more exclusive version. The tail pipes on this car here bear a strange resemblance with the ones on the GranTurismo MC GT4. This, obviously, leads to the assumption that this car here is in fact a street legal version of the GT4 car presented last year.

Yet, as Occam's razor principle states, the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. That is, most likely, the car caught by our spies is simply a facelift of the 3-year old GranTurismo, with possibly a bit of an upgrade under the hood.

With no actual technical details known yet, the in between 470 and 500 hp troop mentioned in several posts on the subject remain just speculation.
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About the author: Daniel Patrascu
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Daniel loves writing (or so he claims), and he uses this skill to offer readers a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry. He also enjoys talking about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies.
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