2015 Maserati Quattroporte S

“ Few saloon cars have better credentials than a Maserati Quattroporte either; ”
... it’ll do the Waitrose run without throwing a tantrum and yet will deliver a holiday to remember should you want to throw it around the Nürburgring or along an Alpine pass.
Background
‘Real’ Italian sportscars have two doors, so when Maserati decided to extend the versatility of its range more than half a century ago, it needed a suitably exotic name to lure potential buyers into writing a larger-than-average cheque.

It chose Quattroporte, which might sound exotic to us but simply means ‘four-door’ in its home country.

And therein lies the biggest clue to just how good the Quattroporte is: Maserati didn’t need to do anything to market it other than tell its base how many doors it had.

Everything else spoke for itself.

Introduced in 2013, the six-generation Quattroporte was the fastest the firm had ever built, all the better to fend off the challenge from rivals such as Aston Martin, Porsche, and Bentley.

Plus, a diesel because being tax-efficient needn’t mean sacrificing style.

The M156, for that’s what factory insiders call it, offered both twin-turbo V6 that was built by Ferrari as well as a twin-turbo V8 it shared with Ferrari. The petrol engines offered between 325 and 424bhp and 523 and 572bhp respectively depending on which model it was fitted to, and the top speeds started at – STARTED AT – 168mph and topped 200mph for the most powerful version.

Maserati built 4,264 cars in all before production ceased in 2021 after having been on sale for nine years.

Overview
Finished in Grigio Maratea, LN65 NNW’s first and only former keeper was Sir George Iacobescu, the chief executive of Canary Wharf, who splashed out £7,000 on having the rear bench seat option fitted as part of the upgraded Sand and Black leather interior.

But then Sir George employed a chauffeur to waft him around the city, so it was important that he was as comfortable as possible.

The three-litre, twin-turbo V6 engine, which was designed by Maserati and built by Ferrari, offers the driver access to 405bhp and 405lb.ft of torque, enough to whisk the 1,860kg Quattroporte to a top speed of 180mph after passing 62mph in around five seconds.

Not that it’s had many opportunities to stretch its legs as it has yet to cover 23,000 miles in its 12 years on this planet, most of which we imagine will have been within the M25 motorway.

The seller has invested another £4,500 in bringing it to the condition you see here, which is simply sublime.

Estimate: £22,000 - £27,000

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