Maserati Ghibli 2013

[calatrava]

Urca che bella in queste foto! Nera è quasi da infarto.......

[Aymaro]

Queste non riesco a capire se sono nuove foto ufficiali o foto "ritoccate" di un test drive.

source auto-presse.de

vedendo la quantità di bici e l'architettura, potrebbero benissimo essere le foto del set di Rotterdam pubblicate un po di tempo fa...

[airdominance]

Queste non riesco a capire se sono nuove foto ufficiali o foto "ritoccate" di un test drive.

Io ho la sensazione che siano ufficiali. Guardate l'assetto; è troppo basso per essere una normale ghibli.

Ho come la sensazione che stiamo giungendo alla conclusione che tutti i colori le stanno bene! Ma quanto è bella questa Maserati.

[Jack.Torrance]

OGgi leggevo su auto che i punti deboli della quattroporte e credo di riflesso di ghibli sono l'infotaiment e gli optional per la sicurezza. C'è molto da migliorare sotto questo aspetto che non è secondario ihmo.

Va bè poi c'è la rete di vendita poco capillare che è un gran bel problema

Scusa, che dicono su AUTO?

Ste' voci sugli ammennicoli elettronici è un pò che girano e vorrei capire meglio.

Anche perchè, mi sa che potrebbe trattarsi di una mezza bufala...

[francomilano]

AUTO chi? Quel giornale che mette in prima pagina con dimensioni extralarge le foto del FL della Polo ed in un angolino piccole piccole le foto della Ghibli? Su 12 copertine 11 sono per auto crucche. Imparzialità assoluta dire........

[Teknos]

Fantastica...sublime...non riesco a trovare termini migliori. Blu con gli interni cuoio....wow.... mi vien da piangere

[nubironaSW]

Con gli interni bianchi...

prova su strada di testata australiana, ho letto in corsa, a spanne mi sembra interessante. Da motoring.com.au

Maserati Ghibli: First Drive - motoring.com.au

non la posto tutta perch luunga, solo la parte 'prova su strada'. Certo che ognuno le trova un difetto. Quale? gli manca il V8...

ON THE ROAD


>>Everything M has forgotten but is it too focused?


Maserati promised the Ghibli would have all the manners of the Quattroporte but with a harder, more aggressive edge. It delivered on its promise…

The Ghibli S Q4 we started with isn’t initially slated for Australia, but it’ll be the big seller in Europe and in the US snow belt. And its engine is heading here, so that’s a start.

And it’s very, very good. The V6 is just as smooth as we remember it from the Quattroporte and it feels more athletic for carrying less weight.

The interior is a superbly comfortable and stylish place to be, with a fat steering wheel (with column-mounted shift paddles) and a classy gearshift lever -- even if that area of the car is the source of its only real ergonomic niggles. It shifts so easily out of Park that it’s easy to bypass your desired Reverse and drop straight into Neutral, while the row of buttons alongside it (for the skid-control system, the Sport setup for the skid-control, the exhaust, the shift and the throttle response and the damping button) don’t light up so they can be tricky to find in a hurry.

Maserati has ditched the Quattroporte’s long, wide shift paddles which fouled fingers seeking the indicator stalk. But the dash still works beautifully and looks and feels a treat, while there is a useful array of storage inside and the satnav’s instructions are also relayed on a TFT screen between the tacho and the speedo dials.

Driven slowly and quietly, the 19-inch boots work well and the driveline is just a joy. The engine is smooth, flexible at low revs and the transmission is faultless.

You can change the display to show you where the drive is going with the all-paw system and, most of the time, it’s almost all going to the back.

There is just about room for very tall people to sit behind very tall people and while the luggage area is in the ballpark, it’s not best in class.

There are situations, though, where the Ghibli doesn’t shine. Every now and again – especially at low speeds -- the chassis will jiggle a touch as the damping bounces back up from a bump strike. It’s oddly inconsistent but, thankfully, not a major issue.

If you can recall the very first BMW M5, you will understand how the Ghibli feels. Like the first M5, it uses six cylinders (though they are in a Vee and force fed by two turbos) and prioritizes balance and poise and grip above raw power and startling 0-100km/h numbers.

It’s so good and balanced, in fact, that even with its extra (almost) hundred horsepower, it would take a very good driver in a current M5 to stick with the S Q4 over a mountain pass. Or a broken road of any kind…

Understeer is an abhorrent concept to the S Q4 and it steadfastly refuses to be dragged into a stance so undignified. In a normal understeer situation, like a tightening radius corner or its arrival at a bend carrying way too much pace, it just has a little tyre chirp, shoves torque where it’s needed, squats and carries on.

It is capable of whipping through corners with so much grip, poise and (appropriate) steering feedback that it fires out the other side leaving its occupants feeling like they’re inside a tennis ball being whirled around on the end of a length of string.

It’s a wonderful feeling, with the back end driving itself into the tarmac and the front end assuredly sending you nibbles through the steering.

The turbo V6 petrol engine is there chipping away, too, softly holding the limiter in Manual mode, punching hard from low revs and generally feeling ultra strong, rather than a free-spirited spinner. It’s accompanied by an auto that can flip into aggressive mode at the push of a button and (finally, someone has done it) remembers manual downshifts and applies them when the revs are low enough to accommodate them.

It’s the handling at the outer limits that stands out in this car and it does it all without feathering or otherwise destroying its tyres or giving the driver a single ‘oops’ moment. Why it has skid-control at all is beyond us. It’s just hard to imagine it will ever need it.

And it’s quiet when you want it to be and loud when you ask it to be.

After driving the Quattroporte all of the above was almost expected. What wasn’t expected was that the Ghibli Diesel felt almost the same.

For a start, it sure doesn’t sound like a diesel. There are stronger motors out there (the tri-turbo M550d xDrive, for starters), but this one sounds maritime and V8-ish all together, then switches to a deep, bass rumble when you attack it.

It does this by capturing the best of the exhaust sounds with a little do-dad near the end of the pipe, then accentuating them.

But it does not handle like a diesel, with added weight up front. Sure, this one is only 20kg heavier than the rear-drive petrol motor, but that can hurt. But not here!

The only issue is that it’s a bit pointless running it in manual mode because it chomps through its 2000 revs useful range quickly and that you don’t understand that it’s on the limiter until it’s been there a while. That’s how sweetly it spins and how soft the limiter is.

There is a stronger version of this engine, with two turbos, in the wings at Maserati in a bid to get it over the 250kW mark, but that is at least a year off in Europe and this car as it sits is still a “maybe” for Australia.

It is quiet and calm when you cruise and enjoys a more comfortable ride on the stock 18-inch rubber.

But the way it moves into corners and hustles through them is astonishing. It’s even better than the M550d xDrive, even though it’s rear drive, and that steering, with a touch more weight over it, is delicately responsive once you accustom yourself to its light weighting.

I think Maserati may be right on all fronts. The S Q4 is a worthy flagship. The V8 isn’t here because (for now) it isn’t necessary. And the company will sell an awful lot of diesels.

Modificato 20 Giugno 2013 da nubironaSW

[LucioFire]

comunque era dai tempi di 159 che non vedevo un muso così grintoso...incazzato ma senza scadere nel ridicolo , su una berlina

[Albertw]

Molto bello l'interno l'interno sabbia, un vero peccato che non sia disponibile anche in bianco come su GranTurismo.. mi fa davvero impazzire

[AleMcGir]