REPORT: More foreign automakers skipping Tokyo Motor Show as tally swells to 22

<center><img alt="" border="1" height="267" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/tokyo_ms_noshow.jpg" vspace="4" width="400" /></center><br /><br />As of Thursday, Porsche and Maserati are the latest two brands to pull out of the biennial Tokyo Motor Show. That brings the tally to 22 foreign brands sitting out the Japanese showcase, leaving Hyundai, Ferrari, and Lotus to duel for import honors. Said a show spokesman, "It is unprecedented to see such a large number of carmakers not coming to the motor show. It's disappointing."<br /><span class="fullpost"> <br />And even though Japan's 14 domestic makers are expected to show in force, the country's four largest truck makers have said they won't be coming. At least one report has said there will be half as many cars this year as there were two years ago. As with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/17/volvo-joins-detroit-3-skips-out-of-tokyo-motor-show/">the other brands that have decided to pass</a> on this year's show, Porsche and Maserati cited the cost of attendance.<br />via:<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/23/report-more-foreign-automakers-skipping-tokyo-motor-show-as-tal/">autoblog</a><br /></span>

REPORT: More foreign automakers skipping Tokyo Motor Show as tally swells to 22

As of Thursday, Porsche and Maserati are the latest two brands to pull out of the biennial Tokyo Motor Show. That brings the tally to 22 for...

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Maserati Loves Company: Quattroporte stretched limousine

<center><img alt="[Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-2.jpg]" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlhzpL1cI/AAAAAAABvf4/ZbScCkeUILQ/s1600/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-2.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 206px;" /></center><br />While running around from merger to acquisition, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has been riding in style in a Maserati Quattroporte. And why shouldn't he? The luxurious sport-sedan is miles ahead of the Alfa Romeo 167 which Fiat executives were chauffeured around in beforehand, and better than anything Opel or Chrysler has got to show off, too. But one limousine company in Florida has what it figures is the next step up: a stretched Quattroporte with seating for ten.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Not even the Maserati Quattroporte which in normal form is one of<br />the most stylish sports sedans money can buy. The same can't be said for its<br />10-passenger limousine offspring that's up for hire by a Miami-based limo<br />company called "Padilla Car Collection". The firm claims that this is the only<br />stretched version of the Quattroporte in the world - thank God for that...<br /><br /><center><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMl5IyEzKI/AAAAAAABvhY/gd3t0bOl4sc/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333148047277083810" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMl5IyEzKI/AAAAAAABvhY/gd3t0bOl4sc/s200/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-14.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 90px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMl4WHJyZI/AAAAAAABvhA/98zliO-JEAw/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333148033675282834" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMl4WHJyZI/AAAAAAABvhA/98zliO-JEAw/s200/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-11.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 90px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlvUZdi6I/AAAAAAABvg4/v8IUQ2ZuzgE/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333147878596381602" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlvUZdi6I/AAAAAAABvg4/v8IUQ2ZuzgE/s200/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-10.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 90px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlvHl2ogI/AAAAAAABvgw/eHOg2V822yA/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333147875158696450" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlvHl2ogI/AAAAAAABvgw/eHOg2V822yA/s200/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-9.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 90px;" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMl5QQEMNI/AAAAAAABvhg/trc1UD7pquA/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333148049281921234" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMl5QQEMNI/AAAAAAABvhg/trc1UD7pquA/s200/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-15.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 90px;" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlrr7z2LI/AAAAAAABvgg/flqdUbzaOTQ/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span><span class="fullpost"></span></span></a><span><span class="fullpost"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMl4wa0rvI/AAAAAAABvhQ/YcMdlpK8iHQ/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333148040737107698" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMl4wa0rvI/AAAAAAABvhQ/YcMdlpK8iHQ/s200/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-13.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 90px;" /></a></span></span><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333147816194988210" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlrr7z2LI/AAAAAAABvgg/flqdUbzaOTQ/s200/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-7.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 90px;" /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlrfi9oYI/AAAAAAABvgY/IH_ofHbUJ4g/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333147812869546370" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlrfi9oYI/AAAAAAABvgY/IH_ofHbUJ4g/s200/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-6.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 90px;" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMli_Tqs4I/AAAAAAABvgQ/nfFoQE9Gfxg/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span><span class="fullpost"></span></span></a><span><span class="fullpost"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMl4jjOF_I/AAAAAAABvhI/2FvOYmH740I/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333148037282666482" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMl4jjOF_I/AAAAAAABvhI/2FvOYmH740I/s200/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-12.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 90px;" /></a></span></span><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333147666776503170" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMli_Tqs4I/AAAAAAABvgQ/nfFoQE9Gfxg/s200/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-5.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 90px;" /><span><span class="fullpost"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlvHl2ogI/AAAAAAABvgw/eHOg2V822yA/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333147875158696450" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlvHl2ogI/AAAAAAABvgw/eHOg2V822yA/s200/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-9.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 90px;" /></a></span></span><span><span class="fullpost"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlulglGVI/AAAAAAABvgo/SBskNgIYidc/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333147866009770322" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMlulglGVI/AAAAAAABvgo/SBskNgIYidc/s200/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-8.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 90px;" /></a></span></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SgMl5QQEMNI/AAAAAAABvhg/trc1UD7pquA/s1600-h/Maserati-Quattroporte-Limo-15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></center><br />via <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/05/maserati-quattroporte-limo-too-much-of.html">CarScoop</a> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/12/maserati-loves-company-quattroporte-stretched-limousine/">autoblog</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other article:<br /></span><a class="snap_noshots" href="http://benzs.blogspot.com/2009/02/along-came-spyder-maserati-to-roll-out.html">Along came a Spyder: Maserati to roll out GranTurismo GTS, convertible</a><br /><a class="snap_noshots" href="http://benzs.blogspot.com/2008/06/maserati-quattroporte-facelift-revealed.html">Maserati Quattroporte Facelift Revealed</a><br /><a href="http://benzs.blogspot.com/2008/06/maserati-granturismo-s.html">Maserati GranTurismo S</a><br /><a href="http://benzs.blogspot.com/2008/03/maserati-chicane-and-sfida-concepts-in.html">Maserati Chicane and Sfida Concepts in Motion</a><br /><a href="http://benzs.blogspot.com/2008/03/2008-geneva-maserati-chicane-concept.html">2008 Geneva: Maserati Chicane Concept</a><br /><span class="fullpost"><a href="http://benzs.blogspot.com/2009/02/wald-nissan-gt-r-black-bison-photo.html">Wald Nissan GT-R Black Bison Photo Appreciation</a><br /><a href="http://benzs.blogspot.com/2009/01/ebay-find-of-day-sole-remaining-1995.html">eBay Find of the Day: Sole remaining 1995 Ford Thunderbird SVT prototype</a><br /><a href="http://benzs.blogspot.com/2009/01/bee-four-revives-brm-brand-reveals-in.html">Bee Four revives BRM brand, reveals in-wheel motor source</a><br /><br /></span></span>

Maserati Loves Company: Quattroporte stretched limousine

While running around from merger to acquisition, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has been riding in style in a Maserati Quattroporte. And why sho...

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