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It makes sense to hold off for a hoped for economic recovery. A 2009 launch may harm residuals on the GranTurismo if owners traded into the convertible and the market was suddenly awash with more used GT's than it was willing to buy thus forcing values down. That wouldn't be good for longer term repeat business for Maserati. A lot of manufacturers are cutting back on supply for next year to help protect residuals for the longer term and prevent discount selling of unsold new stock.