CMYK High Road
Fast Curves
Maserati reinvents its Quattroporte sedan with a roomier, more potent successor that’s just as curvaceous as ever.
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By Howard Walker Bella macchina. That’s Italian for “beautiful machine.” No other phrase will do when you cast your eyes on the latest Maserati Quattroporte, the sixth generation of this classic. With deeper curves than Gina Lollobrigida and a wider vocal range than Andrea Bocelli, this new Quattroporte is quite possibly the world’s most delicious and desirable four-door luxury sedan. POWER FILE It had a tough act to follow. The last QuattroPrice: From $130,000 porte could make grown men weep unENGINE: 3.9-liter twin-turbo controllably at its beauty. See one on the V-8 Power: 523 hp torque: 523 street—a rare occurrence—and you’d risk pound-feet transmission: 8-speed While its sexy predecessor’s whiplash from spinning your head to catch auto 0-60: 4.6 seconds top speed: 190 mph Length/width: 207.2/76.7 inches 400-horsepower output may seem a better glimpse. It had a mouth only Angeweight: 4,300 pounds why we love plenty powerful for a sports sedan, lina Jolie’s could trump. it: New V-8 comes courtesy of Ferrari a vehicle that carries the famed MaseBut alas, it had failings, too, like rear-seat and increases max power from rati trident is worthy of more. Enter a legroom best suited to the Danny DeVitos previous 400 hp to an sensational 523 horses. of the world. It also featured technology firmly impressive 523 hp. The source of this elevated potency is a rooted in 1973 and enjoyed a level of reliability that twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V-8 crafted by those reflected its FIAT parentage—as in Fix It Again, Tony. artisans at Ferrari. It’s a jewel of an engine, blessed with vast This new version, which lands on American shores this turbo thrust—523 I-beam-bending pound-feet of torque—and month priced at around $130,000, ends most of those foibles. the ability to scream to its 7,200 rpm redline while emitting a It’s a whopping 6.5 inches longer with a wheelbase stretched 4.5 soundtrack surely featured on Pavarotti’s Greatest Hits. Couinches, most of which has gone into volumizing the rear cabin. 46 NAPLES ILLUSTRATED
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