Granturismo S clutch...?

[V8Smith]

I'm after a Granturismo S MC shift and can't wait as think it's awesome, but my wife spoke to a colleague at work, who's friend has one and he said the clutch has gone 2-3 times in a relatively short time? Which is pretty costly! Which has made my wife rethink getting one, which is annoying, anyone had any experience of clutch problems or might this be just an isolated car or the usual bks you get from people who remember a friends dogs uncle that had a Biturbo in the 80s?

Experience appreciated chaps.....

Cheers

Mike

[Pork]

Ah, you can't beat a Maserati story from my wifes mate who once met a bloke who's sisters hairdressers ex-husbands brothers workmates cousin had one that went wrong!

I've not got a GT-S, but by all accounts they seem to be pretty durable. There's a couple of lads on the Maserati forums who run them and I don't ever recall them saying the clutch is a weak spot. In fact, I think they generally believe the cars are pretty well put together.

Saying that, I've heard of the odd GranSport where people had clutch problems - are you sure they're refering to the GT-S?

Pop along to either www.maseratiforum.co.uk or www.sportsmaserati.co.uk and ask the question, you should get some great feedback on there (particularly the second one).

[EC2]

I have the GTS Auto so no clutch. I agree with the previous post about the comment probably being with the previous model - 4200 or GS.

Ring a couple of dealers and ask the service department - the GTS with the automated manual clutch has only been out 34 months so all cars are still under warranty.

[Colossus]

I have run my GT-S for 2 years with no real issues at all. My clutch was replaced under warranty 2 months ago because I asked them to look at it as was slightly jerky when stone cold, but once moving was fine. It was not quite as it should be and was replaced with no quibbles under warranty, without me even asking. Wear was not a problem and my experience is a-typical, most have no issues at all and by all accounts are wearing well.

This was NOT the case with the old 4200 Cambiocorsa which was plagued with F1 pump issues and premature wear. The box the GT-S uses is the one from the Ferrari 599 and is an amazing piece of kit, as is the rest of the car. I was really concerned about how fragile it would be as I live in London, which is not the obvious habitat for a gearbox like that but after 2 years I am so glad I did go with it, such an awesome drive and copes perfectly well with London traffic. You need to test drive one and don't listen to people who are only going on heresay and misplaced prejudice. Good luck with your search.

[sjn2004]

Wife speaks to colleague who speaks to friend about highly technical matter. Confusion reigns, it problably wasn't even a Maserati never mind a Biturbo!