Yes, this Maserati GranTurismo comes with rear seats and is a proper gran tourer.

However, the MC Stradale was designed back in 2011 to be the fastest, lightest and most powerful car in the Maserati range with many weight-saving features, like the missing rear seat for two passengers.

Just before 2011, the marketing people at Maserati were looking at the track success of the GT4 motorsport models and decided that a limited-edition model inspired by these race cars would make for great showroom excitement – and this special edition car was born.

It sold well and as the orders filled up one British car buyer wanted a rather special version – one with rear seats.

A special order was put in with the factory and from assembly this Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale got lightweight rear seats fitted and the car was shipped to its happy buyer in England.

Now, some years later, like all supercar buyers, the owner got a little bored and so this special edition version ended up at the AMARI supercars showroom in England, an exclusive Maserati and supercar dealer.

A Malaysian car enthusiast spotted it for sale and brought it over, and has been using it for the past three years.

Now this special Maserati is up for sale and you can contact www.dsf.my if you are interested to have a look at this rare beauty.

It looks extremely menacing in its dark colour scheme of Nero Carbonio paintwork over dark anthracite wheels. The brake calipers are Giallo which contrasts nicely.

The interior features those incredible carbon race seats, covered in Nero Alcantara with Giallo stitching and Giallo Trident logos. The rear seats are trimmed the same.

This beauty responds to demands for a GranTurismo which can balance on-road driving needs with race-driving desires. It also incorporates the handling and aerodynamic lessons from Maserati’s three racing programmes.

It produces more aerodynamic down force without producing more aerodynamic drag; it produces more power without using more fuel; and it is more agile without sacrificing the GranTurismo S’s highly praised ride quality.

With 450 horsepower, the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale generates more power (10hp) from the 4.7-litre V8 engine than the GranTurismo S, while its 510Nm of torque is a further 20Nm improvement.

Its race-bred heritage is highlighted by a 110 kg weight reduction from the GranTurismo S, down to 1770 kg. It mirrors Maserati’s racing advantages by retaining an optimal 48:52 weight distribution, ensuring balanced handling and even tyre wear.

The MC Stradale uses advanced electronics to cut gear-shift times from the upgraded MC Race Shift electro-actuated transaxle gearbox to just 60 milliseconds.

All this helps to slash the 0-100 km/h sprint time, which the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale covers in just 4.6 seconds.

The Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale is also the first Maserati in history to have a dedicated Race mode alongside the upgraded Auto and Sport modes in its simplified dashboard layout.

With the removal of the rear seats, the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale has become the first two-seat Maserati since the MC12.

It has also benefited from new Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes, custom-developed Pirelli tyres, a unique suspension layout and rigid, lightweight, carbon-fibre race seats.

The push for the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale came from existing Maserati customers who wanted a road-legal super sports car that looked and felt like the GT4 and Trofeo race cars.

it also provides the latest step in the well-trodden path between Maserati’s racing programmes and its production road cars and, often, back again.

In the 1990s, the Ghibli Open Cup race car gave birth to the Ghibli Cup and a decade later the Trofeo GranSport gave birth to the GranSport MC Victory.

At the pinnacle of recent Maserati’s road-to-race story, the FIA GT-winning MC12 was developed directly from the MC12 Stradale.

With a unique body design that is based around the requirements of the track, the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale has borrowed heavily from its racing car stablemates, the Maserati GranTurismo MC, both in the Trofeo and GT4 configurations.

It has a new front splitter, bumper, bonnet, front guard panels, sills, exhausts and even a new rear bumper.

To emphasise the harder-edged nature of this vehicle, Maserati even offers the car with an optional roll cage and a four-point racing harness.

Yet, it has also been designed to be easy to drive, retaining all the inherent rides, handling and stability benefits of the GranTurismo S’s long wheelbase.

It has the speed to be a road-legal racing car, yet it has the progressive handling to be considered an extremely usable super-sports car.

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