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    2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive

    Maserati Quattroporte S, Standing Still In Moving Picture

    2009 Maserati Quattroporte and Quattroporte S Revealed
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    Image of Greasy Breakfast Greasy Breakfast
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    I bet the Porsche Panamera is in every way a better car.
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    Image of Wes Siler Wes Siler
    02/17/09

    @mlehan: I bet it's not half as fun.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    By the way, Wes, nice review. Brought to Italy to be handed the keys to a Maser... I wonder what the poor are doing tonight, you lucky dog.

    I want to be you when I grow up (nevermind that I'm old enough to be your father...)
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    My inner juvenile likes to believe that the Quattroporte Sport GT S would enable you to slide down more pipes than Super Mario, if ya know what I mean
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    In the old day's, Maserati's were right up there with Ferrari's on the world sport's car stage. Then, car's like the Biturbo diluted it's image. Even car's like the 2002-07 Coupe's and Spyder's didn't live up to the companies history's. But the latest offering's are doing a lot to restore the companies former glory's. /ex-copy editor, /wondering if Jalopnik has jumped the shark.
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    Image of ChaoZ ChaoZ
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    Charlie Crews likes it.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    02/17/09

    @ChaoZ: Needs more speed holes
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    I'm holding out for the Cadillac Fourdoor or the BMW Viertüren
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    "at over 160 MPH over some of rural Italy's roughest, most uneven roads"?


    MPH or KPH?


    This is a fast car, but 160 hard to believe.

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    Image of Wes Siler Wes Siler
    02/17/09

    @Mad_Science: It'll do 178, why is 160 hard to believe?
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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/17/09

    @Mad_Science: Having seen the roads there,i thought that.
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    Image of Ellomdian Ellomdian
    02/17/09

    @Wes Siler: Have you ever done anything over 100 MPH on "rough, rual roads"?


    Anything worst than glass-like asphalt and I would like something with a crazy suspension - preferably rally-derived.


    Road/Track cars do NOT like jostling at speed. They are twitchy. And twitchy at 160 MPH is not a good idea.

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    Image of Wes Siler Wes Siler
    02/17/09

    @Ellomdian: high quality suspension isn't just stiff, it's also very well controlled. Once you pass a certain speed it just kind of floats. But I defer to your clearly greater expertise.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/17/09

    @Wes Siler: That's... what, 250+ km/h? Holy shitsticks, Wes. I've done 230+ on public roads, and that's scarier than all hell. I don't know where you managed to get those kinds of speeds, but sweet Jeebus, don't you remember what happened last time you tried stunts like that? Let me refresh your memory:



    Do I need to call your mother?
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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/17/09

    @Deartháir: Who has a vagina in their arm,i ask you ;)
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    Image of Unregular Unregular
    02/17/09

    @Wes Siler: you were "just kind of floating" at 160mph????


    wtf? perhaps your brain had melted and you went to a happy, floaty place?

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    Image of Wes Siler Wes Siler
    02/17/09

    @Unregular: This is starting to sound like I'm bragging or something. I'm not. It's a very fast car, it takes no skill whatsoever to push the pedal down and hold it there. 160 isn't that fast.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/17/09

    @Wes Siler: It is on "some of Italy's roughest,most uneven roads". I don't doubt the speed having gone quicker than that in the right environment,i think it's the description of the roads that appears to be exaggerated.

    Try the Autobahn at 180+ mph in a TVR,even on a great road like that it's still dangerous.
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    02/17/09

    @layabout now with V8 power: Yeah, I've done that in TVRs and it is pretty scary.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/17/09

    @Wes Siler: Floaty at speed sounds a lot like too much air getting under the car, and not enough downforce. A little more than the suspension's reaction time gliding over most of the minor imperfections - which is the reason I try to drive fast on dirt roads. Floaty is fine, as long as you don't have to do anything dramatic in a hurry. And that's when you find out just how good the car really is.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/17/09

    @Wes Siler: Take it easy out there mate,love the reviews but don't hurt yourself trying.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    02/17/09

    @Wes Siler: In my mind 140ish is the upper border for "really f-ing fast" on a public road.


    Beyond that, and I'd much prefer a track with some crash engineering built into it.


    On an open road, there are too many things that can get in your way (cars, people, animals), and any swerve/blowout/off-"track" can have really catastrophic consequences (ditch, cliff, wall, fence), regardless of vehicular competence.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    I wish more cars had a Sport button.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    It may be ungainly, the offspring of a Buick and a BMW. But damn, if it can run... and it has a damn straight-pipes button (presumably that means everything-behind-the-cat, right?) it's forgiven.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    Issue with build quality? Not in the last 7 or 8 years,in any of the ones i've driven they felt tight with not even a rattle or squeak,they've even been reliable although still a little disappointing to drive.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    02/17/09

    @layabout now with V8 power: and yet, I could stand to be disappointed in just that fashion.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    02/17/09

    @layabout now with V8 power: The last one I road in was admittedly used, at about 14K miles, but it still was solid and full of awesome. I guess I must be a bit gauche, according to the scoffing masses, because they do it for me. And I'm unapologetic.
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    02/17/09

    @DoctorNine: Don't get me wrong,still great cars. I just didn't find it as entertaining to drive as a 911,but it definitely got more attention.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    There's always been something about the Quattroporte's visage that throws me off. Its mouth looks like a kid when the dentist asks him to open his mouth and bite down.


    Still, every time I see one in person I want it badly. Also, Wes, where are all the shots of the ass-end?

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    Image of Peugeot 504 - the Car for Nigeria Peugeot 504 - the Car for Nigeria
    02/17/09

    @A strolling player can't find his avatar: Good description. Something about the front end of all Maseratis has always looked weird to me too, kind of reminiscent of the American automakers' carp/catfish phase ten years ago. The Maserati trident is cool but it's too big. It would be much better if they actually just stuck a trident hood ornament on it, like a prole cow-catcher.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/17/09

    @Peugeot 504 - the Car for Nigeria: You don't really want to catch the proles. More brush them aside with the least effort and consequence for yourself. Perhaps a bit of catch-and-release, every now and then. For the sport of it.
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    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    That's all very nice. But where's the smoke coming out of the door handles?
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    Portholes jumped the shark at least a year ago, when every chavo in town put 6 of them on each side of his Cavalier*
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    Image of 413wedge 413wedge
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    OK, who put the pitchfork on the Buick?
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    02/17/09

    @bigblockautoX: And more importantly, does this Big Stimulus Package I keep hearing about, mean that I can get one of these at my local Buick dealer for a buck two-fifty? I might go as high as a three dollar bill. Seriously.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    02/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive
    Wes, can I be your friend?
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