1988 Maserati Quattroporte

Now i don't sign up to the camp that anything Italian is usually stylish, you only have to visit the country to have that illusion crushed in one fell blow.

And with good riddance because for instance Italian fashion is these days a load of bollocks.

However the language sounds nice and the best word has to be Maserati. Even though the cars were crap for a long time the name itself sounds so wonderfully exotic if you aren't Italian.

This car is from the crap era of Maserati when the company made cars that look like modern day Chinese Marques or top of the range Korean cars from the same era.

They looked rubbish then but now they look cool and this little gem is a case in point.

Glitzy Loperaio of Tokyo have a 1988 Maserati Quattroporte Royale For sale and it has to be one of the best available.

Surprisingly 1876 people liked the third generation Quattroporte during its time because that's how many people bought one. The cream of the range was the Royale, being an ultra luxury version of an already premium car. Only 55 of this final edition were ever produced.

This Tokyo car has only covered 8,000 km since new and looks immaculate in dark blue metallic. It's difficult to imagine that the car looked any better when it was delivered new. A full service history accompanies the purchase also.

These days you can buy an 80's Maserati for the same price as a flight to Japan (business class) but this comes in a little more at 4 million JPY.

The car has got to be worth that to a serious Maserati collector.

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