Maserati Updates Quattroporte

With a new-from-the-ground-up Maserati Quattroporte not due until 2012, Maserati has facelifted the car for 2009.

The Quattroporte has Maserati's familiar 400-hp, 4.2-liter V8, while the S uses the new 4.7-liter, 425-hp V8 recently introduced on the GranTurismo S. A six-speed ZF automatic is standard with either engine.

Styling changes include a new front fascia with vertical slots � la the GranTurismo, new front and rear lights, new side mirrors and a revised interior with a new navigation system.

The '09 Quattroporte goes on sale late this year.