DOTS: I hope Mazza restyles the QP soon.

"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt) 03/13/2017 at 15:27 • Filed to: None

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There should be something inherently cool about a big Italian sports sedan. But this styling language? I think it’s amazing on the Ghibli, but doesn’t translate well when applied to the QP’s larger proportions. The side windows just look SO small, which is a problem all modern cars face thanks to regulations, but is especially bad here IMO. You can’t un-see it. My hope is that we’ll see a fastback sedan restyle sometime soon.

E90M3 > Noah - Now with more boost. 03/13/2017 at 15:29

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I read the title as:

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WilliamsSW > Noah - Now with more boost. 03/13/2017 at 15:32

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Agree - I’ve seen several QP’s recently, and the proportions around the rear door/C pillar look wrong on this car to me. It gives the impression, like a lot of malaise-era land yachts, that it’s a really big car that has a disproportionately small interior. Yet the Ghibli looks good—

bob and john > Noah - Now with more boost. 03/13/2017 at 15:36

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honestly, i’ve mistaken them for kias.

this is not a good thing

WilliamsSW > bob and john 03/13/2017 at 15:39

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I read this and thought “WTF???”. Then I thought about it, and I see what you mean. Even worse is that I like Kia’s look better than this—

Noah - Now with more boost. > bob and john 03/13/2017 at 15:45

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I can see that, Kia has a similar language going on

Noah - Now with more boost. > WilliamsSW 03/13/2017 at 15:46

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solution: axe the QP because nobody buys them and put the V8 in the Ghibli as an M4 competitor.

Noah - Now with more boost. > E90M3 03/13/2017 at 15:46

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lol!!!

WilliamsSW > Noah - Now with more boost. 03/13/2017 at 15:53

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That works for me, but probably not for Maserati - your suggestion would have to battle the M5, price-wise. The V8 QP starts at double the price of a Ghibli - and putting the V8 in a Ghibli would still be a $100k+ car that might not outperform the Guilia QF. And yeah, around me, Ghiblis are a fairly common sight, but I rarely see the QP - by odd coincidence, though, I’ve seen 2-3 QP’s I n the last week or 2.

AMC/Renauledge > Noah - Now with more boost. 03/13/2017 at 15:55

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The previous QP was fantastically pretty and timeless. This one is nice-looking, but clearly compromised by the need to save money by sharing as much as possible with the Ghibli.

Klaus Schmoll > Noah - Now with more boost. 03/13/2017 at 16:09

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I think that they ruined it with the redesign. It looks like a chinese copy of the older car, which isn’t anything they can be proud of.

CompactLuxuryFan > Noah - Now with more boost. 03/13/2017 at 16:17

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I can’t be the only one who thinks the QP’s way better looking than the Ghibli! Especially the front. The Ghibli’s unnecessarily square and cheap-looking. Makes me think of a Jeep. The QP’s not drop-dead Italian sexy (which it really should be), but it’s not bad looking.

Rico > E90M3 03/13/2017 at 17:42

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So did I and thought hmm that doesn’t sound too bad