SIX-CYLINDER BEASTS

WE DRIVE TWO IMMENSELY POWERFUL CARS THAT ARE ALSO PRACTICAL FOR OUR ROADS

- BY SOMNATH CHATTERJEE

You can own a performance car, but driving it the way it was meant to be driven? That's another story. Well, turns out India is slowly getting some great roads and now connectivity is getting better too, which further gives us a chance to fully enjoy them without worrying for ground clearance. We recently drove two fast 6-cylinder cars which combine luxury as well as performance. Here's what we felt...

MASERATI GRECALE TROFEO

The Grecale is a Maserati and it wins you over the minute you first glance at it with the sleek proportions along with those stunning wheels. The Trofeo badging screams performance and this is the fastest Grecale around which means this is an SUV which has upwards of 500bhp! Performance is too fast almost as the Grecale Trofeo leaps forward with such pace that it shocks you! 0-100 km/h takes only 3.8 seconds and that is beating supercars! However, the ‘Nettuno’ V6 has another ace up its sleeve and that is its exhaust note. Twist the dial to Corsa mode and it is seriously loud while even in GT mode it will blow your ears with pops and crackles.