The Maserati Quattroporte set the bar for performance 4-doors back in 2004 and has been updated with a new Sport GTS line just in time to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Maserati’s first Indianapolis 500 win. As one of the few sedans that can beat a BMW M5 around the Nurburgring (if you care about those sorts of thing) is back with an even more powerful 433HP 4.7L V8 engine.

Masaratti has created one of the best looking sedans in the Quattroporte, but the GTS brings it to a new height with it’s dark styling and black accents. Where as Mercedes and Porsche have been trying to make sedans look like coupes in the CLS and Panamera (respectively), there’s no doubt this Italian stallion beats them hands down. From any angle, the Maserati looks the business and the sound from that V8 is going give anyone in earshot good bumps.

The Quattroporte Sport GTS will officially be released next month at the Detroit Auto Show.

Maserati Press Release

Modena – December 22nd, 2008 – The new Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S sets yet another milestone in terms of sportiness in the high performance luxury sedan segment of the automotive market . Conceived and developed as “a real driving machine in the guise of a luxury sedan ”, the Quattroporte Sport GT S is the ultimate expression of Maserati’s sportiness in the Quattroporte range. The technical changes to the new Quattroporte Sport GT S in respect to the Quattroporte S concern four areas:
• the mapping of the V8 4.7 liter engine, with power increased to 323kW (433 HP);
• the gearshift management software, with new features designed to increase driving enjoyment;
• the front and rear suspension system featuring single-rate dampers, stiffer springs and lower ride height;
• the sports exhaust controlled by pneumatic valves for a deep, throaty and captivating sound.

The sportier and more aggressive look is evident also by virtue of the interior and exterior stylistic choices:
• the new black grill with concave vertical fins featuring the Trident logo with red accents, typical of the sportier versions of Maserati models;
• the new headlights, in metallic titanium finish;
• the side and rear “shadow line”, which includes black finishing around the doors, body-colored door handles and black twin oval exhaust pipes,
• the new M-design seats with perforated Alcantara® and leather upholstery;
• the standard trim in Titantex, a “titanium colored” composite material.