Maserati Quattroporte GTS is part luxury sedan and part race car - Los Angeles Times
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. With its subtle badging, gently rounded contours and muted grigio, nero and bronzo color schemes — there is no bright paint option — the Quattroporte might be mistaken for almost any European or Japanese luxury car. 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 — makes 523 horsepower and 524 pound-feet of torque. The interior is minimalist and masculine, more like a Milano man cave than the driver's compartment in a sports car, and the rear passenger area is like a suite at the Ritz Carlton. Source: www.latimes.com
