2005 Maserati Quattroporte New Car Buyer's Guide

What's New for the 2005 Maserati Quattroporte?
The all-new 2005 Maserati Quattroporte is a gorgeous luxury sports sedan handcrafted in Modena, Italy. Maserati claims that its mission was to perfectly blend the soul of a luxury sedan with the soul of a sports car, wrapping the package in bespoke tailoring unmatched by other ultra-lux automakers at this price point. The 2005 Maserati Quattroporte announces, more loudly and clearly than the Coupe and Spyder before it, that the trident is back in the States to stay. Welcome, we say.

Advantages of the 2005 Maserati Quattroporte:

• Gorgeous bodywork
• Lush interior accommodations
• Ferrari-sourced V8 engine
• Buyer can tailor to specific tastes

Objections to the 2005 Maserati Quattroporte:

• Fussy paddle-shift transmission
• Questionable reliability
• Costly maintenance

Editor's Advice:
Looking for a little something more distinctive that the run-of-the-mill BMW 745i or Mercedes-Benz S500? Is the Audi A8 too cold, the Jaguar XJ8 a bit contrived, the Lexus LS 430 too bland? Can't step up to a Bentley, Maybach or Rolls-Royce? Well, wealthy reader, Maserati has got the car for you.