GHIBLI is a type of wind. It was also the names of a series of Maserati coupes from the 1960s and ‘90s, but now the badge adorns the Italian supercar maker’s tilt at the successful Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class.

Based on the rear-drive Quattroporte, it features a number of engine choices among a host of individualisation options, to give the least expensive car in the marque’s history a fighting chance against some very capable competitors.

We drive the current range-topping S with a V6 twin-turbo and come away mightily impressed.

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