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In the Netherlands there are some places where there is much exclusivity
Today we are at a place where they have a passion for cars
Where the oil in your veins starts to flow faster
Today we are at Louwman Exclusive
When I go to the left, it leads me to the Lexus department
When I go to the right, I arrive at the luxurious cars at Louwman
A Porsche 911, Ferrari, Lamborghini...
A new Lexus, a new Maserati and even a Gumball car
The Morgan Aero which participated the Gumball 3000
All the cars you see here are special, and that's nice
The cars are in concourse condition waiting for their new owner
It is joy to be here, what a lovely cars
At Louwman Exclusive it goes beyond just the purchase of a car
They have very good service conditions at the after sales
They are service partner of Bentley, Rolls Royce, Lamborghini and ofcourse Maserati
This is the place to be for exclusivity
When I walking trough the showroom I see many cars I would like to take for a ride
I see cars which are in production for quite a few years but I also see brand new cars:
The new Maserati Quattroporte. I am the lucky one today; I am going to drive this lovely V8!
8 Cilinders, 2 Turbos and 4 doors. That are the ingredients to compete with his opponents
Today we are going to find out if it indeed can compete
With opponents I mean the BMW 7, Audi S8, Mercedes-Benz S Class and maybe the Jaguar XJ
They are all cars in the premium high-end
I think this is the one with the most emotion
Today we drive the Quattroporte V8, a 3.8L engine
Producing 530hp which can take the car from 0 to 100km/h in just 4.7 seconds
The automtic gearbox isn't that slow cambiocorsa anymore
We now have a gearbox by ZF, with lovely shifting paddles behind the wheel
I think it can succeed!
Compared with the previous Quattroporte is this a totally different car
This one is much bigger, the previous model was a mix between the BMW 5 and 7
Maserati is changing everything; they have a whole new model range 0:05.00.000,0:05:10.000 So, this one is bigger than the previous model, which had a natural V8
But wasn't the best car in the world, it was a car with a lot of emotion but it wasn't perfect
Thanks to the Italian style and the emotion you are able to forget some of the issues
But Maserati has taken the good parts of the previous model; the dynamic driving, the emotion..
And put it in this new Quattroporte. But they have changed all the negatives of the previous model
They have done that very well
The automatic gearbox is way better; the shifting paddles are not on the steering wheel, which is a good thing 0:06:01.000,0;06:10.000 This gearbox is very good, smooth and fast shifting. The throttle response is very good as wel 0:06.10.000,0:06:20.000 The car is pretty big and you do notice that when you are driving
But sometimes you forget you are driving a 5m long car, because you don't feel it
It is still a sportscars; the steering is light but direct
Because of the sporty feelings you forget the size of the car
You can drive the car very smooth and confortable and you are relaxed
Press the sport button and the car changes and you change your seating position
Downshift 4 times...
The car comes a live and the turbos start working, till 7000rpm
Till the red line, shift, and you hear a *** coming from the exhaust
This is a car you want to drive yourself, and not with a driver
Like I mentioned before; Maserati did a great job in comparision with the previous model
They have changed the things that really had to be replaced
The material used in the new interior is perfect
Lots of wood and leather, the workmanship is superb
A minus is the infotainment system with the buttons...
It is all controlled with the ''Touch Control'', I would also like to have some mechanical buttons
but the rest is sublime
No, the Maserati Quattroporte isn't perfect, there are few points of criticism
The seats aren't that good, I can't find the right position and do not offer enough support
But that's one of the few drawbacks
The infotainment system. Like I said before; I would like to have some mechanical buttons
The Italians have never been very good and the competitors do better
But the Quattrpote excites you and the emotion and the dynamic driving what it still has is very good
And that is the point where he wins it from its competitors
I don't say it is a better car, but it is definitely the most fun to drive
And as you can see; the Quattroporte is a real ''chick magnet''.