Among all the attention-grabbing tuning jobs it's brought to the Geneva Motor
Show this year is a Maserati Levante decked out to look more like a GranTurismo MC, tuned by Mansory.
The most obvious change is the bulging black hood
with that big air scoop in the middle, which contrasts so starkly with the
bright orange bodywork, a theme which continues inside but would probably look
more at home on a McLaren.
That's hardly the extend of it, though – “extent”
being the operative word. Mansory has extended the wheel arches and added all
manner of aerodynamic appendages: front lip spoiler, side skirts, diffuser,
roof spoiler. All done up in carbon fiber and built in-house.
Those widened fenders house bigger wheels, measuring
22 inches at each corner, and driven by a modestly enhanced powertrain. With a
new air filter, exhaust, and remapped ECU, the 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 produces
465 metric horsepower – 35 more than the standard Levante S. That may not yield
a very substantial gain, but at least it can look the part.
