2012 Maserati Quattroporte S and Sport GT S (4.7 l, M139, MY13) received a Power Increase package along with the new GranTurismo Sport. Thanks to optimising the engine mapping, increasing the valve overlap above 5,500 rpm thanks to VVT system and optimal use of timing advance. All this resulted in increased performance in SPORT mode…
Evolution of Quattroporte
When Maserati Quattroporte IV was being turned into Quattroporte Evoluzione it took 400 all-new or modified parts out of a total 800 main components (even though press-pack states that 70% of the components were redesigned). But when Quattroporte V DuoSelect stepped down for Quattroporte Automatica; 4,800 new components were introcduced out of 16,500 that makes…
Disegno Gandini badge
Disegno Marcello Gandini badge on a Quattroporte IV. A very nice hommage.
Maserati Quattroporte Blindata B3
Maserati Quattroporte 4.2 V8 Blindata Repetti B3 for sale on AutoScout24.
Quattroporte Evoluzione 2.0 problem
Some sources show that Quattroporte IV Evoluzione was available with 2.0 V6 engine, when in fact Ferrari management dropped it for couple reasons. Firstly to upscale the whole marque and secondly to distance it’s reputation from the 2.0 Biturbos. And after this change and the introduction of 3200 GT, whole Maserati lineup was made up…
Limited editions from Japan part 7
Maserati Quattroporte IV Cornes Serie Speciale Numbered edition, 50 examples, V6 and V8 Evoluzione. All automatic (this is probably due to market specifics). Maserati badge inserted into C-door-pillar. Blue Sebring Met. and Quarzo Dolomite Met. are most common exterior colours. Even though Evoluziones had the Lassale clock replaced with trident, this edition retains the original…
Maseratis at Maranello
On National Geographic’s ‘Magafactories: Ferrari 599 GTB’ there are some Maseratis being painted at Marabello. And as the Maserati factory was being modernized at that time it seamed that Coupé, Spyder and Quattroporte V may have been asembled at Ferrari’s plat in Maranello. Maserati Classiche explained that at that time only paintjob was supplied by…