Quattroporte 'Shooting Brake' Project Breaks Cover

 Quattroporte Shooting Brake Project Breaks Cover
Maserati Cinqueporte

Cinqueporte has no official help

According to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Maserati does not want this new car to be named a Maserati. Pity, since the Cinqueporte, a project from StudioM and Studio Torino, the creator of the Ruf RK Coupé, is just gorgeous and would not be possible if it was not for the Quattroporte.

The car has not been created so far. These images, as some may have already perceived, are based on 1:4 scale model of Quattroporte’s shooting brake. Anyway, it will turn into a real car, whose owner is already waiting for it. The Arab customer, whose name has not been disclosed, has already bought other shooting brakes based on Ferrari models to use them exactly for the purpose they have been created for: hunting. In this specific case, in the desert.

Although the engine will be kept the same (and it is already powerful enough), external changes will be noticeable. Besides the new rear door, instead of the regular trunk, the car will be painted in mother-of-pearl white, while its columns will be black with gold particles. The front end will receive a new bumper, more aggressive, with larger air intakes. With foldable rear seats, the fuel tank in the Cinqueporte will have to be moved (in the Quattroporte, it is placed right behind the rear seats and takes part of the trunk cargo space). That would be a problem in countries with more strict safety rules for homologation, but not in the customers’ country, what will save him a lot of money. Not that the guy is concerned…
Source: Italiaspeed.com via Autoblog

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 RCarvalho RCarvalho
WTF!
February 10, 2008 7:28 pm
 Joe_Limon Joe_Limon
lol that car looks better then the quattroporte and maserati doesn't want it to be branded a maserati.
February 10, 2008 7:42 pm
 kevoluetion kevoluetion
One of their best work! ....NOT! (Borat)
February 10, 2008 7:43 pm
 Penner Penner
I like it.
February 10, 2008 8:41 pm
 taintedcell taintedcell
reminds me of the first Audi A4 Avant from the back.
February 10, 2008 8:46 pm
 jandrews90 jandrews90
i don't like it, it's pretty ugly
February 10, 2008 9:22 pm
 iseenitall iseenitall
If something like this make into production...Then the designers from Studebaker Avanti Wagon needs a come back!!!
February 10, 2008 10:04 pm
 moyusuf moyusuf
It was a good idea for the 612, but this is just pushing it...
February 11, 2008 12:35 am
 skychao skychao
looks like a hearse
February 11, 2008 1:30 am
this is a monstrosity
February 11, 2008 1:37 am
 desiathate desiathate
WTF!! is right .... i mean this car is so ugly!! quattroporte is beautiful and i am sure some variant of 5 door is possible to design but this is just down right ugly!
February 11, 2008 1:53 am
 dbehmoaras dbehmoaras
awful design, awful looks, nauseating, they should make it look more like a coupe to smack the cls in the face
February 11, 2008 2:05 am
 catch22 catch22
Maserati had plans of a SUV. This guy should better wait for it...
February 11, 2008 5:03 am
 The_woo_factor The_woo_factor
Shooting brake? The name copied from the Audi's shooting brake concept. Shame shame shame.
February 11, 2008 6:00 am
 Bristol411S3 Bristol411S3
The term is "Shooting Break" - why does no one get this right?
February 11, 2008 9:47 am
 ck314 ck314
Nah the original term has always been "shooting brake" eventhough it later changed to "break" in some countries to designate a different concept (five door estates meant to carry family or goods instead of hunting gear).
February 11, 2008 7:06 pm
 Bristol411S3 Bristol411S3
And it hasn't been stolen from Audi - Shooting Break is a term for station wagons that has been in the use in the UK for an age. There was an Aston Shooting Break in the 80s, but the term was in use many years before that.
February 11, 2008 9:49 am
 xLumino xLumino
oh, I'm a big fan of the Quattroporte. It's my absolutely favorite! But this wagon isn't nice and the design of the saloon isn't a good basic for a shooting break. Other's were better, the Ferrari 456 Venice for example
February 11, 2008 1:28 pm
 burana800 burana800
Omg.. An ugly car just got more ugly.
February 11, 2008 3:24 pm
 benz_man benz_man
Its the Sultan again!
February 11, 2008 3:43 pm
 ck314 ck314
It looks quite weird, not well integrated with the rest fo the car. Vandenbrink concepts look much better in my opinion.
February 11, 2008 7:07 pm
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