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Maserati Quattroporte

Test date 29 March 2005  Price as tested £74,595

The Frua-styled 260bhp quad-cam V8 Quattroporte 1 was 1963’s fastest four-door. With a heavy Bertone body and 190bhp V6, its 1975 successor attracted just five buyers in two years. A year on and the Quattroporte 3 revived V8 power and rear-drive. With a new name — Royale — the ItalDesign-penned car soldiered on until 1987.

There followed a seven-year wait for the Quattroporte 4 designed by Gandini, whose turbocharged V6 and V8 engines kept it alive until 2001.

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