Our “Driven” series highlights the several cars I was able to sample at IMPA’s Spring Brake 2009 event. These short takes are summaries of my driving impressions of the cars on the roads surrounding Bear Mountain State Park in Rockland County, New York.
Any auto enthusiast has to be pleased to see Maserati back in good form, building desirable cars again. For me, driving the new Quattroporte S cleansed me of my last Maserati driving experience. The last Maserati I had driven was a Biturbo E-the engine idled at 3,000rpm, the dash was lit up like a Christmas tree with all the warning lights, the paint quality was appalling and I was afraid to touch anything inside for fear of it falling apart.
Those dark days of Maserati history are thankfully long behind us now, and the Quattroporte S is living proof. In person, the car is stunning to look at, the Pininfarina styling both sexy and elegant from any angle. Walking around the car, I was asking myself if any four door sedan had the right too look so seductive?
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