RE: You Know You Want To: Maserati Merak

[LuS1fer]

I love this and the V8 Bora. Stunning design. The modern Maseratis just don't even come close to the defining style these had.

The Citroen hydraulics would put me off though and I suspect a Citroen SM MIGHT be a bit cheaper and as a bit of a childhood icon, I can't help liking those too.

[OlberJ]

They look nothing short of fabulous. Those buttresses are spot on.

[sgq89]

it has back seats! who on earth in getting in the back!?

Edited by sgq89 on Monday 29th October 14:45

[offendi]

The Crack Fox said:

mat205125 said:

The Top Gear ape trio ruined these cars.

+1

- Lots

Its only a silly TV programme

Shakes head amd walks away slowly sadder that some people cant wait to blame strangers for their own failing


Sadder still the closest i'll get to a Merak in the near future is a De Rosa in 1 off paint job that taunts me from a LBS

[V12 Migaloo]

This was The Car that got me interested in cars.... I was about 6, maybe 7, in Italy. We had just driven there in my Dads 2.8 Injection Granada. Staying in the same hotel was a play boy, Berlusconi type, had a red one in the car park, took me for a drive in this and I remember being absolutely smitten with the word Maserati. Dont remeber what the car was like but that name.....mmmmmmmmmm

[scotty_917]

Chris, you really do seem to love all these off the wall suggestions that you post...

....would you sink any of your own hard earned into these?

ps. and your E28 M5 doesn't count!

[365daytonafan]

Merak is nice but if you are going to go bankrupt buying a Maserati this is the way to do it IMO - Khamsin (yes I know it's a lot more than the Merak but it's a quarter of the price of a Ferrari Daytona!).

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C330141

[jimbro1000]

Chris,

Congratulations on a first class YKYWT!

If you're a sucker for Italian machinery - especially the slightly mechanically/electrically dubious 70s incarnations (like myself) then this has to be real tug on the heart steadfastly ignoring the screams from your wallet being sucked into a financial black hole.

If I had £25k to spend right now - the answer is yes!

Having blown that much a few times over on an Italian moneypit I guess I still haven't learned my lesson...

[don logan]

365daytonafan said:

Merak is nice but if you are going to go bankrupt buying a Maserati this is the way to do it IMO - Khamsin (yes I know it's a lot more than the Merak but it's a quarter of the price of a Ferrari Daytona!).

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C330141

Khamsin is nice but if we are looking at the Merak + bankruptcy then why don`t we go for a Bora!

[M666 EVO]

offendi said:

The Crack Fox said:

mat205125 said:

The Top Gear ape trio ruined these cars.

+1

- Lots

Its only a silly TV programme

Shakes head amd walks away slowly sadder that some people cant wait to blame strangers for their own failing

+10

[Itsallicanafford]

...balls to the Merak, i'll take the Riva speed boat he's got for sale..Tow it down to the italian lakes for a season, if that breaks down at least you can still pose with a 4hp back up outboard on the back...

[365daytonafan]

don logan said:

365daytonafan said:

Merak is nice but if you are going to go bankrupt buying a Maserati this is the way to do it IMO - Khamsin (yes I know it's a lot more than the Merak but it's a quarter of the price of a Ferrari Daytona!).

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C330141

Khamsin is nice but if we are looking at the Merak + bankruptcy then why don`t we go for a Bora!

Agreed but Bora's are rather more expensive. Lovely though

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C249806

[tommy vercetti]

The Crack Fox said:

mat205125 said:

The Top Gear ape trio ruined these cars.

+1

What are you on about? How did he ruin these cars?

[redstu]

IanMorewood said:

Its pretty but £25k would see you in a 3200GT with enough money saved to replace the car completley should it go wrong.

I'd have this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3200-GTA-50-000m-reg-Jun...

Couldnt go wrong at that price! (the price did go up a bit as it was unsold at the end of the last auction.)

[CooperD]

Lovely car. Always liked these since I saw one as a teenager parked in a hotel car park in Felixstowe.

[Mark-C]

One of the cars that I've lusted after since seeing one as a kid. If I was in charge of the world all cars would have buttresses as part of back end design ... but the flying ones on the Merak are my favourite styling flourish.

Used to regularly walk past one for sale in Norwich many years ago - was 8K at the time (1988 I think) and it stayed on the forecourt for a very long time.

[PGN 500sl]

lovely car but............certainly more danger here than going bareback in a Moroccan bordello

[sorrel]

365daytonafan said:

Merak is nice but if you are going to go bankrupt buying a Maserati this is the way to do it IMO - Khamsin (yes I know it's a lot more than the Merak but it's a quarter of the price of a Ferrari Daytona!).

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C330141

Funny you should say that - a friend of mine bought a Khamsin a few years ago, a beautiful pale blue one with very good bodywork - but - the hydraulics were a nightmare and in the end cost him as much as the purchase price of the car to fix! he then ran it for a few weeks before it caused more wallet pain and he passed it on... Shame 'cos it was a stunning car (it spent 6 weeks in my drive before being reapired so I really got to appreciate the looks! LOL)

For me, I'd LOVE a Lambo Uracco, but I don't have the b***s for it!

[carnut360]

always wanted one of those, but think of the purchase price as just a down payment!

If you can live with that then its a buy!

[Riff Raff]

Spotted near my gaff a few months ago.......



I do like them in red.