Maserati Quattroporte (2014)   The quest for volume in the luxury market continues to go mad, and Fiat, owner of Ferrari and Chrysler, are the latest to throw down, with their captive luxury brand Maserati. Fiat has promised to build all its luxury models in Italy to replace jobs lost moving production of mass market automobiles elsewhere. That's a lot of jobs to replace, and Maserati won't begin to occupy the unemployed hordes, but it's still being expected to sell 13,000 of its new Quattroportes alone in 2013, which is up just a bit from 4,700 Maseratis of any variety in 2012. Two engines, a 3.0 V6 and a 3.8 V8, are on offer, making 410 and 530 horsepower. Subtle styling changes inside and out help ensure that everybody knows you're driving a big—indeed much bigger—Maser. Hopefully the reliability has improved to the point where you can be the one steering it around town, rather than the flatbed driver.
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