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The design inspiration for this automotive comes from the winery, a metaphor for roots and territory. Both Maserati and Marchesi Antinori draw immense worth from their locales, whether or not it’s the cellar the place wine is made or the distinct Tignanello label, unchanged for 50 years. Maserati has meticulously researched the historical past of this wine, paying homage to the Florentine winemakers by the automotive’s colors, supplies, and artisan particulars.
The exterior encompasses a customized physique color referred to as Terra di Tignanello, a chestnut shade impressed by the winery’s soil and the burgundy hues of Tignanello’s barrels. The rims and calipers are matte and gloss black, respectively, whereas the emblems are in shiny copper. The black gentle high cloth enhances the general design.
Klaus Busse, Maserati Head of Design, mentioned, “This collaboration with Marchesi Antinori provides us the chance to epitomize the essence of Bespoke manufacturing, the flagship of our Maserati Fuoriserie customization program. It is designed to create ad-hoc experiences for Trident clients, by producing tailored automobiles that may make the driving expertise much more chic and distinctive, the way in which solely an excellent wine can on the desk. Telling a narrative of Italian excellence is a supply of pleasure for us and serves as a continuing stimulus for our work, which with Bespoke manufacturing aspires to create one thing completely devoted and inimitable.”
Inside, the automotive reveals romantic particulars that commemorate the legacy of Tignanello. The seats are upholstered in a silver and burgundy ribbed weave made from Vegea, an progressive cloth derived from vineyards. This cloth mimics leather-based and is used for the primary time in a Maserati. Dark briar wooden with laser engraving adorns the panels, recalling the oak barrels used for ageing wine. The headrest embroidery combines the Maserati Trident with the Tignanello solar emblem. The central tunnel is laser-engraved with the dates 1971-2021, marking Tignanello’s 50-year journey.
Piero Antinori remarked, “A endless problem, the obsession to enhance and continuously query ourselves, to search out greater and better high quality margins: these are the cornerstones of the collaboration with Maserati, a model acknowledged worldwide as a logo of Made in Italy high quality. A one-of-a-kind mannequin, impressed by Tignanello for its fiftieth anniversary, a automotive with an awesome identification and recognizability, identical to our wine. An initiative that makes our household significantly proud: this particular GranCabrio Folgore will probably be auctioned at Festival Napa Valley’s 2024 Arts for All Gala, with the proceeds to be donated to charity.”
GranCabrio Folgore is Maserati’s newest addition as the primary 100% electrical convertible within the luxurious phase and the quickest in the marketplace. Equipped with a battery system primarily based on 800V know-how and developed with cutting-edge technical options primarily based on Formula E, the automobile can provide excellent efficiency mixed with the Trident’s typical consolation and magnificence.
Maserati GranCabrio supplies 4 true seats, made doable by the gentle high. It additionally comes with a sequence of progressive methods and particulars, such because the neck hotter to journey with the highest down even when the temperature drops and the wind stopper to cut back turbulence contained in the passenger compartment.
