In a world of sports cars that sacrifice sensory delights on the altar of performance and capability, Maserati's scrumptious engine noise stands out like Sofía Vergara at a Mennonite sewing group. She's naked, of course. Just to be clear.
On this episode of Shakedown, Leo Parente checks out Maserati's recent Trofeo World Series racing stop at Sonoma Raceway (formerly Infineon) and JF Musial gets a test drive in the Gran Turismo GT Sport — the foundation of its World Series racecars. Then, Leo looks under the hood of the Trofeo Series racecar, and makes the technical racecar-roadcar connection.
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But that sound. It's like, uh, a naked Sofia Vergara at a pot-luck luncheon for the Daughters of the American Revolution.