Maserati GT S gets Sport pack

Maserati has announced a host of revisions to its best-selling model in the UK, the GranTurismo S Automatic.

The Sport pack gives the GT the 'super-fast' MC Auto Shift software for the gearbox, body coloured side skirts and front winglets, a black grille featuring the Trident logo with red accents, black mesh side grilles, an integrated rear boot lid spoiler, 'Grigio Mercury Neptune' alloy wheels and oval exhaust pipes.

Speaking of the GT's pipes, Maserati has also fitted a new exhaust system that forces the bypass valves fully open in 'Sport' mode "to provide an even richer sound". This adheres to our recent thesis titled Top Gear's Totally Unscientific But Actually Quite Smashing Theory On Making Cars Better Volume 1: NOISE.

The achingly cool and sell-your-family-for-one Maser still gets the 4.7-litre V8 with 440bhp and 361lb ft of torque, equalling a 0-62mph time of five seconds and a 183mph top speed. All this - including the £3,840 Sport pack - for £92,480.

Top Gear drives the Maserati GranTurismo S