insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 23 - January 2017 | Page 80

MOTORS

MASERATI GHIBLI DIESEL cont.

solid and are lovely to use. But enough playing
about, this car needs to be driven!
The Maserati looks fast when driving through
town at 30mph, indeed it even looks speedy
when parked. But then it's never about
other people think, the best thing is how it
makes you yourself feel.
Winding up a Maserati Ghibli with its 275bhp
3-litre V6 diesel engine (built in collaboration
with Ferrari, no less) incorporated with the
Maserati Active Sound System which is
designed to enhanced the engine's most
attractive sounds (as a car-noise worshipper,
I cannot express my love for this concept
adequately enough!) creates a gut-wrenching,
grin-inducing, polyphonic symphony of
joyous engine noise that you have to hear at

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least once in your life. I’m not kidding, put it
on your bucket list! Whilst this magnificent
motor melody is played out you can enjoy the
experience of roaring from 0-60 in 6.3
seconds, as well as marvelling hypothetically
at the top speed of 155mph (restricted).
The ride in the Ghibli is very comfortable
indeed and you could serenely cruise about
feeling at peace with the world and hardly
realise you are moving. However, when the
car is in sport mode and the amazing Skyhook
system is engaged (Skyhook being an active
suspension management device that tries to
keep the car as level as possible by individually,
continuously adjusting the height of each
Roaring magnificently like a proud lion, the
Ghibli is beautifully responsive both in steering
and power, and is even perfectly balanced in

terms of weight distribution. To say this car
handles superbly would be a terrible
understatement.
The late, great Margaret Thatcher once said:
“Power is like being a lady...if you have to tell
people you are, you aren't.” This can be applied
very nicely to the Maserati Ghibli. It doesn't
have to tell anyone it is luxurious, or powerful,
stylish or brilliant. It just is, and when you drive
one, you just know.
New Maserati Ghibli DIESEL
From £49,860 (MY17)
www.maserati.co.uk