RE: Maserati Quattroporte: PH Buying Guide
Discussion
I bought mine to do a specific job. Last year, the family had several trips to France arranged. Including Le Mans. My 4200CC was too small for our needs and so I swapped it for the QP.
It was a superb mile cruncher. Comfortable, able and when necessary, immense fun. However, this year, other than a trip up to Suffolk, there's no real trips to undertake.
I live in London & my daily driver is a 500 Twin Air. To be honest, although I used my 4200 as a daily driver, I wouldn't use a QP as one in a city. It's just too big to make any sense. Here's a photo to show the size difference between the two......
So, for long cross country or continental driving I would choose a QP every time. But, for nipping down to the shops? Nope.
It was a superb mile cruncher. Comfortable, able and when necessary, immense fun. However, this year, other than a trip up to Suffolk, there's no real trips to undertake.
I live in London & my daily driver is a 500 Twin Air. To be honest, although I used my 4200 as a daily driver, I wouldn't use a QP as one in a city. It's just too big to make any sense. Here's a photo to show the size difference between the two......
So, for long cross country or continental driving I would choose a QP every time. But, for nipping down to the shops? Nope.
Mine (well it actually belongs to the wife but I have certainly contributed to running it!)
It's just a wonderful thing. Can be bloody expensive to run but nothing I have ever driven has had quite the feel good factor that this thing does and you always end up forgiving it it's foibles. To be fair, they're pretty robust things really, the things that have gone wrong with mine have not been major in any way it's just that even the minor to moderate stuff costs.
In terms of looks I think they are utterly beguiling. If you live with one you get to appreciate all the subtleties of the styling. There are so many touches that just shouldn't work on such a big saloon car but do and all add up to it just looking special in a way that turns heads in a way that something 2 sweater and mid engined just doesn't. It's really weird. My favourite touches are how low the front end is (the engine is back behind the front axle) and the sloping angle (tumble home in styling speak I think) of the side windows, it's more like a sports car and certainly not a nearly 2 tonne saloon.
Mine is going to be up for sale soon too, I'm going to miss it hugely but I need to do some rationalisation (my exige is probably going to) but oh my am I going to miss it.
It's just a wonderful thing. Can be bloody expensive to run but nothing I have ever driven has had quite the feel good factor that this thing does and you always end up forgiving it it's foibles. To be fair, they're pretty robust things really, the things that have gone wrong with mine have not been major in any way it's just that even the minor to moderate stuff costs.
In terms of looks I think they are utterly beguiling. If you live with one you get to appreciate all the subtleties of the styling. There are so many touches that just shouldn't work on such a big saloon car but do and all add up to it just looking special in a way that turns heads in a way that something 2 sweater and mid engined just doesn't. It's really weird. My favourite touches are how low the front end is (the engine is back behind the front axle) and the sloping angle (tumble home in styling speak I think) of the side windows, it's more like a sports car and certainly not a nearly 2 tonne saloon.
Mine is going to be up for sale soon too, I'm going to miss it hugely but I need to do some rationalisation (my exige is probably going to) but oh my am I going to miss it.
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Quattroporte - just the name of it. Only the Italians. Sounds soooo much better than 'four-door'. So much better...
I love the Maserati brand as much as the Alfa brand. They're the game challenger to Italy's big hitters. They're never going to be as good as other marques but you love them for being there - for trying their own way.
So much want for one of these. Just couldn't afford to keep it....
I love the Maserati brand as much as the Alfa brand. They're the game challenger to Italy's big hitters. They're never going to be as good as other marques but you love them for being there - for trying their own way.
So much want for one of these. Just couldn't afford to keep it....
I never got the whole great looks thing, it does look different yes but To my mind it's not that pretty 
In terms of really beautiful saloons of the past 25 years the ones that stand out to me are the Jaguar XF and Alfa 159, maybe the mid 1995 XJ too
I get looks are subjective but to me the front end is what looses it's way on the QP style wise
In terms of really beautiful saloons of the past 25 years the ones that stand out to me are the Jaguar XF and Alfa 159, maybe the mid 1995 XJ too
I get looks are subjective but to me the front end is what looses it's way on the QP style wise
One of these would definitely have been on my shopping list if Euromillions had picked the right numbers last night!
I was lucky enough to be invited to a Maserati test day at Millbrook 6 years ago and still remember vividly flooring a QP on the mile long straight - it sounded epic!
They are also stunning to look at, but sadly annual running costs would scare me - probably close to my annual income.
I was lucky enough to be invited to a Maserati test day at Millbrook 6 years ago and still remember vividly flooring a QP on the mile long straight - it sounded epic!
They are also stunning to look at, but sadly annual running costs would scare me - probably close to my annual income.
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