2005 Maserati Quattroporte

This stunning Maserati Quattroporte is presented in Verde Goodwood, which is effectively Italian for British Racing Green, and it has contrasting Beige soft Italian leather. This is a one owner from new car, has been kept garaged, has a pampered history and impeccable provenance.

It’s covered fewer than 17,500 miles from new and comes fully loaded with extras. The vendor reports that it looks and drives like a new car. We’re told that the owner was so fastidious that when he heard that some of these models could have gearbox problems, he spent £5000 getting Maserati themselves to refurbish the unit in his car, despite it showing no sign of any malfunction whatsoever.

The metallic green paintwork on this car is generally in excellent condition, with just the odd small battle scar showing. There’s a scratch on the very lower part of the rear shroud near the nearside rear wheel arch, small marks on driver’s door mirror and paint chips on the edge of the wheel arch section of the offside front bumper.

The nearside door mirror has slight bubbling on its supporting alloy bracket, and there are kerb marks on the original Maserati alloy wheels, particularly on the nearside.

But other than these small detractions the Quattroporte looks lovely, with no sign of any panel damage and excellent shut lines.

It’s a very handsome looking saloon and features a prominent grille with the famous trident emblem, flanked by sharp, angular headlights. The sculpted and contoured bonnet flows to a steeply-raked windscreen, while at the sides the Quattroporte's body lines are smooth and flowing, with a distinctive shoulder crease that runs from the front wheel arches to the rear.

At the rear the lines taper down to a narrower tail with angular rear lights and a very subtle kick up on the very edge of the boot lid. Four doors also means, in this instance anyway, four exhaust pipes nicely integrated into the rear bumper.

It’s a very distinctive and alluring shape, and one that makes a refreshing change from more common luxury sporting saloons. You won’t have any trouble finding this Maserati in Sainsbury’s car park, among a sea of silver, German cars.

The Italian leather interior is also in lovely condition and we’re told that all the electronic functions operate as they should. There are slight signs of use on the driver’s seat but it would probably come up very well with some leather cleaner.

There is some trim damage near the driver’s door aperture, as you can see in the pictures – it looks as though something metallic has scratched the door pillar trim panel. There are also some scratches to the plastic moulding at the end of the front central arm rest, and there’s an odd black mark on the panel where the driver’s electric seat controls are. It looks like some kind of grease or sealant, but would likely clean off.

The interior is generally excellent but unfortunately the headlining appears to be coming away from the former that it’s glued to. It doesn’t look as though it’s damaged, but it does need reattaching, something any competent trim workshop would be able to do easily enough.

There are bells and whistles everywhere, including electrically adjustable rear seats, which seems appropriate for a car that boasts about how many doors it has.

What a pretty engine bay, with that sensuous central plenum chamber and red crackle finish cam covers on the Ferrari V8. Lovely. It’s great to look at and very clean and original, as you’d expect from such a low mileage and well maintained car.

The boot is also very clean and contains the original Maserati toolkit – and even a Maserati branded battery charger. But it’s at the very rear of the car that one of the best features lies – what a fabulously Italian sounding exhaust note. There’s simply no mistaking this for a German or British car.

This Maserati was supplied new in 2006 and comes with the original sales invoice from HR Owen for a few pence shy of £80,000. The Quattroporte also comes with a full HR Owen service history and an MoT certificate that runs until February of next year.

All old MoT certificates are also with the car and there is a stack of historic invoices for all the servicing and maintenance work carried out while the car was with its original owner. The vendor says:

‘She comes with full service history from the supplying dealer, and is presented with all invoices and history from the first day she left the factory. A new clutch and flywheel, plus a service was done at HR Owen Maserati in Acton just 300 miles ago at 17,100 miles, and there is a Cobra Tracker fitted for peace of mind.

‘The log book reads 0 previous owners. The car was bought new by an elderly gentleman who has now passed away. So it’s a one owner car in impeccable condition with history from the main dealer. It’s as original and straight as you can get.

‘This model is prone to having gearbox issues so just as a precaution the gentleman had Maserati refurb the gearbox even though nothing needed doing to it – and they charged him just shy of 5k! The invoice for that is in the folder too, so nothing needs doing to it.

‘Someone really needs to enjoy her now – with only 17,400 miles on the clock this is still like a new car.’

A genuine one owner garaged Quattroporte, fully loaded with incredibly low mileage and a comprehensive service file all from the same supplying dealer. They do not come up for sale like this very often.

There are some minor cosmetic issues to sort out, but none will stop you enjoying this thoroughbred Italian super saloon straight away.

We estimate this vehicle to fetch between £15,000 - £20,000 in auction.

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