If you were after a fast luxury saloon from the nineties you'd surely have to consider a Maserati Quattroporte as a cool alternative to something from Stuttgart or Munich?
This Quattroporte from our classifieds
caught our eye, not just because it's one of the last non-Evoluzione V8s, but because it's a rare manual too. The current owner is apparently spending more and more time out of the country, so as a result this original, low-mileage, properly serviced, downright sexy Quattroporte (
) is up for an asking price of just £6k.
"It's different," the vendor told us. "You can't really compare it to anything else because it's so stylish but understated as well. I've had this one for three and a half years and it's been great, although you do have to have them serviced by the right people."
The ropey condition of some of the Biturbos you see out there are testament to what can happen if an owner skimps on maintenance, but this Quattroporte appears not to fall into that category. As well as a comprehensive main dealer/Maserati specialist history, it's also had recent discs and pads as well as a rebuilt air-con system.
The interior was described to us as 'immaculate apart from some very minor wear on the driver's seat outer bolster' whilst the exterior sports only some very minor age-related chips and scratches to the original black paint. Overall it looks stunning even though some can't decide if the rear wheel arch is a bit...erm...'challenging.'
Let's not get carried away here, though - running one of these cars properly is going to require a certain financial commitment as far as the servicing goes (although cars with 'AMG' or 'M' in the title aren't exactly cheap to run). And it's also worth pointing out that, for this money, you'd likely get an M5 of similar vintage, but probably with more than double the mileage.
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