Category: Large Executive 
Price Range: No data available
Superb ride and handling; luxurious; stylish; great engine/gearbox combo.
Switchgear could be better; sat nav is unreliable and unintuitive; expensive, especially when you start adding options.
This new, more powerful and sportier Quattroporte is great to drive and has a real presence on the road.
The Maserati Quattroporte S is not a cheap car to buy or run - which is rather stating the obvious, we know, but it's always worth pointing out to prospective buyers what they're letting themselves in for.
That 4.7-litre V8 is a pretty thirsty beast: the official figure for the combined cycle is 17.9mpg, but we're betting that if you get to unleash it in any meaningful way in the real world you're more likely to be getting more like 12mpg. And with petrol prices heading they way they are, that's not to be sniffed at.
You'll also be handing the government a fair chunk of change in the form of road tax, thanks to its CO2 emissions of 365g/km. From 2009, it goes up to £440 (+£40) and in 2010, when the VED bands change and a new 'showroom tax' is introduced, there'll also be an additional £950 to pay in the first year, plus a road tax of £455. Oh well, with every pleasure must come a little pain.
