Should Maserati stick to Supercars?

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03 Jan 2009, 8:40 am

Apparently, Maserati are releasing a new car, it appears to be a pretty strange one.

Not long ago Maserati talked about the Quattroporte GTS, a rival to the new breed of laughably expensive Supercar saloons.

The Aston Martin Rapide, to be released some time in late 2009

The Lamborghini Estoque

The Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed

The Porsche Panamera(Or a streched 911)

Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG

So then, here it is.

The only people who will buy these cars are rich buisnessman with kids, who have driven supercars before. Is there really much profit to be made out of this stuff, It's just getting silly now..

Anyways, hands up if you'd buy one..

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03 Jan 2009, 8:52 am

gismo wrote:

So then, here it is.

The only people who will buy these cars are rich buisnessman with kids, who have driven supercars before. Is there really much profit to be made out of this stuff, It's just getting silly now..

Anyways, hands up if you'd buy one..

A supercar saloon, sounds like an oxymoron to me :lol:

I'm no car buff, so I can't say whether it makes business sense to produce a car like that. But I like it, it looks pretty shweet. Certainly compared to the others. That Lambo looks horrific :eew:

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03 Jan 2009, 9:04 am

I like the look of the Astern and the Lambo, the Bentley, Merc, Maserati etc. are old news, though, still cool but not as cool as the Astern and Lambo!

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03 Jan 2009, 9:26 am

I think the first and the last look really beautiful. The others not so much to not at all. (my subj. op.)

When I was <17 y/o I was totally car obsessed. It's true. There were periods of time I really did nothing else. I still got a big map with all the drawings I made those days. Do you draw and design cars yourself, Gismo? It's quite a nice hobby. I think.

I wonder why there are not more car-threads here....seems a logical correlation. I mean, the technique, the mechanical, the design, the passion, etc. and AS.... but hey.

Hope you'll be able to drive one later on.
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03 Jan 2009, 10:06 am

I'd buy one if I could for 2 reasons...

1) because it's made by a supercar manufacturer so theoretically is one
2) having the best of both worlds (rear seats AND speed) sounds fun

sadly I cannot buy one because I don't have a license or the money.. but see another thread about the license, heh

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03 Jan 2009, 3:46 pm

Erminea wrote:

Sometimes yeah, I'm quite big when it comes to cars. The Aston is the best car on the list hands down, I belive that Maserati took the standard looks of a Ferrari California

Put a roof on, and threw in hints of the Mitsubishi Evo, and Subaru Impreza, with a few Maserati, and Jaguar XK touches, and there you have it..

It turns out not to be that bad looking, though I sometimes think that lot more could have been done in design terms. It was a bit lazy of them.

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03 Jan 2009, 6:02 pm

gismo wrote:

The Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed

I forgot to mention that the Flying Spur is essentially a Volkswagen Phaeton, so therefor not a supercar saloon

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03 Jan 2009, 7:40 pm

I actually have 2 Maserati's...

1:18 scale models, of course

Those are my 2 favorite Maserati's, the MC12 is one of my dream cars Here are some of the Maserati's I've seen in person:

Also, my favorite sports sedan will always be the BMW M5 E39

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03 Jan 2009, 9:24 pm

Back in the 1980's when Chrysler owned a good portion of Maserati, Maserati sport tuned a Chrysler 'K' car added leather seats, and tuned the 4 cylinder engine, and added twin turbochargers to it. No matter that it had the Maserati logo on the hood, it was still a 'K' car.

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03 Jan 2009, 9:55 pm

Yes they should stick to supercars, because super cars are awesome and there should always be more to look at!

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04 Jan 2009, 3:16 pm

FerrariMike_40 wrote:

I actually have 2 Maserati's...

1:18 scale models, of course

Those are my 2 favorite Maserati's, the MC12 is one of my dream cars

Here are some of the Maserati's I've seen in person:

Also, my favorite sports sedan will always be the BMW M5 E39

Hmm, It is a very strange thought to think that companies can actually make money out of those sorts of cars. It won't be long before Maserati go bust. The horror of going into administration looms over Maserati, they better make some quick money.

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04 Jan 2009, 7:40 pm

gismo wrote:

FerrariMike_40 wrote:

I actually have 2 Maserati's...

1:18 scale models, of course

Those are my 2 favorite Maserati's, the MC12 is one of my dream cars

Here are some of the Maserati's I've seen in person:

Also, my favorite sports sedan will always be the BMW M5 E39

I read a couple months ago that the GranTurismo is actually, selling quite well, the sales went down with the GranSport.

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04 Jan 2009, 10:28 pm

Yes. Super cars are the single greatest thing on the planet. But seriously, who could afford one of those. My family can hardly afford a 10 year old Oldsmobile.

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05 Jan 2009, 4:51 am

I like the Aston Martin Rapide, The Lamborghini Estoque, The Porsche Panamera(really like it),

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05 Jan 2009, 10:19 am

In my humble opinion, Maserati has always been bringing up the rear.

Ferrari is first, and will never ever make a four door model.

Lambo is second, with good styling, but not as good as Ferrari

Then Maserati...

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05 Jan 2009, 12:27 pm

nodice1996 wrote:

Yes. Super cars are the single greatest thing on the planet. But seriously, who could afford one of those. My family can hardly afford a 10 year old Oldsmobile.

Obviously the people who can afford them are the people who can afford normal supercars.

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