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Maserati Quattroporte IV - the last compact GT sedan from Italy

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Created on November 6, 2013

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Bruno von Rotz

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - auch heute noch ein sehr schnelles und agiles Auto

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - schlichtes Karosseriekleid

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - kompakte, keilförmige Karosserie

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - weit öffnende Türen

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - 0 bis 100 km/h in unter sechs Sekunden

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - 270 km/h Höchstgeschwindigkeit

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - Marcello Gandinis Design zeigt grosse Zurückhaltung

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - der hintere Radausschnitt ist das deutlichste Erkennungszeichen von Marcello Gandini

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - einfacher Einstieg dank weit öffnender Türen

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - Auspuffrohre sind integriert

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - die handgeschaltete Version für den Sportfahrer

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - der Kofferraum schluckt fast 500 Liter

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - elegante Front

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - relativ hohes Heck

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - viel Holz und eldes Leder

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - weiches Leder und noch weichere Teppiche im Interieur

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - viel Sitzabstand im Fond, nur der Platz nach oben ist begrenzt

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - edle Materialien auch für das Türfutter

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - eindeutige Ansage

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - man vergisst nie, in welchem Auto man sitzt

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - Maserati-Dreizack auch auf dem Armaturenbrett

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - Mittelkonsole mit vielen Knöpfen

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - der Dreizack als Markenzeichen von Maserati

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - der Dreizack und der V8-Motor mit den roten Zylinderköpfen

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - zwei Turbolader mit Ladeluftkühlung halfen, 335 PS zu produzieren

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - vier obenliegenden Nockenwellen und 32 Ventile wies der V8-Motor auf

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - Aluräder waren serienmässig

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - ab 1998 gab es das Evolutionsmodell

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - Maserati-Schriftzug und -Dreizack am Heck

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - edel verpacktes Werkzeug

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Maserati Quattroporte 3.2i V8 Evolutione (1998) - das Typenschild im Innern

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Maserati Quattroporte (1964) - die erste Serie der von Pietro Frua gezeichneten Limousine wies Rechteckscheinwerfer auf

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Maserati Quattroporte (1966) - mit Doppelscheinwerfern auf Serie 2 retouchiertes Foto eines Serie-1-Modells aus einer englischen Werbeanzeige

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Maserati Quattroporte (1969) - Amaturenbrett des von Frua gestalteten ersten Quattroporte

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Maserati Quattroporte (1974) - für das Design zeichnete Marcello Gandini in Diensten von Bertone verantwortlich

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Maserati Quattroporte (1974) - nur 13 x wurde der Quattroporte II gebaut

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Maserati Quattroporte (1982) - mit gradlinigem Design von Giugiaro und V8-Power

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Maserati Quattroporte V (2007) - mit V8-Power

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Maserati Quattroporte V (2008) - Design von Pininfarina

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Maserati Quattroporte V (2008) - über 5 Meter lang

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Maserati Quattroporte VI (2013) - noch grösser als sein Vorgänger V

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Maserati Ghibli (2013) - noch immer über 5 Meter lang

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Maserati Ghibli (2013) - Eleganz mit V6-Motorisierung

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Summary

From 1994 to 2001, Maserati built the compact four-door saloon Quattroporte IV, designed by master craftsman Marcello Gandini. With 2400 units produced, the car remained exclusive and, at the latest after Ferrari took over the sceptre at Maserati, the quality was also right. This report briefly tells the story of the Maserati Quattroportes and portrays a V8 3.2 evolutione model from 1998 in detail.

This article contains the following chapters

It all began with the Frua Quattroporte in 1963
The lost second version
Sales success with the third Quattroporte
The unnamed transitional model
Another real Quattroporte
A picture of an engine
Beautiful living
Quality problems
Low unit numbers
Fast and elegant on the road in the Ottocilindri
Tight interior for a sedan
Unfilled gap in the model range
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The car was made by Maserati, the design by Marcello Gandini and it was built in relatively small numbers - that sounds like the right parameters for high appreciation as a classic and steadily rising prices. But there are two catches: the Maserati Quattroporte IV is a saloon and the design was not considered one of Gandini's best works, either then or now. On the other hand, the Maserati four-door of the nineties could count on an impressive gallery of ancestors and had impressive inner values to offer. In the early 1960s, Maserati gave in and built the first saloon in the company's almost 50-year history. They combined the technology of the Maserati 5000 GT with a four-door body designed by Pietro Frua and presented what was probably the fastest family saloon on the market at the Turin Motor Show in November 1963. Around 770 cars were built between 1964 and 1970/1971.

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