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Vehicle 2003 Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible GLS 1.8T 4AT 2011 Maserati GranTurismo Convertible
12v power outlet: front & cargo Yes No
1781 cc 1.8 liters in-line 4 front engine with 81 mm bore, 86.4 mm stroke, 9.3 compression ratio, double overhead cam and five valves per cylinder Yes No
2 Front and 2 Rear; 4 Cupholders Total No Yes
2-Memory Adjustments For Driver Side Include Seat No Yes
3-Function HomeLink(R) Universal Garage Door Opener No Yes
3-point reel rear seat belts on driver side and passenger side Yes No
4.7-Liter, 90-Degree V8, 32-Valve, DOHC, EFI Engine; Front/Longitudinal Mounted With Horsepower Of 433@7600, Torque Of 361@4750, Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads No Yes
55 liter 14.5 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank Yes No
6-Speed Manually Interactive Adaptive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive and Floor Mounted Shifter No Yes
Adaptive Automatic Transmission No Yes
Adaptive Low Beam and High Beam Bi-Xenon High Intensity Discharge Headlights No Yes
Air conditioning Yes No
AM/FM Radio With Speed Sensitive Volume, Bose(R) Surround Sound and 12 Speakers Total; CD Player; MP3 Player No Yes
Analog Clock No Yes
Anticorrosion warranty: duration (months): 144 or distance (miles): unlimited, distance (km): unlimited Yes No
Audio anti-theft protection: code Yes No
Audio Pre-Wiring No Yes
Auto Engage Parking Brake No Yes
Automatic Climate Control No Yes
Automatic Concealed Safety Rollbars No Yes
Automatic drive indicator on dashboard Yes No
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On/Off No Yes
Automatic Interactive Adaptive Variable Suspension No Yes
Automatic Release Parking Brake No Yes
Automatic six-speed transmission with mode select, lock-up, electronic control, manual mode and shift lever on floor Yes No
Battery No Yes
Body color front and rear bumpers Yes No
Bosch(R) 4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes No Yes
Brembo(R) Front Power 360-mm X 32-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 330-mm X 28-mm Ventilated Disc Brakes No Yes
Bucket driver and passenger seat with height adjustment and - adjustments Yes No
Cargo area cover/rear parcel shelf Yes No
Cargo area light Yes No
Cargo capacity: all seats in place (liters): 142 and all seats in place (cu ft): 5 Yes No
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin No Yes
Centralized Control Instrumentation For Climate, Audio and Navigation Via 7-In. Screen No Yes
Chrome Located On Quad-Outlet Exhaust Pipes No Yes
Chrome Trim Located On Side Windows No Yes
Clock Yes No
Coefficient of drag: 0.37 Yes No
Compass No Yes
Concealed system convertible rollover protection Yes No
Cruise control Yes No
Cruise Control No Yes
Crumple Zones No Yes
Dark Chrome Located On Doors, Instrument Panel and Shift Knob No Yes
Day time running lights Yes No
Delayed/fade courtesy lights Yes No
Door ajar warning Yes No
Door edge hazard lights Yes No
Door pockets/bins for driver seat and passenger seat Yes No
Drive-By-Wire Control For Shifting and Throttle No Yes
Driver Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment No Yes
Driver and passenger front airbag with occupant sensors Yes No
Driver and passenger power heated partial-painted door mirrors Yes No
Driver Power Lumbar Support No Yes
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 10 Ways Total No Yes
Dual Body Color Folding Power Adjustable Heated Electrochromic Exterior Rearview Mirrors No Yes
Easy Entry Seat No Yes
Electric softtop convertible roof with glass rear window Yes No
Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror No Yes
Electronic Brake Force Distribution No Yes
Electronic traction control via ABS & engine management Yes No
Emission control level FED Yes No
External dimensions: overall length (mm): 4092, overall length (inches): 161.1, overall width (mm): 1725, overall width (inches): 67.9, overall height (mm): 1501, overall height (inches): 59.1, wheelbase (mm): 2510, wheelbase (inches): 98.8, front track (mm): 1506, front track (inches): 59.3, rear track (mm): 1486, rear track (inches): 58.5, curb to curb turning circle (mm): 10912 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 35.8 Yes No
External temperature Yes No
Fixed delivery charges: Yes No
Floor covering: carpet in load area Yes No
Floor mats Yes No
Four disc brakes including two ventilated discs Yes No
Four-wheel ABS Yes No
Front Air Dam No Yes
Front and Rear 3-Point Seatbelts No Yes
Front and rear alloy wheels with 16 inch rim diam and 6.5 inch rim width Yes No
Front and Rear Body Color Bumpers No Yes
Front and Rear Door Mounted Storage No Yes
Front and Rear Pretensioners With Force Limiters No Yes
Front and rear reading lights Yes No
Front and rear tires with 205 mm tire width, 55% tire profile and H tire rating Yes No
Front Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor No Yes
Front Dual Reclining Heated Sport Bucket Seats With 3 Settings, Adjustable Seat Height, 2-Position Driver Power Memory and Adjustable Headrests No Yes
Front fog lights Yes No
Front Foglights No Yes
Front Passenger Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total No Yes
Front power windows with two one-touch , rear power windows Yes No
Front seat back storage Yes No
Front seat center armrest Yes No
Front seats and rear seats cup holders Yes No
Front side airbag Yes No
Front Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Front-wheel drive Yes No
Fuel economy Yes No
Full car warranty: duration (months): 48 or distance (miles): 50000, distance (km): 80467 Yes No
Full dashboard console , full floor console with covered storage box , partial overhead console with covered storage box Yes No
Fullsize steel rim internal spare wheel Yes No
Glass Rear Window On Convertible No Yes
Gloss paint , black paint , metallic paint , pearl paint Yes No
GPS and Hard Drive Navigation Aid With 7-In. Screen and Voice Activation No Yes
Hard Drive With 30GB Total No Yes
Headlight Washers No Yes
Height adjustable 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners Yes No
Hill Start Control No Yes
Hydraulic Brake Assistance No Yes
Illuminated driver and passenger vanity mirror Yes No
Illuminated Entry No Yes
Illuminated entry system Yes No
Immobilizer Yes No
Independent Wishbone Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Gas Charged Shock Absorbers No Yes
Independent Wishbone Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and Gas Charged Shock Absorbers No Yes
Inflatable Spare Tire Kit No Yes
Internal dimensions: front headroom (mm): 1034, front headroom (inches): 40.7, rear headroom (mm): 945, rear headroom (inches): 37.2, front leg room (mm): 1001, front leg room (inches): 39.4, rear leg room (mm): 800, rear leg room (inches): 31.5, front shoulder room (mm): 1341, front shoulder room (inches): 52.8, rear shoulder room (mm): 1069, rear shoulder room (inches): 42.1, interior volume (liters): 2209 and interior volume (cu ft): 78 Yes No
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob No Yes
L A T C H No Yes
Leather Located On Center Floor Console, Doors, Instrument Panel, Shift Knob and Steering Wheel No Yes
Leather Steering Wheel No Yes
LED Taillights No Yes
Limited slip differential Yes No
Lockable and Illuminated Glovebox No Yes
Lockable glove compartment Yes No
Low fuel level warning Yes No
Low washer fluid level warning Yes No
Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission No Yes
Manufacturer's own audio system with AM/FM radio and cassette Yes No
Maserati Stability Program (Msp) Vehicle Stability Control System Operated Via Engine Power Reduction, ABS and Traction Control No Yes
Metallic Paint (If Selected) No Yes
Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Door Lock/Unlock, Illuminated Entry and Trunk No Yes
Multi-point injection fuel system Yes No
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Activated By Seatbelt Engagement No Yes
Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment No Yes
Peripheral anti-theft protection Yes No
Plastic steering wheel with tilt adjustment and telescopic adjustment Yes No
Poltrona Frau(R) Leather Seats No Yes
Power: 110 kW , 150 HP SAE @ 5800 rpm; 162 ft lb , 220 Nm @ 2200 rpm Yes No
Power Decklid Unlock No Yes
Power Door Closers No Yes
Power Door Locks Operated Via Remote and Internal Switch No Yes
Power Speed Sensing Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering No Yes
Power steering Yes No
Powertrain warranty: duration (months): 60 or distance (miles): 60000, distance (km): 96561 Yes No
Power Trunk Lid No Yes
Power Windows No Yes
Premium unleaded fuel Yes No
Projector beam lens halogen bulb headlights Yes No
Radio Antenna No Yes
Radio Data System No Yes
Rain Sensing Intermittent Windshield Wipers No Yes
Rear Air Dam No Yes
Rear ashtray Yes No
Rear Dual Bucket Seats With Adjustable Headrests and Fold-Down Center Armrest No Yes
Rear Electronic Parking Aid With Ultrasonic Sensors No Yes
Rear Foglights No Yes
Rear HVAC Ducts No Yes
Rear Limited Slip Differential No Yes
Rear Lower Console Storage Located On Floor No Yes
Rear Map Lights No Yes
Rear Seat HVAC Controls No Yes
Rear Spoiler No Yes
Rear Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Rear view mirror Yes No
Rear Window Defroster No Yes
Rear window with defogger Yes No
Remote control remote trunk/hatch release Yes No
Remote fuel filler door release Yes No
Remote power locks includes trunk/hatch and includes power windows Yes No
Remote Trunk Release Located Inside Vehicle and Multi-Function Remote No Yes
Road-side assistance warranty: duration (months): 48 or distance (miles): 50000, distance (km): 80467 Yes No
Roadside Assistance Warranty For 50,000-Miles, 48-Months No Yes
Roof antenna Yes No
Roof spoiler Yes No
SBRP245/35ZR20 Front and SBRP285/35ZR20 Rear Tires No Yes
Seating: four seats Yes No
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags With Head Protection No Yes
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls No Yes
Side Guard Door Beams No Yes
Side Scoops No Yes
Soft Convertible Top No Yes
Stability control Yes No
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio, Wireless Enabled Devices and Transmission No Yes
Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs , torsion beam rear suspension semi-independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs Yes No
Subwoofers No Yes
Tachometer Yes Yes
Telescoping Steering Column No Yes
Ten speakers Yes No
Tilt Steering Column No Yes
Tinted glass on cabin Yes No
Tire Pressure Monitor No Yes
Traction Control No Yes
Trident Alloy Wheels, Front 20-In. X 8.5-In. and Rear 20-In. X 10.5-In. No Yes
Trim level: GLS Yes No
Trip Computer No Yes
Trunk Anti-Trap Device No Yes
Turbo compressor Yes No
Two-door convertible body style Yes No
Two fixed bucket front facing rear seats with zero adjustments Yes No
Two height adjustable head restraints on front seats and rear seats Yes No
USB Port No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm, Anti-Lift Sensor, Engine Immobilizer, Exterior Monitoring and Interior Monitoring No Yes
Ventilation system with recirculation setting and micro filter Yes No
Vinyl seat upholstery with additional vinyl Yes No
Voice Activated Controls For Navigation System, Audio and Bluetooth(R) Wireless Enabled Devices No Yes
Weights: curb weight (kg) 1459 and curb weight (lbs) 3217 Yes No
Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe Yes No
Wireless Communication Access For Bluetooth(R) Enabled Devices No Yes






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