New Ghibli - any advice from owners?
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Taken delivery of the Petrol Ghibli now and had two 4-hour long drives in it. Loving it. Really is a beautifully designed luxurious grand tourer, yet changes to a performance car at a touch of the ‘sport’ button. Sounds superb (worth going for the petrol variant for that alone), and blue emozione paintwork looks fantastic too. Very pleased with it.
Drove across the US a year or so back in two Ghibli petrols. The first one was brand new with delivery miles and made it from Washington DC to Phoenix before expiring. The second had more miles on and ran faultlessly for the rest of the trip especially on the canyons near Malibu.
How Maserati manage to get a 6-pot to sound like that I have no idea.
Also on the subject of having no idea, I have a clue on the fuel consumption over the +/-4,000 miles I covered over 9 days as the Americans don't use proper gallons and don't charge enough for them to notice.
How Maserati manage to get a 6-pot to sound like that I have no idea.
Also on the subject of having no idea, I have a clue on the fuel consumption over the +/-4,000 miles I covered over 9 days as the Americans don't use proper gallons and don't charge enough for them to notice.
S8QUATTRO said:
Any owners of the 3.0d version on here?
They are available from sub £10k - and £12-13k giving you choice of colours and miles, could be a nice daily motorway driver if the VM engine is reliable
I came on to ask the same question. Any general reliability issues or reasons why someone would pick one over a 5 series or e class They are available from sub £10k - and £12-13k giving you choice of colours and miles, could be a nice daily motorway driver if the VM engine is reliable
Chamon_Lee said:
S8QUATTRO said:
I came on to ask the same question. Any general reliability issues or reasons why someone would pick one over a 5 series or e class Why choose one? Classy looks and badge, relatively rare to see, wonderful sounding petrol engine (good reason not to get the diesel), enjoyable performance and handling, lots of nice design touches inside and out, comfortable and practical motorway driver.
Why not? Lacks some the fancier tech of an equivalent BMW or Mercedes (most notably in well designed but not fancy ICE/SatNav), is quite a wide car for parking/narrow lanes, a little thirsty at 30 mpg ish, that’s it.
If you’re buying one, go for the post 2016 upgrade with the larger SatNav screen (noticeable as silver knobs either side on old model), and as above, the petrol.
I just picked up a 2016 model and it’s brilliant,skittery and tail happy in the wet though ,maybe tyre related.
A very roomy car and a lovely place to sit ,guy commented on it at the petrol station which has never happened with any car I’ve had before.
Infotainment is a bit old but does work and I find it responsive enough tbh ,not the train wreck that the Mazda 6 system was.
A very roomy car and a lovely place to sit ,guy commented on it at the petrol station which has never happened with any car I’ve had before.
Infotainment is a bit old but does work and I find it responsive enough tbh ,not the train wreck that the Mazda 6 system was.
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