German Car Zone

On the dashboard of the new Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S is a small button marked ‘Sport’. Presumably the designers did this because, while giving more of an impression of the actual effect it has, “Cry ‘havoc’ and let slip the dogs of war” would have been too much text to fit on the button itself. Having driven the car on its ‘home turf’ in Italy, I now know that the Sport button is one of the key components which make the Sport GT S the most exciting Quattroporte for the keen driving enthusiast.

On paper, the new car always sounded like a great idea; the most power ever developed by a Quattroporte, a sports exhaust to give the 4.7-liter V8 a voice worthy of its 433 bhp output, specially tuned suspension which gives greater body control and a lower ride, and interior and exterior design tweaks to emphasize the sporting prowess of this most focused Maserati. The Sport GT S does not disappoint; the new 20” Multi-Trident wheels filling the wheel arches, coupled with the lowered body, give the car an assertive look which is reinforced by the ‘black line’ styling – black window trim, black dual oval exhausts and black vertical slats in the concave front grille.


Full Story: Maserati Monthly - First Drive: Quattroporte Sport GT S


A nice little (obviously biased writeup).


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