Before Maserati launched the current generation Quattroporte back in 2003, there wasn’t a great deal of variety in the luxury saloon sector. Unless you were willing to blow serious money on a Bentley or a Maybach, you were limited to the ageing Lexus LS430 or the usual suspects from BMW, Audi and Mercedes. The only contender with any elegance was Jaguar’s aluminium bodied XJ.
All that changed with the introduction of Maserati’s long and cool slice of Italian exotica. It’s now diversified its offering a little with the Executive GT and Sport GT variants.
It makes sense for a car that attempts to cover as many bases as the Quattroporte to allow a little specialisation. The basic chassis is extremely talented, but the split into Sport and Executive GT models allows the company to fine tune the product into a more focused form. First shown at the 2005 Frankfurt Show, these models escaped the attention of many, Maserati keeping things rather low key. Explore a little further and you’ll discover that the Italians have put quite some thought into these cars.
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