I ended up behind a Maserati at work the other day. Can anyone tell from the back what kind it is? I wasn't behind him long I tried him but he didn't wanna race. Probably would've smoked me anyhow.

 

Looks to me like a Quattroporte before the 2013 redesign. Kind of ugly cars in that time period IMO.

A lot of their engines are shared at least to some extent with Ferrari. Although that may sound really cool, I just don't think it's a great pairing. The Ferrari engines are usually low displacement, high rpm engines that don't have a ton of torque. That works great for the relatively lightweight cars they put it in. However, stuff that into something like a 4200+ lb quattroporte with 4 adults and some junk in the trunk, and the car becomes a real turd.

They're about 400 hp, which isn't terrible, but the torque is in the low 300s and doesn't peak until well over 4000 rpm. 0-60s is in the mid 5 second range, until you load the car up with a bunch of people.

I know the car isn't supposed to be made to go fast, it's supposed to be a luxury car. But I just always thought this generation could've done better with a different engine altogether (and a less repulsive front end).

 

Indeed looks like a quattroporte

 

Cool. Thanks for the info guys now I know what I saw. You just don't see Maserati cars every day in my part of town. So it was definitely unusual.