The Trident has made its point - and points - again.
The Maserati Quattroporte Automatic, the latest from the Maserati factory in Modena, Italy, slickly unites luxury with speed, functionality with the pleasure of the road, everyday four doors with weekend zoom. An authoritative mark of command on all of the vehicles, the company signature is the trident - symbol of the Roman god of the seas, Neptune. Roman gods these cars are - with a heritage in racing and the open road. While some await the arrival of the Sergio Pininfarina-designed Maserati GrandTurismo, scheduled for a late October U.S. arrival, the six-speed automatic Quattroporte is available today at Scottsdale Maserati, 6825 E. McDowell Road.
Introduced at the Detroit Auto Show at the end of last year, the four-door grand touring sedan will not disappoint. Called "Best Car" by automotive periodicals in German, Switzerland, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Great Britain, - and "Best of the Best" in the United States-the Quattroporte delivers, indeed, perhaps the finest |
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integration of comfort, handling, craftsmanship, performance, and style on Earth.
The automatic is available in all three models: thestandard (but still remarkable) Quattroporte; Quattroporte Sport GT; and the Quattroporte Executive GT. The base MSRP, with no options: Quattroporte ($116,500); Quattroporte Sport GT ($125,350); and Quattroporte Executive GT ($126,650).
The Quattroporte is targeted just above the Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi and below the Bentley, explains Gary Simon, sales manager for Scottsdale Ferrari. "Maserati is looking for a customer who wants a more exclusive and distinctive car that is more sporting to drive. It is a sports car experience for the person who has to have four doors."
The Quattroporte customer is almost always a "capture customer" from one of the above makes, Simon notes. "While he likes and admires sports cars, his lifestyle does not make such a car practical. He generally drives the Maserati every day." |
