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2009 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: First Drive

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Greasy Breakfast
02/17/09

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I bet the Porsche Panamera is in every way a better car.
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Wes Siler
02/17/09

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

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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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Cognitive Friction
02/17/09

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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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theeastbaykid
02/17/09

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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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ChaoZ
02/17/09

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Charlie Crews likes it.
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Maymar
02/17/09

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

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I'm holding out for the Cadillac Fourdoor or the BMW Viertüren
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Mad_Science
02/17/09

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"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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Wes Siler
02/17/09

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

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

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

@layabout now with V8 power: Yeah, I've done that in TVRs and it is pretty scary.
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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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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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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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engineerd
02/17/09

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I wish more cars had a Sport button.
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MushyHeirloom
02/17/09

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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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layabout
02/17/09

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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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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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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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layabout
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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A strolling player
02/17/09

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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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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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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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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
02/17/09

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That's all very nice. But where's the smoke coming out of the door handles?
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Ash78, cube farmer
02/17/09

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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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413wedge
02/17/09

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OK, who put the pitchfork on the Buick?
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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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Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
02/17/09

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Wes, can I be your friend?
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