2014 Maserati Quattroporte S Q4 Driven: 404-hp V-6 and AWD Get It Done

We are literally flying in a Maserati Quattroporte S Q4 at the automaker's Balocco test track. Former WRC rally driver Alex Fiorio has launched Maserati's sedan into a dipping left-hander— WHAM, we land, and he deftly cranks the 4500-pound sedan into a rising right. A few corners later, Fiorio purposely misses an apex and slides the Maser several feet up and over the low corner curbing to demonstrate how unflappable the car is at speed. We'd already had time on the famed Balocco test track—nothing airborne—and found the Quattroporte to be quite stable at speed, with a little understeer in one tight corner, but nothing that couldn't be balanced with the throttle in the manner of a well-behaved all-wheel-drive car. And the point of this exercise is?  READ MORE ›› from Car and Driver Blog http://blog.caranddriver.com

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