{"id":313826,"date":"2010-02-12T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/12\/ouch-that-hearse-maserati-quattroporte-works-the-graveyard-shi\/"},"modified":"2010-02-12T14:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T19:28:00","slug":"ouch-that-hearse-maserati-quattroporte-works-the-graveyard-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/313826","title":{"rendered":"Ouch, that Hearse! Maserati Quattroporte works the graveyard shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sedans\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sedan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/wagons\/\" rel=\"tag\">Wagon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/maserati\/\" rel=\"tag\">Maserati<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/special-limited-editions\/\" rel=\"tag\">Specialty<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maserati-alfieri.co.uk\/alfieri06.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/02\/maseratiquattroportefunebra-04a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Some of us &#8211; okay, one of us &#8211; here at Autoblog may disagree, but there&#8217;s no shortage of people who think the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/quattroporte\">Maserati Quattroporte<\/a> is one of the most beautiful four-door works of automotive art this side of a Toyota Prius. All the more so after having <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2008\/07\/25\/first-drive-maserati-quattroporte-s-in-europe\/\">driven it<\/a> in Austria. So why, then, do so many coachbuilders seem bent on ruining it?<\/p>\n<p> We&#8217;ve seen Quattroportes covered in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2007\/03\/19\/that-is-one-sharp-maserati\/\">shattered glass<\/a>, dipped in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2007\/03\/13\/tuner-tuesdays-maserati-quattroporte-by-studio-m\/\">24-karat gold<\/a>, and wrapped in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2008\/06\/24\/objection-burberry-edition-maserati-quattroporte-spotted-in-sau\/\">Burberry tartan<\/a>. We&#8217;ve seen &#8217;em <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/05\/12\/maserati-loves-company-quattroporte-stretched-limousine\/\">stretched<\/a> beyond recognition, tweaked into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/04\/13\/swiss-team-takes-maserati-quattroporte-to-the-track-in-superstar\/\">touring cars<\/a>, turned into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2008\/04\/22\/villa-deste-08-preview-carrozzeria-touring-maserati-quattropor\/\">station wagons<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2008\/02\/10\/maserati-cinqueporte-by-studiom-and-studiotorino\/\">twice<\/a>, actually &#8211; even an old one transformed into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2008\/08\/22\/find-of-the-day-1967-maserati-quattroporte-fire-truck\/\">fire truck<\/a>. Yes, a fire truck. And now this: A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/maserati\">Maserati<\/a> hearse.<\/p>\n<p> Modified by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intercar-service.it\/language_eng\/home.php\">Intercar Modena<\/a> &#8211; a company that offers funerial conversions of everything from Ssanyong Rextons to BMW sidecar motorcycles &#8211; the Quattroporte hearse is, well&#8230; there&#8217;s really not much to say about it other than it&#8217;s a hearse. Based on a Quattroporte. And while there aren&#8217;t many worse things you could do with a Maserati, there are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/19\/ebay-find-of-the-day-faux-rolls-royce-phantom-hearse-means-you\/\">worse ways to go<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> [Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maserati-alfieri.co.uk\/alfieri06.htm\">Maserati-Alfieri.co.uk<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.nl\/archive\/2010\/02\/10\/maserati-quattroporte-4p-lijkwagen\">autoblog.n<\/a>l]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/12\/ouch-that-hearse-maserati-quattroporte-works-the-graveyard-shi\/\">Ouch, that Hearse! Maserati Quattroporte works the graveyard shift<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:28:00 EST.  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