Maserati Quattroporte from $240K
Latest Maserati limousine hits Oz priced $10K lower than before, but diesel and AWD are off the menu for nowMaserati’s new-generation Quattroporte arrives in Australia this week with a twin-turbo V8 and a $320,000 pricetag, but an entry-level six-cylinder model will next month reduce its starting price to $240,000.
That will make the volume-selling version of the new Italian limousine $10,000 cheaper than the (base 4.2-litre V8) model it replaces, but an even cheaper diesel model and all-wheel drive remain off-limits Down Under for now.
“The diesel is not available to us at the moment,” said Maserati Australia spokesman Edward Rowe. “When it becomes available for this market we will assess its suitability for this market.
“The Q4 [AWD] drivetrain is aimed at the so-called ‘Alpine markets’ in Europe, North America and China, and therefore there are no plans for it here at the moment.”
For $240,000 plus on-road costs, buyers of the base Quattroporte S score a new twin-turbo 3.0-litre V6 packing 301kW of power.
That’s enough to accelerate the 1860kg Quattroporte S (the V8-powered Quattroporte GTS weighs 40kg more at 1900kg) to 100km/h in just 5.1 seconds (GTS: 4.7 seconds) and a 285km/h top speed (GTS: 307km/h).
At the same time, the six-cylinder Quattroporte, which hits local showrooms in late February, returns combined fuel consumption of 10.4L/100km (GTS: 11.8L/100km).
Like the top-shelf GTS, the Quattroporte S features a pair of twin-scroll turbochargers, direct fuel-injection and an eight-speed automatic transmission, and runs on premium unleaded petrol (95 RON minimum, 98 recommended).
Both Quattroportes also come with a 530-litre boot and 50/50 weight distribution.
But the GTS flagship’s 90-degree V8 delivers 390kW at 6800rpm and 650Nm between 2000 and 4000rpm (with 710Nm available between 2250 and 3500rpm during overboost), and revs to 7200rpm.
The 60-degree twin-turbo V6 in the Quattroporte S, meantime, offers 301kW at 5500rpm and 550Nm of torque from as little as 1750rpm, and revs to 6000rpm.
Specifications are otherwise almost identical, save for wheels - 19-inchers on the V6, 20s for the V8 - and minor leather and wood trim fittings in the larger new interior.
Maserati Australia is yet to announce pricing for the Quattroporte’s all-new smaller sibling, the Ghibli large sedan, which arrives here in the second quarter of this year and should be available with 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel (202kW) and turbo-petrol (243 and 302kW) engines.
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