Evangelisti drove the car on an international press day and then wrote up his review in the Milan-based daily. Entitled ‘The Quattroporte GT S and the magical Maserati roar’, the journalist sums up the Maserati berlina after a workout on a demanding stretch of road “from Modena to Ravenna with just a few kilometres of motorway and lots of A and B roads; a strip of asphalt that links two proudly distinct sides of the region”.

Evangelisti comes down very much in favour of the Quattroporte Sport GT S: “The Sport GT S runs silkily along straight, endless stretches, the sudden turns and narrow bridges that cross the Reno; all this despite it being five metres in length and weighing in at two tons. Inside and out there is the magical sound of the engine to sweeten the drive”. Accompanied by photos.