Quattroporte IV (Evoluzione?) in need of rescuing.

[anonymous-user]

Just next to West Hampstead Overground station, there is a late 1990s Quattroporte IV, parked in a side alley, with a tax disc which expired in 2009. I think, but am not sure, that the car has an Evoluzione badge. I was in a hurry and did not photograph the car, but the front of it can be glimpsed behind a decrepit 635 csi which I snapped for the rotting classics thread in the Classic Cars room.

The car is parked in an area in which various business wheel and deal from lockups and portacabins, and so might be liberated by suitable foldable currency, if the owner could be found, and if the car is worth saving.

[jke11y]

Breadvan73 said:

Just next to West Hampstead Overground station, there is a late 1990s Quattroporte IV, parked in a side alley, with a tax disc which expired in 2009. I think, but am not sure, that the car has an Evoluzione badge. I was in a hurry and did not photograph the car, but the front of it can be glimpsed behind a decrepit 635 csi which I snapped for the rotting classics thread in the Classic Cars room.

The car is parked in an area in which various business wheel and deal from lockups and portacabins, and so might be liberated by suitable foldable currency, if the owner could be found, and if the car is worth saving.

I posted a picture of it a few weeks back. The scooter shop at the top of the road is selling it, its on eBay - think they are after £8k for it. So it is not as forgotten as it first seemed!

edit for link - £7k. I found a couple of adverts for it from the last 8 years when it was previously sold at auction for £18-20k

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MASERATI-QUATTROPORTE-/19054...

Edited by jke11y on Wednesday 13th July 17:26

[jke11y]

At coys 2003 - Had done 37k miles then - £18-20k

http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/1999-maserat...

then Bonhams in 2005 estimate 14-16k

http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/12167/lot/651/

And now down a dusty lane on eBay at £6999. One of those cars I would never want to own but would like a shot of for the weekend!

[anonymous-user]

I am more shocked by the apostrophe abuse and lamentable prose on the Coy's website. Pretty poor stuff for an upscale auction house.

PS: sorry for re-posting - I hadn't seen the earlier thread.

[jke11y]

I would be more shocked by the state the car may be in if it has only done 2k miles since 2003

[AndrewW-G]

jke11y said:

I would be more shocked by the state the car may be in if it has only done 2k miles since 2003

Masers of this period really don’t like to be kept standing around without frequent use

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ToNJHgp-w

[XB70]

Wow! This has been for sale for ages......and I remember since I left quite a few messages but was never called back. That was when it when it was for sale at around 12,000 about 18mths ago.

[cgt2]

It's not worth more than £2-£3k IMO. I looked at a tidy, apparently well maintained example a while back as a daily smoker. Turned out that the car needed a few minor jobs that the cost of added up to half the vehicle's value (was quoted £3k for work, car was being sold for £6.5).

The problem with one of these is that you can throw money at them and at the end they are not worth anything so it's literally like pouring money down a drain. Even though they are great cars, parts and maintenance are similar cost to Ferrari.

[anonymous-user]

Although I hanker after a Maserati Mexico, I think that all recent Maseratis are let down by their naff and pimpy interiors, which do not appear to wear well. I add also that, despite the wonderful (albeit potentially troublesome) engine of these Quattroportes, the design leaves me unmoved.

[bryn_p]

I very much doubt that it was ever the 'fastest 4 door car in the world' as the ebay ad says. The Alpina B10 Bi-Turbo made 8 years earlier is much faster.

Cheers,
Bryn.