Maserati Quattroporte Facelift Spied Uncovered

i liked this car b4 but i like it even more now...

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i love the quattroporte!

Judging by the reflection in the side mirror in Picture 3, Maserati has not done anything to correct to the out-of-alignment centre console gear shifter plastic moulding. Its a pathetic mistake by Maserati and it's details like these that sets these pathetic Italian wannabe-S Class bovine manure from the real thing. Maserati, please try harder next time!

one of the most beautiful cars ever! superstylish!

BabyMilo, go to google, and find a picture of the centre console of the Quattroporte. You will see the gear shifter is not exactly on the centre. Just take reference from the twin cupholders behind it and you will see the gearshifter is off centre. It's truly pathetic. It is an intolerable mistake in a car of this class!!!!! I think the problem is that the drivetrain of the Quattroporte sits off centre slightly because the engineers wanted to liberate more foot room for the driver in the Left-Hand Drive models. I am not expecting Maserati to come up with Audi or Mercedes quality interiors. But this and that of the Granturismo SUCK!!!!!!! The interior of the Granturismo looks like it belong to a Peugeot or an Alfa Romeo.

BabyMilo, check this out http://www.worldcarfans.com/2070109.005/mini5/maserati-quattroporte-automatic-at-naias Its not just the gearshifter that is off-centre (thats quite common). It is the base of the shifter. Look at the chrome gate and use the cupholders as reference. The gear indicator and the electronic handbrake button is another JOKE. The gear indicator is an off-the-shelf item and it is inclined to fit with the handbrake button. Unforgivable flaws!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful car, with unnoticeable facelift? The gearshift is noticeable from the link, but surely you wont look at a gearshift from that angle once you are seated in there.

whats all this drivel?? lots of cars have their gearshift closer to the driver (see the corvette or the cadillac xlr among many others)

Machida, if you read my posts carefully. I said that an off centre gearshifter stick is quite common. I know the Maserati has a dual-gate shifter for auto and manual shifting. What I referred to is the gearshifter base that is off centre!!!!!!!!!!! Look at the rectangular chrome trimming of the gearshifter base. Use the chrome rings of the cupholders as a reference. It is not some logical asymmetery as you suggested. The engineers stuffed up and the interior designers didn't clean it up. The Mercedes SL and C Class all have slightly off centre gearstick because of the gate. But the gearshifter is DEAD-ON CENTRE!

CK314, I can dig it if the offset location of the gearshifter is by design. No problem what so ever. But when it is due to bad design/engineering..................Sorry! In the above post, I mean the gearshifter gates in the SL and C Class are dead-on centre. It is the gearstick that is slightly offset when in the Parking position.

CK314, the reason why I'm so vocal about this is because I feel Maserati has the capacity to achieve so much more and the Quattroporte is another missed opportunity. There are also a lot of flaws with the packaging of the Quattroporte. All these 'minor' flaws have made the Quattroporte unappealing to me. Yes, you are right that the Italians have passion but lacks precision. I think it is well-known in the car industry that Italians can't weld and can't produce nice plastic parts. I hope for much much more in the next Quattroporte.

what the hell are you ranting on about. and who are you to determine if such details are a mistake or intentionally done. how do you know if engineers hadn't intended for the car to be that way. this car is much more interesting than that butt ugly new s class. you obviously don't seem to know that the interior of a car has no need to be perfectly symmetrical. with your genious logic why don't you just go on ranting about how there aren't two steering wheels as well. and stop trying to deny what you said earlier on.

Hi S5, I'm an industrial designer by training. I know a mistake when I see one. For the uninitiated, symmetry is indeed not an absolute requirement (perfect example being the driver-oriented dashboard on the older BMW's and the current Audi's), but that is by design!! Automotive interior designers do spend countless hours getting every detail right so that everything looks and feels right. Getting things right is an expensive business. Why do you think Audis, BMWs, and Mercedes can charge higher prices than others? It's because of the thoroughness of their engineering and design. Ferrari interiors used to be a mess. But things changed for the better with the F355 in the early 1990's. Now Ferrari interiors are much nicer with great simplicity and clarity (almost everything lines up correctly). Though some Fiat-sourced parts have dampened the overall effects some what. I stand by everything I said. No denial! By the way, why should a car have two steering wheels???

Yes Afterace 2. Its like a light switch on a wall that is not straight. It's annoying. You are right in pointing out that the centre console was adapted for the automatic gearbox. Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to trash the Maserati brand. But manufacturers should know that they cannot get away with shoddy workmanship like that anymore. The end result is that hopefully manufacturers will pay heed to our complaints and do a better job next time. It's just that the Germans are so accurate and precise now that others must catch up in order to stay competitive.

Wow... I'm in disbelief!! people notice things like that? i noticed my uncle's centre speaker has an off-centre label, as if it was intended to stand upright like the left and right speaker (this isn't about a car) so I notice sumthin like that because it's irritating but I never thot that sumthin in a car has been mistakenly made off-centre.

OH!!!! yes i see it!

Love the look and the great sound. The interiors can not be beat with all the fine details. It is the italian stallion.