"Amoore100" (amoore100)
02/03/2016 at 22:18 • Filed to: Generation Gap, Maserati Quattroporte
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"Amoore100" (amoore100)
02/03/2016 at 22:18 • Filed to: Generation Gap, Maserati Quattroporte | 2
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Welcome to Generation Gap where we ask you about your favorite generation of a certain multi-generational car nameplate. Then, explain why your choice is right to the rest of us uneducated folks.
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Last week on Generation Gap we featured an Italian classic, the Alfa Romeo Spider. This week comes another storied Italian nameplate with a far more plebeian name in English and a controversial history. The Maserati “Four Doors” has gone from Frua to Bertone to Gandini to Pininfarina, evolving alongside the brand throughout its various stages and struggles over the past fifty years. Which was/is the best or at least your favorite?
The options:
First Generation [1963 - 1969] AM107
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Second Generation [1974 - 1978] AM123
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Third Generation [1979 - 1990] AM330
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Fourth Generation [1994 - 2001] AM337
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Fifth Generation [2003 - 2012] M139 (facelift)
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Sixth Generation [2013 - Present] M156
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CB
> Amoore100
02/03/2016 at 22:22 |
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I dig the newest one, especially because of the warranty. The rest of them just don’t really do anything for me.
dogisbadob
> Amoore100
02/03/2016 at 22:23 |
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I like the first-gen for some reason.
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Amoore100
> CB
02/03/2016 at 22:31 |
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The newest one seems pretty good although I fear it’s gone a bit mainstream, what with all the Chrysler parts sharing...
Quattroporte ^
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Dodge Grand Caravan^
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Amoore100
> dogisbadob
02/03/2016 at 22:32 |
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Me too. Even though it’s a Frua design, it almost looks Zagato from some angles.
RallyWrench
> Amoore100
02/03/2016 at 22:49 |
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I voted for the first for its relative simplicity and Frua style, but I'm torn between it and the Citroen-tastic 2nd gen. I've driven the 5th gen, and it's quite a nice car, but nothing from the bloated, heinous 3rd gen on does anything for me.
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Amoore100
> RallyWrench
02/03/2016 at 22:52 |
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Agreed, the Citroen-esque II is just so awesome that I think I’d be my pick. I actually had never heard of the II prior to about a week ago so it’s news to me! I heard that it may have even had the hydropneumatics because of the Citroen funding? The 3rd generation is just a mess, from the era of the Kylami and Biturbo and the 4th is barely better. The 5th has been praised by many but the 6th seems too mainstream to be of any interest anymore.
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RallyWrench
> Amoore100
02/03/2016 at 22:57 |
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Concur on all points. The 2nd gen had to have been equipped with the hydro-pneumatics, its stablemates the Bora and Khamsin had the brake “button.”
A slushbox can be fun, too!
> Amoore100
02/03/2016 at 23:37 |
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They should have at least wrapped those switches in leather lol
Jobjoris
> Amoore100
02/04/2016 at 02:46 |
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The one with the most headlights wins. Always. AM123.
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Amoore100
> Jobjoris
02/04/2016 at 03:08 |
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Hah! Someone agrees with me! YESSS!
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Jobjoris
> Amoore100
02/04/2016 at 04:51 |
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That's gonna leave a mark!
> Amoore100
02/04/2016 at 06:28 |
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Right there with you. I took the fifth. Earlier models just did nothing to excite me. If I’m paying that $, I want excitement. They all dripped of competence as in how you evaluate cars at Consumer Reports.
Spridget
> Amoore100
02/05/2016 at 20:49 |
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The second generation looks like a Citroen SM sedan, so it wins. If only Citroen had badged that as a second generation Citroen DS . . .
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Amoore100
> Spridget
02/05/2016 at 21:35 |
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Agreed. The DS is a brilliant idea!