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Facelifted 2021 Maserati Quattroporte Sports Sedan Spied With Minimal Camouflage

The Quattroporte is a storied nameplate for the House of the Trident. Named after the four-door body style, the Italian sedan can trace its roots back to the first generation of 1963.
2021 Maserati Quattroporte facelift 8 photos
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From the get-go, V8s were on the table even though Maserati didn’t have too much experience with this engine architecture. The 4.1-liter base motor was rated at 264 PS or 260 horsepower, which was more than adequate for its time when compared to American alternatives such as the 4.3-liter “Challenger” engine from the Ford Fairlane and Falcon.

The current and sixth generation relies on V8s as well, but twin-turbocharged for good measure. A Ferrari-developed engine is currently offered as the range-topping option, but Maserati plans to replace it with a larger, in-house design for the 2021 model year facelift.

Spied on a trailer with sharp-styled LED headlights, an elegant pattern for the lower grille’s mesh, and big brake calipers painted in red, the pre-production prototype in the photo gallery is also equipped with Pirelli P-Zero rubber shoes for good measure. In all likelihood, this fellow may be the range-topping Trofeo with the 4.0-liter powerplant.

Teased alongside the Trofeo versions of the Levante and Ghibli, the refreshed and force-fed sedan is scheduled to roll out on August 10th with approximately 590 PS (582 horsepower) and 730 Nm (538 pound-feet) on tap if not a little more suck-squeeze-bang-blow.

That’s not all, though. As you know from a previous story on autoevolution, the Quattroporte will gain the latest Uconnect infotainment system from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The fifth-generation media suite can be updated over the air and offers up to five user profiles in addition to a valet mode. Displays as large as 12.3 inches in diagonal, 6 gigs of RAM, and 64 GB of flash memory are in the pipeline.

Something that also needs to be mentioned is that Maserati may replace the entry-level V6 with another in-house design – the Nettuno. So far, it’s been confirmed only for the MC20 super sports car with crankshaft ratings of 630 PS (621 horsepower) and 730 Nm (538 pound-feet) of torque.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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