Maserati’s current best-seller, the GranCabrio, is evolving. It has benefited from the recent launch of the MC Stradale to take on some of its aesthetic and mechanical features. The philosophy of this four-seater cabriolet is unprecedented in the history of the trident and sounds the death knell of the Spyder tradition. Not without regrets, though, as the 2012 version gains 10bhp to reach 460bhp.