RE: You Know You Want To: Maserati Quattroporte

[B17NNS]

Private plate, work one Saturday morning a week wearing a suit and its free motoring Maserati style.

[Martin 480 Turbo]

Dino Fabrizzi, anyone`?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--9MD4LtUo4

Edited by Martin 480 Turbo on Thursday 22 November 11:14

[g3org3y]

Very very nice

Although similar price for this:



E60 M5 Clicky

Difficult (but nice!) decision.

[GranCab]

A Merc CL500 of similar original list price and vintage can be had for half the asking price of this QP so depreciation on the Maserati aint so bad ...

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/msn/CARS_popup.js...

[k3ybo]

g3org3y said:

Very very nice

Although similar price for this:



E60 M5 Clicky

Difficult (but nice!) decision.

O/T but I purchased a car from those guys a couple of years ago and they were great - very knowledgeable, and openly like to keep stock moving (only a small place), so always price it competitively.

Out of the two, my money would go on the Maserati - it looks and sounds a lot more special, and I understand there is huge bork potential on both, so that's not a huge factor either way.

[Contigo]

Brilliant motor and seriously tempted for one should I part company from the M5 anytime soon. I looked at 3200 and 4200's but the horror stories put me off (esp the 3200) but I think I'd put all of that behind me and get one of these. It's between this and the GranSport for the next motor I reckon.

[CurvaParabolica]

Stunning car; ashamed to say I never really lusted after it until I saw it repeatedly on Entourage and the looks started to grow on me. I see one every day on the way to work going in the opposite direction; beautiful thing.

[300bhp/ton]

g3org3y said:

Very very nice

Although similar price for this:



E60 M5 Clicky

Difficult (but nice!) decision.

That might be a great car - but look at it. How do BMW manage such a mix of ugly and bland so well?

[M@1975]

Seen a few of these kicking about for that price point, very, very tempting, was in 2 minds briefly but bought a 911, if the sprog situation changes I may have another look!

[DBSnappa]

g3org3y said:

Very very nice

Although similar price for this:



E60 M5 Clicky

Difficult (but nice!) decision.

A friend of mine bought one of these a couple of months ago — lowish miles, from a BMW dealer with a warranty and it's a complete crock. It's eaten a clutch and flywheel already and Be-em are refusing to cover it in the warranty, let alone the litany of other faults that have needed to be rectified in his two month ownership — I think it's spent more time back at the dealers than it has on the road. It's just come second from last in the Warranty Direct feedback on claims for least reliable car as well.

[DonkeyApple]

kambites said:

Impressive value for money, but I can't see it being particularly cheap to run.

If it were cheaper to run it would cost more to buy.

[Adom]

Couple of my mates had these, lovely to drive but awful gearbox which would be a dealbreaker. Would defo spend the extra to get into the later auto box cars.

[300bhp/ton]

Talking Quattroporte's, I have to say I rather like the look of these too:



And I'm really loving the interior from the earlier ones as well (although I'm sure some won't):

[tommy vercetti]

g3org3y said:

Very very nice

Although similar price for this:



E60 M5 Clicky

Difficult (but nice!) decision.

282 bhp hmmm

[redstu]

jdleeso said:

Recently bought a 3200GT myself based on similar thought processes. Maserati's have a special feel and certainly the V8 has plenty of character.

Like all cars that cost 70k plus the costs of maintaining them doesn't get cheaper however there's lots of independents out there to manage the wallet.

Overall these cars look different and are enjoyable to drive.

less than 1 post a year!

You need up your count by telling us more about your 3200GT.

I think they are so good looking and rare, As my mid life crisis is in full swing I'd love one but will probably take the "safe" 911 option.

[soad]

Do not want - I want a coupe instead!

[The Noise]

Had one of these a few years back and there is simply nothing else quite like it (positive and negative). BUT, you are buying with your heart not your head. The auto is so much better than the DuoSelect but still not quite up to where the market standard is.

There is still nothing that looks as good with a 4 door body in my opinion, and the reaction you will get from driving this is extraordinary.

I'm not going to be negative about it as I still have a huge quattroporte shaped hole in my life, so to sum up my experience:

Lusted after one of these for ages
Fought the sense-demons and bought one
'Lived' with it (money/time pit)
Sold it (money black hole)
Miss it incredibly...

Actually, I'm off to the classifieds to fight those damn sense-demons...

[ZesPak]

tommy vercetti said:

282 bhp hmmm

I think it's the lesser-known 6-cylinder 285bhp "M5 M5".

[JapFreak786]

I was going to say how do they compare to an E60 M5, as I got an M5 myself 2 months ago and love it, the MPG is very poor and the only thing which makes me think twice, otherwise what a car!

Anyone owned both to compare what they're like to each other?

[jaisharma]

Never had an M5 but love my QP - every journey is an event which is just how it should be!