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What is it?

Maserati’s new distance-mashing grand tourer; a four-seat 400bhp coupé, based on the Quattroporte platform.

What’s it like?

Beauty. Passion. Soul. These are just three of the millions of clichés trotted out every time someone drives an even vaguely sporty Italian car. An appalling driving position, iffy build quality and patchy reliability are the flipside of the Italian automotive stereotype.

The question is, does the new Maserati GT conform to...Read the full article

Sorry everyone but, I think this is one of the ugliest cars I've seen since the Rover SD1. Let the arguments commence.

Griffin911:

Sorry everyone but, I think this is one of the ugliest cars I've seen since the Rover SD1. Let the arguments commence.

HaHaHa, Do me a favour, You must be trying to be the Mike Parry of the Autocar Forum.

I like a good debate.

Why don't you start by telling us what exactly it is you find ugly about it.

That front end just looks like a broken jaw, and from behind, it looks like the arse of a hippopotamus. For me, it looks a bit like Jade Goody.

Griffin911:

That front end just looks like a broken jaw, and from behind, it looks like the arse of a hippopotamus. For me, it looks a bit like Jade Goody.

I'd sh*g Jade Goody.

I'd drive a Maserati.

I'm off for a lie down.

Jon Hardcastle:

Why don't you start by telling us what exactly it is you find ugly about it.

I think it's a bit disjointed too - the proportions around the c-pillar are all wrong, almost like an RX8. OK well maybe not that much but it definately doesn't flow like it should being an expensive italian GT.  And then they went and put a funny "miniCLSesque"(!) boot on the end, still without boomerang lights.  Like the profile of the nose with the gills though. 

I've seen the car in the flesh and I must say it's a really beautiful and excellently proportioned car. The swoop of the curves contrasting with the angular lines is pure unison in design.  I don't care for the lack of  "boomerang lights"- what's so special about them ?(the Jag XJ has them too) and I don't agree that it has a "miniCLSesque" boot (the CLS butt is one of the ugliest droopy car rear I've seen in recent times)   In the final analysis, the whole is more than the sum of its parts  -  the Maserati Granturismo has managed to recall tradition without being bogged down by it , nor having to explain its design language to death (like BMW's Bangle or Jaguar's Callum).  This Maser GT moves you when you see it in the flesh - it did move me and I've ordered one !

It's a stunning looking car in every respect. Far more soulful than the Teutonic stuff churned out by the Germans and the efficient looking Far Eastern designs.

On the boomerang lights, I never liked them, or the square ones that replaced them.

Oh what beautiful car- bell'automobile...

It's got be really, because you're going to spend a lot of time staring at it while mechanics try and fix it!!!

RichardHo:

I've seen the car in the flesh and I must say it's a really beautiful and excellently proportioned car. 

Good post- there are some cars that look great in photos and even videos, but disappoint in the flesh.  And there are those that don't look good in pics, but in the flesh, look great.

I have seen a Quattroporte in the metal in a dark colour and if I had the money, I would buy it on looks alone.  Everything about it makes a statement and those curves and lines look stunnning.  Much better than the photos would indicate.  If the Granturismo has a similar effect, then I see what you mean.

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RichardHo:

This Maser GT moves you when you see it in the flesh - it did move me and I've ordered one !

Good on you for seeing the car, falling for it and ordering one.  Would be interested to know if you were thinking of buying it anyway and seeing it in real life clinched it, or you just fell for it spontaneously.

I bought my first two cars pretty much on seeing them, but that's another story...