Quattroporte I (1st series) - 1963 to 1966
The fastest 4-door sedan of the Sixties - 210 to 230 kph (131 to 144 mph) depending on engine, gearbox and final drive. Stylist Pietro Frua took inspiration from the 5000 GT coupé he had coachbuilt for the Aga Khan two years earlier. Body production (772 in total) by the Vignale factory. Entirely new chassis design with box-sectioned rails. DeDion-style rear suspensions at first, replaced by a rigid axle from 1966.
Powered by a new V8-engine of 4.2 litres/260 hp (available with 4.7 litres/290 hp from 1966), fed by four twin-choke carburettors and with single ignition. 5-speed manual or 3-speed automatic gearbox. Anthony Quinn, Stewart Granger, Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi and Rainier III of Monaco were among Quattro Porte owners and a certain Peter Ustinov bought two of them.
Technical data
| 0-60 mph | |
| Bodywork | four-door saloon seating 4/5 |
| Bore and stroke | 88x85 mm |
| Brakes | discs, servo-assisted, hydraulic, dual circuit |
| Brakes front | |
| Brakes rear | |
| Chassis | steel monocoque with front subframe |
| Compression ratio | 8.5:1 |
| Cooling system | water-cooled |
| Displacements (unitary) | |
| Dry weight | 3,990 lbs (1,810 kg) |
| Engine | 90° V8 |
| Engine weight | |
| First race | |
| Front Tyres | |
| Front suspension | double wishbones, coil springs, telescopic dampers |
| Front track | |
| Fuel & lubricant | |
| Fuel feed | naturally aspirated, four Weber 38 DCNL5 carburettors |
| Fuel tank | two tanks, total 17.60 Imp. gal. (80 litres) |
| Gear ratios | |
| Height | 53.15 in. (1,350 mm) |
| Ignition | single-plug, Marelli coil ignition |
| Kerb weight | |
| Length | 196.85 in. (5,000 mm) |
| Length-Width-Height | |
| Lubrication | |
| Maximum power | 260 bhp at 5,000 rpm |
| Maximum torque | 40 kgm (290 lbs/ft) at 3,800 rpm |
| Model | Quattroporte I |
| One mile | |
| Production dates | 1963-1966 |
| Production start | 1963 |
| Quarter mile | |
| Rear Tyres | |
| Rear suspension | tubular de Dion rear axle, coil springs, hydraulic telescopic dampers |
| Rear track | |
| Reduction | |
| Steering | worm and sector (power assistance to order) |
| Timing gear | two valves per cylinder, twin overhead camshafts per cylinder bank |
| Top speed | 143 mph (230 km/h) |
| Total displacement | 4,136 cc |
| Transmission | 5-speed + reverse (automatic to order) |
| Tyres | fr/rear 205x15 HS |
| Weight distribution | |
| Wheelbase | 108.27 in. (2,750 mm) |
| Wheels | steel, 6.00x15 |
| Width | 66.53 in. (1,690 mm) |