Can you take this Maserati to the grocery store? - Mother Nature Network (blog)
Where do you expect to see a Maserati Ghibli S Q4. The upper east side of Manhattan. These days the natural habitat also includes the parking lot of a Connecticut Whole Food store, between Petco and Five Guys burgers. By building a four-door under $100,000 Ghibli with creature comforts, a Ferrari-supplied 404-horsepower twin-turbo V-6 instead of a V-8, six-piston Brembo brakes and a clever all-wheel drive system, Maserati is going mainstream (sales target:... As part of the new strategy, Maserati was even willing to let me have a Ghibli (my first) for a weekend. Adding up were such niceties as the Bowers & Wilkins audio system ($5,200), carbon fiber trim ($1,500) on the steering wheel, too ($1,400) and the sport package ($1,250). But the car starts at $77,900. Frankly, the Q4 is not a finicky Sunday driver. Then it squats down on its haunches and the turbo V-6 launches it like a Scud missile, with the quad-pipe exhaust taking on a whole new note of urgency. sales are surging," says Car and Driver. "Maserati is currently enjoying a party frame of mind. " Road & Track calls the Ghibli "a Ferrari-powered dark horse in the premium mid-size luxury market. Source: www.mnn.com
