10/07/2008 22:52. Car companies, bless 'em, do like to get all highfalutin' on us. For the launch of the Quattroporte S, Maserati has even taken to quoting Leonardo da Vinci.

Now it's not comparing its products to the Mona Lisa - which would clearly be folly - but the Italian carmaker is on something of a hiding to nothing by even juxtaposing itself with the renaissance master's works.

The thing is, it doesn't need to. The Quattroporte is a work of art in itself. Designed by Pininfarina, it's the Scarlett Johansson of the automotive world, a real looker with the ability to turn heads wherever it goes. And with the introduction of... // Channel 4 News