Maserati Vs TVR.. debate
Discussion
I nearly bought a Maserati quite recently - I was thinking of changing my TVR for it.
They are great cars, and very different in character. The Maser is the dancer, the TVR the thug.
Most of a TVR's appeal is in it's brute force IMHO. They have no niceties, thus give a very back to basics driving experience - just you and a big engine in a car with minimal weight.
The Maserati is finely balanced and feels like a thoroughbred. It comes down to what you look for in a driving experience.
TVR's are faster in a straight line. The Maser has a more finely honed chassis and balance.
Both are not ideal daily use cars in my honest opinion - the Maser needs a new clutch every 9000 miles at a cost of around 2k. They, like TVR's can be fragile cars.
In the end I bought a Jaguar S-Type R - which is dead easy to use in any conditions, but has 400bhp and 408ftlbs of torque - so will annihilate most other cars while soothing you in a way few cars can...
They are great cars, and very different in character. The Maser is the dancer, the TVR the thug.
Most of a TVR's appeal is in it's brute force IMHO. They have no niceties, thus give a very back to basics driving experience - just you and a big engine in a car with minimal weight.
The Maserati is finely balanced and feels like a thoroughbred. It comes down to what you look for in a driving experience.
TVR's are faster in a straight line. The Maser has a more finely honed chassis and balance.
Both are not ideal daily use cars in my honest opinion - the Maser needs a new clutch every 9000 miles at a cost of around 2k. They, like TVR's can be fragile cars.
In the end I bought a Jaguar S-Type R - which is dead easy to use in any conditions, but has 400bhp and 408ftlbs of torque - so will annihilate most other cars while soothing you in a way few cars can...
whoami said:
Really??
Oh yes - I think so. Few cars (in the real world) have this much power, and the Dynamic Stability Control, Computer Aided Adaptive Suspension and Limited Slip Diff mean the car is very chuckable - or if you are feeling brave you can switch it off.
And it has a gorgous leather and grey wood interior and seating for four.
And you can talk to it and use the touch screen.
Only the other day the missus and I were out and she was bending my ear about something. I spoke to the Sat Nav to give me directions - it did. Then I spoke to the Climate control to get comfy - and we were. Then I spoke to the CD player ans said "Changer Off", and it did I said.
Thinking I was on a roll I then used the command "Wife, Off". And you know what happened?
Bugger all.
So much for modern technology.
alexkp said:
anonymous said:[redacted]
Oh yes - I think so. Few cars (in the real world) have this much power, and the Dynamic Stability Control, Computer Aided Adaptive Suspension and Limited Slip Diff mean the car is very chuckable - or if you are feeling brave you can switch it off.
And it has a gorgous leather and grey wood interior and seating for four.
And you can talk to it and use the touch screen.
Only the other day the missus and I were out and she was bending my ear about something. I spoke to the Sat Nav to give me directions - it did. Then I spoke to the Climate control to get comfy - and we were. Then I spoke to the CD player ans said "Changer Off", and it did I said.
Thinking I was on a roll I then used the command "Wife, Off". And you know what happened?
Bugger all.
So much for modern technology.
Really??
Maybe things have moved on at Jaguar then but a couple of years ago I had an XKR. It was certainly very swift in a straight line but I had little of no confidence in its abilties on B-roads.
It was, however, extremely comfortable for the 50K miles per year I was doing at the time.
Cheers
Phil Dicky said:
Alex quite well put, and is the dilema I'm having at the moment. Choice is a Cerbera or 3200GT I shall let you know which wins.
Phil
I think both cars will probably cost you about the same to run. It is a very difficult decision TBH. I think you need to drive both - and a couple of examples of each before deciding. They will have very different characters.
Also - check out the servicing costs and proximity of dealers who can actually service them. The thing that turned me off the Maserati was being told the servicing costs, and that although I could deliver the car to Marranello's in St Albans, they would have to take it down to their servicing centre in Surrey for any work to be done!
At the end of the day, the Jag just made more sense - more powerful, just as quick in the real world and a full service costs around £400 from the main dealer just one mile from where I live.
whoami said:
Maybe things have moved on at Jaguar then but a couple of years ago I had an XKR. It was certainly very swift in a straight line but I had little of no confidence in its abilties on B-roads.
It was, however, extremely comfortable for the 50K miles per year I was doing at the time.
Cheers
According to those who have driven them all, the S-Type is the best handling "R" of the three. It certainly has lots of grip and handles like a much smaller car in my opinion.
Of course the last M5 is probably dynamically superior still, but I just don't get the same feeling of occasion in one.
However, I could be tempted by the new M5 (just gotta have a heads up display and seats that move in to grip you when you press the "M" button) once the two year waiting list dies down... of course it has 500bhp, but not as much torque as the Jag.
>> Edited by alexkp on Sunday 16th October 22:01
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