2016 Maserati Quattroporte GTS

This car has the sort of provenance and history you really want to see when about to invest in a thoroughbred Italian GT car – even one with four doors.

It has had one owner, the vendor, from new.

It has always been serviced by Maserati main dealers.

It has just 33,000 miles on the clock.

It is in fabulous overall condition and drives exactly as you would hope and expect of a car whose Ferrari-derived engine generates 530 PS, up to 710 N⋅m and, at the time of its launch, made the Maserati Quattroporte GTS hold the claim that it was the fastest four-door production car in the world with a top speed just shy of 200mph.

There’s a lineage of uncluttered, pure, elegant design running from this modern super-saloon right back to its achingly stylish forbears from various Italian marques in the La Dolce Vita days of the 1960s.

It is refined and classily understated and, in a world filled with all manner of aggressively steroidal road brutes bristling with spoilers, flaps and bulges, it’s all the better for it, in our opinion.

The car’s bodywork seems pretty much untroubled either by time or use and we’ve seen nothing that resembles a dink, dent, dimple or crease of any significance anywhere.

The shut-lines and panel gaps are crisp, consistent and even.

The Metallic Grigio paintwork has held up very well and has done a fine job of retaining its original shine and lustre.

Even entirely standard stone chips and light scratches are few and far between, and aside from one of two tiny stone chips around the front valance, the ‘nose’ of the car and the leading edge of the bonnet, we don’t really have anything to report.

The 20” alloy wheels are in broadly decent condition, although there is a little kerbing and scuffing in evidence on the n/s/f wheel and, to a lesser extent, on its o/s/f counterpart.

The matching Pirelli P-Zero tyres look to have plenty of life left in them and the rears (285/35) were new in July 2024.

The car’s lights, lenses, badging, trim and various other external fixtures and fittings all look to be beyond any meaningful criticism whatsoever.

It really is in very good condition.

Maserati long ago mastered the ability to achieve classy and aesthetically pitch-perfect understatement without looking as if it’s trying too hard.

The proof of that is, if anything, even more apparent on the inside than the outside.

Everything in the interior has been done in the best possible taste and the craftsmanship and quality of materials is evident wherever you look or touch.

Needless to say of a car with just 33,000 miles under its various belts, the dark Rosso leather upholstery has yet to earn much more than a light crease or two, let alone any ingrained patina or signs of wear.

The front seats, with their Trident-embroidered headrests, have nothing to show for their dutiful service but the merest hint of a crease on the outer bolsters.

The rears seats, as ever, don’t look as if they’ve been asked to carry the weight of anything heavier than a handbag or a Panama hat.

The two-tone black and red door cards are in exemplary condition, as is the headlining.

All of the silver or black surfaces around the dashboard and centre console appear to have retained the shiny, scratch-free gloss with which they started out in life.

The car’s carpets and mats are following exactly the same script in terms of quality and preservation, as is the very usefully capacious boot.  

The controls, instruments and dials all seem to be in very good order and, as far as we are aware, everything does what it’s supposed to do without hesitation, repetition or deviation.

The beating heart of the Quattroporte GTS is a 3.8-litre 90° twin-turbocharged V8, generating a maximum power output of 530 PS. The engine is a variant of the Ferrari F154 engine platform shared with the Ferrari 488, the Portofino and other prancing horse models.

The V8 engine in the GTS parts company with other members of the Ferrari F154 engine group in having a cross-plane crankshaft, wet sump lubrication, and turbine housings and exhaust manifolds incorporated into a single piece.

Another very useful difference is an over-boost function which raises the maximum torque from 650 N⋅m between 2,000 and 4,000 rpm to 710 N⋅m between 2,250 and 3,500 rpm.

Everything in the very full engine bay is clean, dry, orderly and beyond criticism.

The same holds true for the car’s undersides, where nothing we can see has given us any cause to tut, frown or otherwise question the car’s character or honesty.

The car has a comprehensive, high-quality service history – all of it with main dealers.

24.5.18 – 1st Service:13,855 miles – H.R. Owen Maserati Manchester

11.6.20 – 2nd Service: 20,051 miles – Meridien Lyndhurst

6.6.22 – 3rd Service (including plugs): 24,394 miles – Meridien Lyndhurst

27.6.24 – 4th Service (including belts): 29.982 miles - Meridien Lyndhurst

There are bills, invoices and receipts covering this and other work carried out, including the fitting of a new steering rack on 17th August 2023 by Meridien Lyndhurst at a total cost of over £4,000.

The car comes with full sets of keys, its pack of guides and manuals, an HPI report and an MoT certificate that’s valid until 10th June 2026.

These are exclusive, prestige performance cars aimed at a relatively small buying demographic for whom two doors aren’t enough, an SUV is too much, luxury is a prerequisite, and blistering pace is the bare minimum.  

You’ll very rarely find yourself parked next to another one in the car-park at Waitrose and, even if you do, the chances are it won’t be nearly as good as this one.

So, the next time you’re compelled to haul yourself and three friends down to the Côte d'Azur in great comfort and at ballistic speeds, there’s really no need to look any further than this fine specimen.

What’s not to like?

We are happy to offer this car for auction with an estimate in the range of £25,000 - £30,000.

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