Facing down a 14-hour round-trip blast through the desert between Los Angeles and Tuscon, Ariz., West Coast Bureau Chief Conner Golden tours grandly in the all-new, second-generation Maserati GranTurismo. Down two cylinders and up in price, is Maserati’s latest coupe a worthy successor to the long-lived first gen?

Though it stylistically appears as only a massaged update to the prior car (thank goodness), everything else is vastly improved by most any metric. The twin-turbo 3.0-liter Nettuno V-6 takes over for the beloved naturally aspirated 4.7-liter V-8, but standard all-wheel drive and 542 horsepower and 479 pounds-feet of torque means the GranTurismo enters a new level of performance and capability … but for grand tourers, what’s inside matters just as much, and the new GranTurismo is a moonshot from its predecessor. Rich leather, brushed metal trim and raw carbon fiber cover most surfaces, with Maserati’s excellent digital architecture handling infotainment and vehicle controls through a slick four-screen setup.

So, more than enough finery to coddle Conner on his desert adventure. With a new platform, standard air suspension, and an excellent eight-speed automatic transmission, the GranTurismo munches miles like Pringles and passes slow traffic as though it were fired from a railgun. Just him as he walks you through all of the details of the new GranTurismo.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Exterior changes
2:23 Powertrain
3:35 Tech updates
6:55 Materials and ergonomics
7:59 How does it drive?
12:06 Concluding thoughts

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