I think I'd be stuck on this thought too.
I enjoy the looks for my 04 XJR. and the S-Type.

But the XF does absolutely nothing for me. (And just to rattle it up, I think it looks like a girl's car ;-b)
As for the Maserati Quattroporte: What a looker!
And under the bonnet is pretty too. And the interior is gorgeous. Wat's wrong with Italian leather anyways?

As for maintenance, all of our toys need maintenance. Comes with the territory. If you don't like maintenance, none of these toys are for you.

Tough call. If you are that torn, get both ;-)

Cheers.

 

I like the Panamera...and so do a whole lot of others in the states. Sales seem to be climbing for the car. They've sold more in April of this year than in any previous months since the car came out. Once again--individual taste. I'm the same guy that doesn't like excess chrome and aftermarket wheels on high end European sedans.

Porsche Panamera Sales Figures - GOOD CAR BAD CAR

 

Never fails. Depite a great many posts that adviced against it, the OP went with their original decision anyway. I quit responding to " Which car should I get posts..." because the poster, almost always, has already made up their mind before they post up looking for advice. Nothing wrong with it I guess but sure is a waste of time for those who take the time to offer their advice. Human nature I guess. Advice is often sought but rarely taken.

 

Yeah, well, it was fun anyway. I also considered a QP but went with a new XFR. Same reasons as a lot of the above posters. The QP is slow and handles poorly by comparison.

Engine note on the QP is better though, even if you put an aftermarket exhaust on the XFR. Not sure, but does the QP have a flat plane crank like a Ferrari? That would explain why the exhaust pulses sound different/better. Even if not, exhaust tuning is an art, and different tuners have different tastes. One of the best sounding exhausts I've heard in a sedan is a Tubi in an e39 M5. So exotic! Most aftermarket exhausts I've heard on XFRs sound more rumbly, like on American V8 muscle cars.

 

January Jones is nicer than JR in every way , she is just an overrated female .Same goes for Ang Jolie

Again, this is a preference thingy , I find 90's Maseratis more attractive then today's big grill ones .

 

Well, i've put in my offer for the QP and thus far the dealer isn't budging. It's up to him. Meanwhile, I will go out and look at some XFs.

 

Webdev,

Generally, I prefer my cars to proceed in the morning.

I use there term "generally" as the daily driver is the XF S/C and the garage car is a '97 DB7 Volante. The former always starts, the latter usually starts so I think this averages out to "generally".

We had the same dilemma as you The QP is lovely car especially in the dark blue over tan. Having said that, we did not want to drop the average from "generally" to "sometimes", after consulting the Maserati dealership, we went with the Jag.

Best of luck!

 

Maserati QP and GT both use a bent crank version of the Ferrari V8. Only the Ferrari Italia and California get the flat crank version, and the 430, 360,355,348,328,Mondiale, and 308 before that.

Lancia fitted a bent crank version to their Thema.

 

Any major improvements on the 2011 XF Premium LUX over the 2010 XF Premium? I know both are V8 5.0. I went and saw the 2010. A 2010 is going to run me $5000 cheaper. I'm in Canada

Can I install Borla or Mina exhaust on a 2010 Premium or is it only on supercharged?

 

You mean the Maserati styling feature copied by Buick?

 

For a while I was looking for a sedan and the QP was firmly on my radar, along with the XFR. Spent some time on the internet researching reliability and ownership costs and both my heart and brain slowly agreed it was not to be. Thankfully they found complete agreement with the XKR thou!

Soon after I watched a QP doing a driving school on the Driver Development track at Mosport and enjoyed its sound. This week I saw a GT doing an event on the main track at Mosport and chatted with the owner for quite a while. They are very nice looking cars.

Good luck with your decision!

Bruce

 

Thanks for the awesome advice guys. I've been extensively searhing on XFs since yesterday. Found a good deal on 2010 XF Premium. However, I wanted to know if I can install an after market exhaust on a 2010 Premium 5.0L V8? I checked out Borla, Spires, Arden, Magnaflow and Quicksilver websites and none seem to list if they support the XF Premium?

 

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There was a "not" going AWOL in there ....

 

Thanks for the all the input on my thread guys. I ended up going with a QP. Some pics included.

 

Very nice and Congratulations!

How do you like it?

 

Drive solid. Very responsive. I did 150 KM on highway. Felt it was planted to the ground firmly. Thou the steering is very soft. Had to hold tight it with both hands..lol

 

Looks great, love the carbon fiber trim. I would lower it on some FD springs, but that's just my preference. Not sure if you have stock exhaust of not, but I have some muffler delete pipes with fabspeed style tips for sale. Makes the Maserati engine sound even more amazing and the tips look great also. I see that you have made your way to maseratilife also, I some some pics of my set-up on that forum if you are interested. Congrats again on the new QP. TC

 

hey thanks TC. Replied to you on the other forum.

 

Well done! But what about getting both?? ;-)