Lovin’ a little Italian
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Shane Oosthuizen does the unthinkable and loses his heart to a four door. The Italian Maserati Quattroporte GTS.
sk a non-car person to tell you what a car is, and you’ll get a generic answer including “four wheels, boot at the back, four doors in the middle, bonnet”. In most cases, describing ye ole’ basic saloon car then. It makes sense too, as the vast majority of family and executive cars are of the saloon variety. They boast space and practicality, and with the right badge upfront, can highlight
success and status too. But in essence, when you get down to it, they’re all much of a muchness. That is until you get behind the wheel of the Maserati Quattroporte GTS. No ordinary saloon
car, this! In fact, it’s not even that – it’s a full-size luxury sports limo. And it’s that little addition of the word “sport” that makes the Quattroporte GTS something of an anomaly in the world of four-door luxo-barges. An anomaly that even non-car people can appreciate. The QP has been updated for 2016, with the look sharpened somewhat over the earlier models, and the addition of a diesel to the lineup. New front and rear treatments have been nicely focused and more defined, giving the car a handsome, less awkward stance – not that the outgoing model was ugly (Maserati doesn’t do ugly) but this one is just a little more slick.
