How well the car is received, both by journalists and customers, will play an important role in the automaker's ambitious plan to increase its global annual sales nearly ten-fold over the next few years to around 50,000 units.
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Now in its sixth generation and probably more mature than ever – some will say, too mature…- the new Quattroporte will make its global premiere in a couple of weeks' time at the Detroit Auto Show before it goes on sale worldwide at prices few will likely be able to afford.
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The car with which the Fiat Group is targeting the world's finest premium saloons such as the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Porsche Panamera, Jaguar XJ and BMW 7-Series, is said to have been designed from the ground up featuring a new platform, new powertrain options along with new comfort and technological features.
But is it really, "all-new"? Well, that depends on what you consider "all-new" as it does borrow certain components from the Fiat-Chrysler parts bin, including the Chrysler 300-derived chassis and the Pentastar V6's engine block along with a selection of other bits and pieces such interior switchgear.
His most recent plan is to use the Chrysler tie-up to boost sales of Maserati. He has quite a tight time-schedule, too: as Maserati CEO Harald Wester said, he wants the Modena-based luxury carmaker to deliver 50,000 vehicles by 2015.
Well, that’s less than half of what Porsche sells today. At the same time, it’s more than eight times the 6,159 cars Maserati shifted in 2011!
Well, according to Autonews, Marchionne will invest US$1.2 billion in Maserati and is counting on the Quattroporte flagship saloon, the upcoming smaller Ghibli sedan and the Levante SUV, as well as the 2,300-strong U.S. Chrysler dealership network, to help him achieve this target.
We still don't get any information about the 2013 model's technical specifications, but the Italian automaker launched another short film about the car on Wednesday, one that brings the camera up and close to the exterior and interior details of the same beige-colored model we saw before.
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Just a couple of hours after the Modena-based manufacturer showed its new flagship saloon to the on-line world, Maserati dropped a quartet of videos featuring the car together with some of its executives who provide little to no useful information about the Quattroporte.
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