QP Diesel is here!

[bigbob]

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...saloon-v6d-4dr-auto/2194436?isexperiment=true

Hold onto your seats...

 

[outrun]

A design disaster compared to the older model. I think they've killed the QP again. Funny how they do that every so often!

 

[bigbob]

Agree 100%.

 

[Parisien]

I dunno.......sure its bigger....a more corporate design....but who knows....how the converts in particular will respond


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[Andyk]

A design disaster compared to the older model. I think they've killed the QP again. Funny how they do that every so often!

2nd that.......A real step backwards in design.

 

[BJL]

Airport Taxi for Business Class.

 

[CatmanV2]

Airport Taxi for Business Class.

Dream on! Volvo or E-Class Merc over here. Personally I prefer the Volvo. More comfortable.

In the US I've had some huge 4x4 thing and Lincoln town cars.

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[Elliott653]

It's huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge !

 

[conaero]

They don't list a diesel on the Maserati website?

At the end of the day if you don't want a diesel, buy the petrol, the choice is there so I don't see the problem.

QP has never really been a car for me, sure its pretty but I buy the driver focused Maseratis not the limos.

Do Jag/Merc/BMW do a diesel version of their executive cars, I suspect the answer is yes so again don't see the issue.

 

[Andyk]

Its not the diesel that's an issue for me Matt - That's just the way forward no matter what we think..For me it's the way the thing looks.......Not a nice design for a car that has for the last 10 years been the prettiest 4 door car money can buy.

 

[bigbob]

Its not the diesel that's an issue for me Matt - That's just the way forward no matter what we think..For me it's the way the thing looks.......Not a nice design for a car that has for the last 10 years been the prettiest 4 door car money can buy.

+1

 

[conaero]

The design is not for me either, looks sleek but not stand out enough for me, but as I said earlier, its not a car for me anyway.

 

[outrun]

+1

+2

Spoiled the design but over-complicating it. Now it looks generic and dare I say it, Korean in it's style. Not Italian at all.

 

[mowlas]

I am hoping that the design ethos behind the concept Alfieri will work their way through to the current gen QPs and Ghiblis as part of the facelifts in 4-5 years time. Even if they launch something like the Alfieri as a GrandSport or GranTurismo replacement, the reputation of the brand for design/class excellence will be diminished otherwise.

I said many months ago and hold my position that Maserati missed a very, very big trick in not differentiating the QP/Ghibli more with an untouchable design - that would have more than made up for other aspects of competition where these cars are, frankly, still a few years behind i.e. technology, performance and dealership access/capacity. They went for design conformity in trying to increase mass market appeal when they should have been going for greater design differentiation.