MASERATI IN THE NEWS
Italdesign-Giugiaro
presents
luxury
Maserati
Saloon
Car
Prototype
at
the
Geneva
2000
Motor
Show:
Top
performance,
but
above
all,
comfort
and
services
A
30s/40s
Limousine
Updated
for
the
Third
Millennium,
with
an
eye
on
the
US
Market
(Please
note
that
the
Buran
is
a
design
exercise
only,
and
not
connected
with
the
Maserati
Factory
in
any
way.)
Italdesign-Giugiaro
will
be
taking
part
in
the
important
Geneva
2000
Motor
Show
with
a
luxury
high-performance
Maserati
saloon
car
(3.2
litre
engine,
370
HP,
4WD)
based
on
the
design
of
early
twentieth
century
automobiles,
based
on
the
limousine
with
large
boot
concept.
The
prototype
is
a
styling
and
design
challenge,
based
on
the
idea
of
creating
a
new
luxury
saloon
car
for
the
European
Sportcar
and
American
markets.
It
looks
like
Giugiaro's
homage
to
the
new
century
is
to
go
back
over
the
last
one,
and
to
preserve
design
features
based
on
the
shape
of
the
human
body
and
on
human
behavior,
updating
them
to
the
needs
of
the
new
century:
the
privilege
of
motion,
easy
access,
spacious,
multi-purpose
interior,
for
work,
the
family,
leisure.
If
the
trend
in
late
twentieth
century
flagships
was
their
sports
styling,
creating
low,
aerodynamic
shapes
reminiscent
of
a
coupé,
MASERATI
BURAN,
is
far
more
solid
looking,
close
to
5
m.
long,
unashamedly
high
(1630
mm)
and
unapologetically
wide
(1950
mm),
creating
a
spacious
interior
which
the
designers
and
technicians
from
Moncalieri
have
fitted
out
with
a
complete
range
of
luxury
services.
A
safe,
roomy
GT
close
to
the
comfort
of
the
home,
but
also
as
practical
as
an
office,
to
get
the
most
out
of
the
time
spent
on
the
road,
which
America's
highway
regulations
turn
into
a
leisurely
cruise,
or
the
best
of
a
rather
faster
trip
in
Europe.
The
aims
of
Giorgetto
Giugiaro,
Fabrizio
Giugiaro
and
Maserati
are
focused
on
the
interior
of
the
car
(whether
people
carrier
or
saloon
car)
continuing
the
research
begun
in
1976
with
the
New
York
Taxi,
and
developed
with
Megagamma,
Capsula
Together,
Orbit,
Asgard,
Columbus,
and
the
recent
1998
Structura
prototype.
The
Buran
at
the
Geneva
2000
Motor
Show
clearly
showing
what
looks
to
be
wheels
from
Giugiaro's
first
Ghibli.
Is
that
Fabrizio
Giugiaro
standing
behind
the
car?
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