The all-new Maserati Quattroporte will make its world debut on the upcoming Detroit Motor Show but the Italian company has already let the motoring press get their hands on its flagship luxury saloon.
How well the car is received, both by journalists and customers, will play an important role in the automaker's ambitious plan to increase its global annual sales nearly ten-fold over the next few years to around 50,000 units.
The latest review comes from Autocar editor Steven Sutcliffe who drove the top-of-the-line Quattroporte with the 523HP twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V8.
You might think that another journalist testing the new Maserati isn’t really big news. When he brings in a rival to see how the two compare, though, things start to get interesting.
The car Sutcliffe compares the Quattroporte to is the Jaguar XJ, which the British magazine ranks as best in class and in 503HP V8 guise is a direct competitor to the Maserati.
Does the newcomer dethrone the reigning champion? You can find the answer in the video that follows the break – and you’re certainly welcome to comment on the verdict…
By Andrew Tsaousis
14 Comments:
Maserati has terrible rims...Jag looks 10x better, the interior is more luxurious and refined, may not sound as good as the Maserati but overall I'd take the XJ L. Or an S65.
Just like the Germans have a complex about their Nazi past, The British have had a hard time realizing they are neither Great nor Important anymore.
Since when is the XJ the class leader? WAY Better than: Panamera? CLS 63? M5? M6 Gran Coupe? Alpina B7? When did we establish that? HUH?
Unsubscribing form Autocar, what a bunch of unprofessional nationalistic pricks. Jag is neither UK owned nor run anyway... Idiots!
I agree with everything Steven mentioned in his review of the Quattroporte however the comparison review should have featured the XJ Supersport with its more powerful engine- although as a credit to Jaguar and a slight to Maserati - only the XJ Supercharged was needed to trump the new Quattroporte.
soooo your ignorrant childish comment somehow makes you better ? What a pompous disaster of a person their just cars calm down and stfu. As far as the actual "review" and not some pompous jerks psychotic rant......The luxury class is subjective the panamera may be a good performance car but its also ungainly, ugly, and oddly proportioned. Thhe other cars you mentioned dont even compete in this class the CLS, M5, and M6 and B7 arent in the same class of car you want to talk idiotic why would the M5 compete with BMWs own B7 not to mention the XJ competes with the 7 series, S class, A8, LS, etc crowd. Each of the flagship luxury sedans above have their own merits which would make them best in class....
Jag sheetmetal seems far too cheap. Those taillight uh... 1990's... Too far away from Germans. Maserati is a great update, now head to head with germanics barbars. If Maserati improves a little bit interior design it would be the number 1. Audis are boring, all the same (they even copied Maserati GT taillight design cues). Jaguar too overated by brit journalpaidist. The same goes with AutoVWbillbild. Good for the italians, they are improving now thanks to Chrysler.
Couldn't agree more, old chap. These damn greasy foreigners just don't understand a Brit's natural superiority. Who cares if some damn jingly owns and controls JLR. With damn fine obese chaps like Steve Sutcliffe sucking on Ratan Tata's marketing budget cock, we can always rely on Autocar, Evo, CAR, A/Express... , to tell the world 'British' cars are best! Besides, even if 'our' cars are in reality an overpriced unreliable also-ran joke, we can always comfort ourselves that no one on the world quite does buggering children like the Brits! Toodle pip!
You say Panamera is "ungainly, ugly, and oddly proportioned" but have you even looked at the new Quattroporte?
c-mon people--give chrysler a chance to prove themselves. this is MOPAR's first ultra luxury car in decades and for them to give the imperial program to maserati resulting in this car shows just how serious they are about competing with the big boys. it may be a stretched 300 (hint: the back seat and the NON abjustable rear seat headrests, the dashboard, the front seat frames, the outside rearview mirrors etc.) but its a very nice italian chrysler indeed.
I hate the fact that the new Quattroporte is longer and generally bigger than the previous one. Why doing it like that and putting on a sporty suspension and lots of road noise, not to mention a very powerful engine ?
I hate how the Chinese market pushes the sport sedan industry into such stupid compromises. Why would the little Chinese businessmen need bigger cars than Europeans or Americans ?
Maserati made one of the most beautiful luxury car into one that's the ugliest. The XJ is just beautiful. But it doesn't ride as stable and as the A8 at high speeds.
This car is nothing more than a better Chrysler 300. The interior screams Chrysler-cheap very loudly, would gladly take the Jaguar over the Maser.
However the Jaguar is no where near being the class leader. That would be the A8 or S-Class.
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Don't you mean Tata pip?
I like the Jaguar, and Jaguars in general. They're nice Indian cars. Bombay for the win!
Interesting review.
1) It clearly can't compete with an M5
2) The Jag XJ Supersport is much better as a larger luxury oriented sports sedan.
The Quattroporte is a waste of time. Just another piece of shit from Fiat.
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