02/07/2008 11:04. I spent the weekend with a seductive Italian--masculine but not macho, and as chic as a GQ model in an Armani suit. I'm talking, of course, about the Maserati Quattroporte . Zooming on a Santa Barbara, Calif., freeway and armed with 400 horses in a 4.2-liter, V-8 engine, I thought that if it had wings, it could have taken off. But this is no garden-variety sports car. With four doors, it's also a stylish family sedan--I suppose, if your name is Michael Schumacher.

Designed by Pininfarina, the famed Italian auto-engineering firm, this fifth-generation Quattroporte handles tight and sticks beautifully to the road on 18-inch wheels. Shifting is a little jerky through a sequential... // Newsweek