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Maserati Granturismo vs Lotus Exige

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Maserati Granturismo
Maserati Granturismo

$108,888 - $134,800

2015 price

Lotus Exige
Lotus Exige

2017 price

Summary

2015 Maserati Granturismo
2017 Lotus Exige
Safety Rating

Engine Type
V8, 4.7L

Supercharged V6, 3.5L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

Premium Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
16.4L/100km (combined)

10.1L/100km (combined)
Seating
4

2
Dislikes
  • Dated multimedia system
  • Very heavy

  • Sheer impracticality
  • Heavy steering (at low speeds)
  • Getting in and out of it
2015 Maserati Granturismo Summary

Cars that have had this many birthdays don’t really deserve to look this good, but the GranTurismo's first impression is a good one – it's so pretty and that Birdcage-inspired nose, if anything, is getting better looking.

They don't really deserve to be this engaging, either. Maserati's range continues to expand with the Ghibli finally coming on line but the real attention-grabber remains the GranTurismo. And in this Sport Line guise, you get a bit of Stradale visual aggro without the chiro-inducing ride.

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2017 Lotus Exige Summary

Driving naked is ill-advised, and possibly illegal, but taking a spin in the Lotus Exige 350 Sport is as close as you'd ever want to get. It's not so much that you feel you've left your clothes at home, but that the car has shed its accoutrements, and indeed its very flesh, leaving you with a kind of skeletal vehicle; just bare bones and muscle.

What this punishingly hard and fiercely focused machine does to your bones and flesh is best described as extreme chiropractry - in particular the stress of ingress and egress - but fortunately it makes up for the moans, bangs and bruises by fizzing your adrenal glands in a big way.

The question is whether the fun is worth the suffering, and the  $138,782.85 price tag.

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2015 Maserati Granturismo 2017 Lotus Exige

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