2015 Maserati Quattroporte GTS is part luxe sedan, part race car - Reading Eagle
Type: four-passenger, four-door coupe. Base price: $143,600. Price as tested: $154,800. Powertrain: 3. 8-liter twin-turbo V-8. Transmission: 8-speed automatic with paddle shifters. EPA mileage rating: 22 mpg highway, 13 mpg city, 16 mpg combined. Maserati, one of Italian auto racing's most storied brands, celebrated its centennial last year. The Bologna company founded by brothers Alfieri, Bindo, Carlo, Ettore and Ernesto is now owned by the massive Fiat Chrysler conglomerate, along with its Italian brothers Alfa Romeo and Ferrari. That makes Maserati an in-between marque, far more glamorous than the most exalted Fiat or Chrysler but well short of Ferrari. Maserati's 2015 Quattroporte GTS rides the middle in other ways too - not as luxe as the highest end Mercedes, nor notably more capable than a less-expensive BMW or Audi. But this four-door, four-passenger sedan still offers large measures of comfort and speed. 8-liter, twin turbocharged V-8 engine - designed and built by Ferrari in Marinello but tucked into its housing at the new state-of-the-art Maserati facility in Grugliasco -. Source: readingeagle.com
