2013 Maserati GranCabrio MC Launches In Australia

Maserati has announced the arrival of its most hard-core drop-top ever, the GranCabrio MC, in Australia. 

Drawing on the technology offered by the top-tier GranTurismo MC Stradale, not to mention Maserati's motorsport-derived know-how, the GranCabrio MC is no poser's convertible: it's track-ready. 

From the outside, the most noticeable difference is the MC's unique bodywork.

Thanks to extensively reshaped front and rear bumpers, sideskirts and rear diffuser, the MC's aero kit adds almost five centimeters to the GranCabrio's overall length and boosts downforce by 10 percent at the front and 25 percent at the rear at speeds of 140km/h.

Top speed is a heady 289km/h, and the GranCabrio MC will sprint to 100km/h in 4.9 seconds when launch control is activated.