Maserati GranCabrio: Beauty and the Beast

It may not be the fastest car I've ever driven, but it's certainly the most beautiful!

I was between jobs in 2012. Had moved on from Buddh International Circuit, where I had served as the PR manager and was national press officer for the inaugural Formula 1 Grand Prix of India, and had nothing much to do for a couple of months. At that time, my good friend Murali Menon gave me an opportunity to drive the incredible Maserati GranCabrio, which was on sale in India in those days, retailing at Rs 1.76 crore ex-showroom.

Murali, who was the managing editor at MW magazine at that time, spoke to Maserati and arranged for me to drive the car on the Noida-Agra Expressway, which had just been opened up to the public and remained, for the most part, fairly empty and devoid of traffic. The Maserati was stunningly beautiful – gorgeous beyond words – and sounded divine, orgasmic, beyond anything that words can describe. Here’s the piece I wrote on the car.