Gran Turismo PSP Laps Laguna Seca In A Corvette ZR1... In A Corvette ZR1!

We may never see GT5, but at least Gran Tursimo PSP is available on October 1st. This first commercial has a passenger in a Corvette ZR1 lapping Laguna Seca on a PSP while simultaneously lapping it in real life. Epic.

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Gran Turismo 5 Coming in March, At Earliest

Gran Turismo 5 won't be coming out until March of 2010 in Japan, series creator Kazunori Yamauchi announced at a press conference yesterday. This after almost a year of Sony saying the game will be out in 2009. More »

It's Gran Turismo 5 Versus Forza Motorsport 3 In Dueling Ferrari Italia Tributes

It seems Ferrari asked both Polyphony Digital and Turn 10 to show their new supercar in Gran Turismo 5 and Forza 3, respectively. Compare the two vids to each other and to our live shots below. More »

Woodward Dream Cruise: This Maserati GranTurismo's A Long Way From Italy

It’s always good to see a Maserati GranTurismo and this gray one we found on Woodward was no exception. More »

BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo May Spell End For U.S. Wagon

At an briefing today on the upcoming BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo, BMW's manager of product planning, Martin Berkmann, explained the new GT may spell the end for U.S. imports of the 5-Series wagon. Only time and sales numbers'll tell.

First Gran Turismo Mobile Footage, Stills Look Stellar

When the first details emerged for Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo Mobile, we were infinitely curious how the little guy compared to its much larger brother, GT5. Check out this gameplay footage and decide for yourself. More »

Gran Turismo 5, Gran Turismo Mobile To Deal HD-Powered Blow To Forza

Hot and bothered by yesterday's look at Forza 3? Polyphony Digital's no slacker, evidenced by this über-slick look at the retail version of Gran Turismo 5 and Gran Turismo Mobile. More »

The Flying Dutchman Will Carry Exotic Cars Wherever You Need Them

Ever wonder how they get those beautiful Italian supercars from Maranello to your questionable favorite Miami exotic car dealership? They fly the friendly KLM skies in a Boeing 747-406F. More »

Maserati GranTurismo MC: A Trident To The Heart Of GT4

Maserati has officially unveiled the Maserati GranTurismo MC, a limited-edition track version of the popular GT-S engineered for the FIA GT4 European Cup. More »

Maserati May Set All-Time Sales Record In 2008

Believe it or not, Maserati is on track to set an all-time sales record for 2008. We know it's hard to believe, what with products that are criminally gorgeous and an explosion of golden parachutes to pay for them. Sales are up 40% year-over-year, with the bulk coming from the Maserati Quattroporte (you know, the one you decided was best not in the JFG), set to sell over 7,000 units this year. That doesn't mean the Maserati Gran Turismo isn't holding up its end, especially now that they're apparently hot with the gay community. More »

2009 Maserati GranTurismo Spyder Caught With Breadvan Camo

This strange looking Maser may appear to be a coupe, but sources say this is actually the upcoming Maserati GranTurismo Spyder, or as some are calling it, the GT-C. Whatever they end up calling it, expect a power-folding drop-top when the convertible hits showrooms around March. Of course, all that fancy auto roof origami means extra weight, so the car will likely use the extra muscle of the GranTurismo S' 434 HP 4.7-liter V8. More »

Nissan To Sponsor GT Racing Academy Competition

Details have emerged from Sony's "PlayStation Day" in London that Nissan will be sponsoring a Gran Turismo-branded competition with one hell of an eventual prize: the opportunity to compete in a 24-hour race in Dubai next January. Getting to that race is quite the task, though. Beginning on May 23 you can fire up your PlayStation 3 and hit up the PlayStation Network to begin the dirty work of qualifying by virtual driving races. More »

What's The Best Video Game From This Decade?

In honor of yesterday's release of GT5 Prologue we've been holding on to a few video game QOTD's. Monday, we asked you about your favorite racing video game from the 1980's, yesterday it was racing games of the 1990's and today we're looking at the post-Y2K years when, despite the fall of civilization and technology, we have some pretty kicking games. By asking this question today we also give anyone insane enough to buy GT5 yesterday and play it the chance to chime in. But maybe there are some Project Gotham fans out there? More »

What Is Your Favorite 90's Racing Game?

In honor of today's release of GT5 Prologue we've been holding on to a few video game QOTD's. Yesterday, we asked you about your favorite racing video game from the 1980's and today we're zooming ahead chronologically to the 1990's. This is a decade that saw us go from Virtua Racing, a game so advanced it required a special processor in the cartridge, to the original Gran Turismo. You had games with performance and style as varied as Lotus Turbo Challenge and the original Twisted Metal. For good or ill we also got the original Grand Theft Auto top-down games. More »

Confirmed: GT5, Prologue To Get Damage Modeling

Kazanori Yamauchi told us that Polyphony Digital were getting close to finally including deformation, or damage modeling, in the Gran Turismo series, and we finally have some confirmation. Yamauchi recently said that the series will finally be implementing the long-awaited feature in the release of Gran Turismo 5 and it may even be available as a software update for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue as early as this fall. GT5 Prologue is still slated for an April 15 release in the United States. It's already available in Europe. More »

Sony Welcomes European GT5 Prologue Release With Pit Lane Party

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is still a couple weeks away for us Yankee Doodle Dandies, but our European counterparts get a crack at the game now, as the demo is currently available for European PlayStation 3 consoles. To commemorate the release of the demo, Sony threw a pretty big party in London and had quite the repertoire of vehicles representing as well. More »

Carmakers Warm To "Damage Modeling" In Games

The final hurdle of realism may be crossed in Gran Turismo sooner than expected. Kazanori Yamauchi, the creator of the famed series, recently said:

We've had a lot of discussions with the manufacturers and although at the beginning they hated the idea of deformation, now they're slowly coming around to it. We've still got a few to convince, but we will. Expect deformation in the very near future: very, very soon.

And by "deformation" he of course means damage modeling, i.e. enabling the cars to show the evidence of wrecks, rollovers, and collisions. Believe it or not, the likes of Porsche and Ferrari aren't too keen on amateur drivers smashing the hell out of their glorious automobiles, even in a virtual realm. More »

Maserati GranTurismo S Revealed Live In Geneva

What a difference 25 years makes. Maserati, once tainted by bad business deals and shoddy merchandise, not to mention an ill-fated tieup with Chrysler products, Maserati is a plain-out player these days. The Pininfarina-designed GranTurismo is a stunning car in any format, and with a 440-hp Ferrari-derived V8 and new MC-Shift dual-clutch tranny, it'll likely gain a few extra grains of road respect among the Aston-Martin-Uber-Alles set. Maserati reps assure us the automanual is a real achievement, not just some sluggish wetbox. Meow. Full press release after the jump. More »

Gran Turismo 5 Trailer Hits The Web, Web Too Slow to Keep Up

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Jalopnik Holiday Gift Guide: Gran Turismo 4 (GH Edition)

Until someone at Bentley goes crazy, Gran Turismo is the only way we're going to get to flog a Speed 8 around some of the world's best race tracks. We could go on and on about the improved engine, the increased dynamics, the sharper graphics and better sounds &mdash but we'd rather talk about the cars. For GT4 there's 720 of them, ranging from the small and odd like the Autobianchi A112 to the ferocious and rare like the CLK GTR. More »

Miniature Maserati, Maybe?

The Internets are a flurry! Last month we referred to a potential potential Maserati GranTurismo Spyder with a retractable hardtop. That story was based on speculation from Edmunds. Then came word the same vehicle, sans much of its cladding and caught on a dynometer, was in fact a Ferrari Dino. However, the tulip tiptoeing dudes at Autoblog.nl noticed something pretty important. The heavily camoed mystery ride sports a wheelbase about two feet shorter than the big-daddy GranTurismo. And Ferrari has been in Dino-denying mode for the past half-decade. The Dutch Autobloggers are claiming this mule is an entirely new vehicle, slated to slot into the line up as the entry-level Maserati. If that's the case, we say bring it on. By the way, next week we'll let you know that this car is actually the new Fiat Topolino. [Autoblog.nl]

Spy Photos: 2010 Maserati Spyder To Get Hardtop?

The friendly folks who always drive the line that is straight at Edmunds have grabbed themselves some shots of the upcoming 2010 Maserati Spyder — and they think it's getting a little bit stiffer up top. The folks at the never-winding line expect under the hood we'll be seeing the same 405 hp V8 used in the Gran Turismo coupe they're claiming the Spyder'll share its looks with. Expect it to go on sale sometime in 2009. – Ray Wert More »

Maserati GranTurismo Priced At $95K?

According to the folks at eGMCarTech, the new Maserati GranTurismo's being priced for the US market at about $95K. While we've yet to see anything official from the Italian automaker on it, if the report's correct it drops the 2+2 long-distance touring coup right in the middle of the price range of the fabbricante automobilistico. If you don't remember what the Pininfarina-designed Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano look-alike looks like, we've re-included our live reveal shots from Geneva below. – Ray Wert More »

Spy Photos: Maserati GranTurismo, 'Ringward

The Winding Road crew procured some shots of the new, Pininfarina-designed Maserati GranTurismo coupe being highly molested on Germany's N rburgring. Apparently, an aging rock singer was behind the wheel, and he was brooking no guff from the long-lens set. Still, it looks just about ready for a life behind wrought-iron gates and valet parking. Hopefully it won't always be that way. – Mike Spinelli More »

Subaru's Gran Turismo Simulator Dealy

Things we know Bumbeck likes: StarQuests, Datsuns, Mission of Burma, pretty models and video games. Sadly, there were no Starions, Conquests or B210s, and Toyota sure as hell wasn't about to blast "Academy Fight Song" over the PA as they introduced the Yaris sedan. But over in the relative calm of the Subaru booth, there were pretty models. And one big freakin' video game: a fully-wired Petter-Solberg's-car simulator. He was lovin' the thing, and we think he especially liked it when the pretty model touched the steering wheel to set the game prefs. He was drivin' smooth and settin' fast times galore. Meanwhile, we got dizzy and contented ourselves with making donuts 'til the clock ran out. More »