Maserati

Maserati sells performance cars with a strong emphasis on style, noise and badge appeal, aimed at buyers who want Italian luxury with a sportier edge. By our assessment, its best trait is still the design language and the emotional pull of the name, not mass-market practicality. The downside is equally clear: these cars are expensive to keep in the real world, and the brand has long lived more on image and character than on everyday ease. In practice, Maserati is for people who care about the feel of a grand touring car and the look of the thing as much as the numbers on a spec sheet. It stands apart from the most clinical German rivals by being more theatrical, less disciplined, and often more divisive. The Astrina catalogue marks it as an Italian company, which fits the long public identity of the brand.