I read about this earlier on S::S::L and was REALLY blown away... if you don't like the "mass wealthy" get out of our playground and go kick it with Porsche, no need to show your face and be demeaning... wait.. is Maserati now American owned...

I DO know that guy has platinum truck nutts on his Mase

You'd think that the Maser spokesguy would be kicking a Borrelli shirt or something. At least something that doesn't button down. Sheesh.

I can't wait for the Paparazzi shot of Lohan or Britney getting out of a Maser so I can laugh and laugh and laugh. The car: great...the company: Douchebags!

@bento:

You mean falling out, right?

@Al Navarro: The guy is from the American office - I am not surprised to see a button down. That said, a lot of Italian shirt makers produce button down collars; Etro for example.

Only a hundred of these cars will be sold, which proves that only a very tiny fraction of the population can be convinced to drop massive coin on a car that looks just like a mutated Buick LaCrosse with 1978 Lincoln upholstery but costs 10x as much.

I shall buy mine post depreciation, at maybe 3% more than the regular model.

@JoeKing:
Yeah, I know, I know. I just thought he'd be more...Maserati-ish. Maybe it's the facial hair and the overly conscious pronunciation of the car's name that's throwing me.

I guess I want everyone associated with the brand to look like Luca di...sigh.

@Al Navarro: ....And look less like a guy you would see in a greasy T-Shirt waiting in line for opening night "Cloverfield tickets???

What a douche bag.
He needs to get a shave, a haircut, a decent suit, a decent shirt and hopefully a new job.

Slime.

oh, and those seats are disgusting.
I can see a 'Fangio' edition coming up soon with Argentinian flags sewn into the headlining.

You'd think the Communications Manager for Maserati could spend a bit more than 6 bucks on his haircut, and is that a clip-on tie he's wearing?

@Al Navarro: I think he would have made more of an impression in a brightly striped shirt and a complimentary paisley tie, perhaps in an Italian knot, but I can accept the Windsor or Four in Hand that he's currently utilizing. Something that says "I WORK FOR AN ITALIAN COMPANY AND DRESS LIKE I KNOW IT!"

And the brown suit, in the context of being next to a car, just screams 'used car salesman' to me.

I always thought it was pronounced "Quattroport"? No?

Wow, a bunch of sartorialists on a car blog, never thought I'd see that.

@Rust-MyEnemy: Actually, no I won't. I'm not an arab. Gilding the lily is stupid, and they've taken a bodaceous car and made it wanky.

Wanky I tells ye.

Not Wanker. Thats Mr Matzerahhhhhhhtee collettzeeooooneeee Chjentoh.

This bearded fellow's a real mangiacake, eh?

He's right. You really don't see too many interiors done up in the "chesterfield" style. Now I finally have something to trade my '76 Cordoba in for without having to sacrifice the style that I have come to expect. I'll take mine in Harvest Gold, please.

I think the QP is sweet.

Ya might call it a "QP Doll"?

But, maybe not....

Collezione Dieci would be a more appropriate name since they sell so few of the Quattroporte Maserati's.

The way he says it... blah, blah, blah, Jeff, blah, blah... we're standing in front of the Matz-er-at-ay Quatro-part-ay Col-lek-shi-ohn-ay Chayn-to... (say the "ay"s like the Fonz, and you'll be set.) In short, he sounds like an Air Force F-18 Topgun grad talking to his friends.

I'm sorry, but this twatwaffle sounds like a total douchebag, and I'd never want to buy any Maser from him, let alone this ultra-rare Quatro-por-tay.

Also: his spiel would've sounded better if he was a native Italian or that raving lunatic they had on-stage today. I truly hope there's footage of that masterpiece posted on YouTube real soon.

I wonder if the people who have the coin to buy this piece would appreciate his oh-so-subtle superiority. I mean seriously, would they take that as a reassuring sign that he's aware of his (perceived) station in life?

Anyway, doesn't this car have a Ferrari-sourced engine? What the hell are you doing with a keyboard and a monitor in a car with a Ferrari engine? Drive it, man!

@TheCartorialist: We are experts on everything.

Oh, and I don't want anti-poverty repellent, Matt. What we want is POVERTY repellent. That may be where you're going wrong in life.

That looks like the tie I wore today (at least as much as a Quattroporte looks like a Lucerne). And come to think of it, one of the couches in my apartment looks like the big brother to the backseat from an 80's Quattroporte.

I swear though, I'm a genuine proletariate, not the bourgoisie, or the debt-inflicted "I Can't Believe It's Not Bourgoisie."

Oh yeah, the car remains nice, I hope that speech was as entertaining as it sounds.

You know, I sat down to recommend a fantasy spokesman for Maserati that would Q better than this guy, and all that came into my head were Food Network chefs: Giada De Laurentiis, Mario Batali, and Michael Chiarello. All are great, and all would make great automaker shills, but why can I not conjure any other Italians to push road iron (Stallone does not count, as he comes across as working-class Brooklyn, not Italian). Maybe Foodie Guy Fieri? At least he's got a macho image, if not high-dollar Maser-level...

@Charles_Barrett: What about that Fiat 500 from "Cars?" If that little car can get excited over a precise German driving a Ferrari, then he sure as hell could do a better job at promoting the Maser than this... guy can. Eck!

I found the video underwhelming at best but hardly deserving of the vitriol expressed so far...and while a more presentable PR guy should have been made available...and a more sophisticated treatment surely could have been applied to this exclusive Maserati ...the one thing that stands out the most is the screeching jealousy displayed in most of the comments...

yea
i duct-taped 3 of my Nokia N-800's to the glove box of my shit-can car
and it has full internet connectivity too
bluetooth keyboard
and you can watch movies on it too!

[gizmodo.com]

and woo hooo
thats an extra $800 bucks in hardware...

that is soooo NON-exclusive, guys

now if it came with a stripper that so i could snort coke off her ass, just like doogie howser, THAT would be cool

the CHOLO's call that

TUCK AND ROLL upholstery...
and many lowriders must be as exclusive as these guys

@fatbraff: Brilliant!

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute....

WHAT THE FUCK DID THAT ASSHOLE CALL THE CORINTHIAN LEATHER?
As a descendant of the Corinth peoples, I am insulted!

@hootjigga:
Uhhh...The Air Force doesn't fly the F-18, nor do they attend the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor (TOPGUN). So, uh, yeah. Sorry, that was a little pedantic.

@Benzian:
Vitriol? All I did was dis his shirt and beard!

As for jealousy, I guess I wouldn't mind being the Communications Manager for Maserati. Though Englewood Cliffs is a pretty long commute. And then I'd probably have a corporate muzzle thrown on that prevented me from making fun of other company's Communications Manager's shirts and beards. And what fun would that be?

This video is why any nouveau riche worth his has would buy this special edition QP, gut the interior and fill it with screens. Put the leather on outside, donk it and throw some D's on that bitch.

funny, the only guy i know who drives a maserati lives with his mom. their family made a bunch of money in the real estate market and now they appear to be spending all of it.

Wow- all this talk on the clothes and hair of a guy who got handed a camera at the end of the third press day and asked to contribute to the site. Nice.

Don't think we have had the pleasure Al, but as someone who has been with Maserati since two years before the relaunch I'm comfortable enough with my 'Maserati-ish-ness' thank you very much as well as the other brandishes I've uh-- had, or worn. On the clothes- uhh- this is Jalopnik- right? Plenty of fashion and personal hygene blogs out there you might enjoy.

I'll compare vehicles with anyone here and we can see who a real 'jalopnik' is- have listed mine below.

1955 3100 Chevy with original NAPCO 1 ton upfit (Ex Napco NE upfitters truck), 1958 Allis-Chalmers tractor, 1967 Wheelhorse, 1973 Kawasaki F7, 1975 Kawi KD 80, 1976 KE 100, 1979 Yamaha YZ 250, 1980 Honda CR 250, 1980 Honda CR 80, 1982 Suzuki PE 175, 1998 Yamaha YZ 250. few other odds and sods as well.

What you got, son?

Blogs have been called the realization of the axiom- opinions are like ******** everyones got one and they all stank.

Aint it the truth.

The superwealthy, apparently, are hungry: Drive a Maser, get steaks.
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