2007 Maserati Quattroporte

The Maserati Quattroporte offers the comfort and the easy driving of a genuine luxury flagship combined with the thrilling performance of a sports car.

The technical solutions adopted provide unrivaled performance and exceptional balance and the original Maserati style makes it the authentic ‘Italian Flagship.' Lauded by the international press, the Quattroporte has won over 30 ‘Best Car' awards (visit the website www.maseratiawards.com for more detail).

Three models to tailor to your taste:
The Quattroporte is the quintessential luxury sports sedan for the driver who demands performance, style, and luxury. Standard with 18' 11-spoke alloy wheels, a Ferrari-engineered 400 horsepower V8 engine, and class leading handling and braking to stir the performance soul, the Quattroporte is also graced with the beauty of its flowing, sensual body lines – created by Sergio Pininfarina, one of the world's most celebrated automotive designers – and the comfort of its sumptuous leather and wood-trimmed interior.

The Quattroporte Executive GT is the flagship of prestige, delivering the highest levels of comfort and opulence without compromising performance. Recognizable by its chrome mesh front and side grilles and ball-polished 19'' wheels, this version pays obsessive attention to the luxury of the interior and to the sophisticated finish. Standard features include Comfort Pack for the front seats (massage, heat, and ventilation), rear climate control, rear screens for extra privacy and comfort and a leather trimmed steering wheel with wood inserts.

The Quattroporte Sport GT brings Maserati's race car technology to a premium sedan for the driver who desires sports car performance but requires four doors. The Sport GT version has been designed to meet the requirements of clients who wish to enjoy the performance spirit and the sporty nature of the Quattroporte, while still indulging the typical ease of driving of a luxury flagship car. A Trident with red accents, as used to appear on Maserati racing cars in the past, adorns the front sport black mesh grille; carbon fiber interior trim, lightweight aluminum pedals and sport steering wheel are standard features in the Sport GT.

From a technical point of view, a specific and sportier setting of the Skyhook adaptive suspension software gives the Sport GT a distinct character, thus making full use of the 20'' wheels and of the standard steering column mounted paddle shifters.

Pininfarina designs the Italian flagshipThe Quattroporte's design took as its starting point a long wheelbase and a cabin that was set towards the rear, thus accentuating the length of the bonnet. This is in aluminium, as is the boot lid. This element, the imposing grille and rear triangular C-post offers occupants privacy and protection just as a luxury berlina should. The vehicle thus eases smoothly into Trident tradition.

Three reference points immediately identify the vehicle as a real Maserati and emphasise its authoritative character. A large Maserati trident rests in the centre of the chrome edged grille and sits slightly proud from the rest of the nose, echoing the sinewy lines of the bonnet. Three air inlets, their dark colouring making them almost invisible, lighten the lower part of the bumper while the headlights, set a little back, mark out the upper edge of the nose.

This feature runs fluidly along the flank until the rear light cluster.

The dynamic side profile comes from the very short overhang and the low mudguard that surrounds it. The rear wheel is located in a muscular volume on which rests the triangular C-post. This bears the celebrated Maserati trident and arrow logo that adorned the Quattroporte Frua and the Mistral.

This C-post is the only sturdy element in an extremely light cabin, in contrast to the car's body. The clean, pure lines of the flanks, characterised by three small rectangular grilles, are accentuated by the flow of the glass surfaces.

The rear of the Quattroporte reflects the soft sweep of the overall design. It is set high and is compact, seeming almost to be pushing the car forward. A slight lip has been built into the tail to create more downforce.

Like the aerodynamic body, it is the result of long hours in the wind tunnel aimed at optimising the vehicle's efficiency (Cx 0.35) to guarantee better performance and greater security and stability without sacrificing style.

The two elegant rear light clusters are a further refined touch. The oval chrome-framed reflectors mirror the classic Maserati logo. This shape is carried through to the exhaust pipes found just below the bumpers. Rounding things off is the ‘Pininfarina' signature on the vehicle's flanks.

The design of the Quattroporte's interior is the perfect extension of the exterior styling, its luxurious functionality encompassing the Quattroporte's twin personalities.

Thanks to the car's long wheelbase, the interior is over 2 metres in length allowing its occupants plenty of room in which to stretch their legs.

The Quattroporte also comes with electronically adjustable front seats with 14 different settings as standard. In fact, the driver's seat also has three memory settings and a special feature that slides the seat back and raises the steering column to make getting in and out of the car even more comfortable. The electric rear seats are independently adjustable for reach (10 cm) and tilt.

The passenger occupying the rear passenger-side seat can also move the front passenger seat up to 22 cm forward at the touch of a button on the central arm rest.

The Quattroporte's designers put a huge amount of thought and effort into soundproofing the car and damping any vibration. In fact, courtesy of its laminated glass, the highly efficient, specially calibrated Skyhook suspension system and the bodywork's incredible rigidity, the Quattroporte offers all of the comfort of a genuine limousine.

In addition to this, however, there's also a typically Maserati touch of luxury in the refrigerated compartment nestling in the front armrest and the electric sun shade for the rear window. Needless to say, these two standard features can be joined by a host of other personalisation options.

The sportier side of the Quattroporte's dual personality comes out in the original design of the dash and the simple, ergonomically optimised layout of the instruments which are clustered under a cowling just over the steering wheel, while the major commands are very easy to see and use.

The drive control buttons (Manual or Low Grip, Sport, Maserati Stability Programme Deactivator) are in a separate, handy, driver-dedicated area.

At the centre of the console there are two 'islands': the upper one is for the Multi Media System (MMS) buttons, while the lower one is for the automatic separate front and rear climate control and has its own display. Each control has been designed for a single function.

Source - Maserati