69th and Madison

If this car was the Grandturismo of it's time......they have come a long way

 

Hi Michael,

I too, have seen this Ghibli roaming the UES.

Cheers

 

Fiat announced the Maserati Ghibli will be revived to slot below the Quattroporte and replace the GranTurismo because of confusion with BMW using the GranTurismo name for its hatchback models.

http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2014-maserati-ghibli-sedan-rendered-detailed-news

 

We've heard all of what's in that C&D article before. Similar attempts to introduce a new Maserati at exactly that same price level were announced in the 1990's. That yielded the 3200GT started by Detomaso and finished by Fiat management. That car took forever to arrive. The QPIV also arrived under Fiat. The 3200GT was well north of $65K and never made it to the USA. Then It got a rework from Ferrari and finally arrived here well over $100K. Judge those cars as you may but they were at least fully engineered by Maserati/Fiat and then given a really nice engine (for Maserati & Ferrari) by Ferrari.

The Ghibli name got misappropriated first by Fiat management for the Ghibli II. I own one of those and I think the car was a terrific update but they should have left the name alone.

What a four door sedan on whatever the underpinnings turn out be with a Chrysler sourced engine is doing with such a historic name as Ghibli is unfathomable from an enthusiasts viewpoint.

So technically this will be the Ghibli III.

Quattroporte Piccole

or

Quattroporte Picole Veloce (490hp version)

sound better on this continent ...

 

Great condition classic.

 

This is one of my friend Olivier 's NYC daily drivers car , you can also see him in a Ferrari 400 , a black Dino , or a white Aston Martin Lagonda
Bravo for driving those beautiful cars every days in the city.

 

I just noticed that in July 2012 edition of Automobile magazine they show a potential name of "Maseratina". Yuck!