2014 Maserati Quattroporte (Spy Photos)
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Maserati and Ferrari aren’t crazy on naming and branding their automotive architecture like VW is, but this rear-drive platform is largely new. The use of aluminum will cut at least 400 pounds from the current Quattroporte’s weight, a portly 4400-pound cruiser in our last test.
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Ferrari is providing two engines for the Quattroporte: A 520-hp turbocharged V-8 and a 420-hp supercharged V-6. It’s a trope to drive an Italian road car and say it sounds like an F1 racer, but there will be a grain of truth to that old story with the V-6 Quattroporte. The engineers who developed the six also are the guys running the program for the turbocharged 1.6-liter V-6 that’ll power the Ferrari F1 team in 2014. Unlike the F1 car, both Quattroportes will make use of the ubiquitous eight-speed automatic transmission from ZF, which converts torque in a host of Audis, BMWs, Jaguars, and Land Rovers. With competition beingAudi A8 and Audi S8, Jaguar XJ Supersport, Porsche Panamera.
What the car will look like
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The V-8 version will go on sale later in 2013 with a price tag of around $130,000. It’ll be at least a few more months before the arrival of the cheaper V-6 car.
In my opinion:
Perf: 8/10
Ext: 8/10
Int: N/a
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