2006 Maserati Quattroporte

This Maserati Quattroporte is showing just 25,896 miles on its odometer.

In 2009, the figure was recorded as being 18,661, so we’ve no valid reason to doubt the veracity of the current figure.

Equally notable is the fact that between 2014 and 2020 the car added just 1,000 miles to the total, so we’re assuming that it was laid up in storage for lengthy periods during that time. 

We understand that it has had three Maserati services during its distinctly sedentary life, with two coming through HR Owen in 2006 (5,883 miles) and 2009 (17,606 miles).

We have driven the car and can attest to the presence of an engine that sounds as good as it performs – and it performs like a proper Italian thoroughbred.

The car handles with plenty of poise and grace and has the brawn to get you off the line promptly and ensure that you move towards the horizon with unrelenting enthusiasm.

Its overall condition is very decent, although there are one or two largely cosmetic things to consider here and there.

The bodywork is in very good order and there are no dinks, dents, creases or folds of any consequence that we can see anywhere.

The shut-lines and panel gaps are consistent, precise and even. It looks to us as though Luigi, Guiseppe and the rest of the Maestri Ingegneri must have put in a very respectable shift when they waved this one goodbye from the end of the Modena production line. 

The car’s grey paintwork (it looks almost blue in a certain light) has retained a good deal of shine and lustre, and even entirely standard stone chips and scratches are rather more notable for their absence than their presence.

We noticed that there is a distinct colour difference between the bodywork that forms the ‘nose’ of the car and the rest of it.

The wheels are in first-class condition, with barely more than a very light scuff in evidence anywhere. 

They are shod in Toyo Proxes rubber, all of which looks to have a good amount of life left in it.

The lights, lenses, badging and other exterior fixtures and fittings are all broadly beyond reproach.

The blue leather upholstery has little more than the odd mark and some light wear around the bolsters to hint at the car’s age, and the seats are comfortable and supportive, front and back.

While the plastics on and around the dashboard and centre console have largely resisted the usual temptations to crack or fade, they have capitulated in the face of the infamous Maranello/Modena ‘sticky button syndrome’.

This is an affliction that manifested itself in, primarily, Ferrari and Maserati offerings for at least a decade and it is particularly noticeable in and around the storage cubby and associated bits and pieces between the front seats.

Internet forums are awash with remedies for this syndrome, and we’re sure that all, some or none of them will work, depending on where you look and whose advice you seek. 

The headlining is baggy on both sides at the rear. 

Some of the blue colouring around the rim of the steering wheel has worn away.

Some trim is coming away from the edge of the dashboard where it meets the door and there’s a rip to the leather on the offside ‘B’ pillar where it meets the seat belt.

As far as we and the vendor are aware, all buttons (sticky or otherwise), knobs, levers, dials, gauges and switches do what they’re supposed to do in a faithful and obedient manner.

The engine and engine bay are very neat and tidy.

Everything is notably clean, dry and orderly. 

It has the look of an engine bay that’s housing a barely run-in engine.

The undersides of the car look solid and honest and we’ve seen nothing whatsoever to make us tut, frown or otherwise question the car’s character or integrity.

This car comes with about as much history as Clint Eastwood in any of the countless films where he turns up, wearing a poncho and chewing a cheroot, at some desperate, fly-blown town inhabited by Mexican peasants.

If any documentation makes itself known to us beyond an MoT trail, a couple of stamps in the service book and a Certificate of Conformity, we’ll be posting it in the documents section.

The thing to bear in mind is that, despite its age, this car has led a very quiet life and hasn’t generated much in the way of history, invoices or documentation.

It has an MoT certificate, with no advisories whatsoever, that’s valid until 10th July 2026.

Maseratis are famously in the habit of losing most of their value while the showroom is still visible in the rear-view mirror.

Which means that canny buyers can get their hands on a whole lot of car for rather less than a whole lot of money.

This one needs a little TLC here and there, but most of its needs are cosmetic and do nothing to detract from the fact that this is a rare, prestige, performance thoroughbred Italian GT car with next-to-no-miles on the clock.

What’s not to like? 

We are happy to offer this vehicle for auction with an estimate in the range of £7,000 - £10,000.

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