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    Maserati UK sales (or rather lack of them)

    Maserati UK sold 65 cars in January and February. That's despite the move 'downmarket' to cheaper SUVs with the Grecale. Last year in total they sold 892 units. The two figures for lower priced Alfa Romeo are 133 and 1546 respectively. For those of us who love either or both brands this is...
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    Autocar best used cars under £25,000

    Well the GranTurismo made it to a relatively long list with a fair write up. Taxing mine on Friday for the season and will remind myself what they are like: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/best-used-cars-25000-and-under
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    Forum Conduct Comment

    It's great that the mods want to make the forum successful but... For years I felt it was under regulated but now you seem to be going from 0-60 in two seconds and swinging the other way. Personally, I avoid what I don't want to read but I do respect others' opinion to talk about things I might...
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    JLR moving to agency sales model

    This is really interesting and follows on from Mercedes UK doing the same. I don’t like it as it means they are going to try and reduce discounts and take money out of the supply chain by squeezing retailers and reducing the size of the dealer network which won’t help access to servicing etc. I...
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    80,000 miles in a Urus

    Hugely impressive. Mind that is a service every four months or so...
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    What a load of shite

    https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/2023-maserati-granturismo-ev-arrive-280-mile-range I think the V6 Nettuno looks like a brilliant buy but I don't get the benefits of the electric version. 280 miles of range and, in reality, a lot less if you use the performance and/or follow the...
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    When should we stop buying new cars?

    Saw this article on the BBC website about Merc US offering more power in BEVs as a subscription service. I recall a thread on here moaning (rightly so) about BMW doing the same with heated seats. Where does it all end and when is enough enough? My Volvo came with a SIM card in it which is now...
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    Strange warning light on dash

    Not seen this before, I presume it means my car is worth less than Wattie’s Velar?
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    Canada introduces luxury car tax

    https://www.autoevolution.com/news/canada-will-introduce-a-new-tax-on-luxury-cars-this-fall-194277.html I would not be surprised if we get something similar under a Labour government here.
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    Pagani is a top chap

    https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/pagani-continue-releasing-v12-hypercars-after-scrapping-ev-plan Huge amount of logic in what he says.
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    Maserati is reborn (again)……or maybe not (again)

    3.5 stars for the Grecale. I stopped reading with boredom part way through: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/maserati/grecale/first-drives/maserati-grecale-gt-2022-review Actually the problem isn’t Maserati it’s people collectively for the stupid cars they want to buy, pretending that a...
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    Autotrader own goals - why private sales sometimes fail

    Decided to have a browse and before I put any parameters in, this came up...
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    New BMW and it's straining to get your attention

    I know that BMW is not that popular a brand for many on here but I've had some great sports coupes/saloons from them over the last 25 years. It is just so sad to see them now reduced to making rubbish like this the new '2022 2 series active tourer'. No idea what that means! If ever a brand...
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    Tricking the service display

    I’m thinking of getting my car serviced outside the dealer network but in Scotland we are short of specialists and I recall someone saying that the service ‘coupon’ is not that easy to reset without the right computer. Anyway I discovered that setting the date backwards had the desired effect...
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    Now I see where the car world is going (and Porsche was right)

    Saturday morning used car search, usual unfocused womble around, you know, is the DB9 better than a GranTurismo, do I really want to try a 911, does a V8 F Type really sound that good etc etc. Anyway stumbled on the H R Owen Maserati used car website. 56 cars for sale, 3 Ghibli and 53 Levante...
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    New car prices getting silly (?)

    I know that there was lots of comment on the price of the MC20 and how high it was. Ditto I was reading Car magazine over my cheerybangs and they tested a Alfa Giulia which only had 200bhp but it was £40k before options. Topped it off today when I found that the new BMW M3/M4 Comp costs £75/76k...
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    How long can our cars last?

    Trudged to the supermarket the other day and saw a DB9 parked up. It looked beautiful with the length that a good coupe needs - and the GranTurismo has - to look perfect. I knew enough to recognise it was not a mk II or whatever the post Virage DB9s are called but was taken aback after a quick...
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    What shape will the car industry be in after all this?

    So the car industry like many has shut down and will be reflecting on what to do when it gets going again. How do people think it will change? IMHO western world real GDP will drop a sixth to a quarter in the next few months and then have a bit of bounce but taking another 12/18 months to get...
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    Death of performance ICE Coupes/Convertibles?

    I’ve been looking around for something to replace my GranTurismo with. £50-100k new or used, don’t now need four seats, it’s just an occasional car and not a daily driver. There’s lots of choice and plenty of people on here have been through this but there seems to be just zero confidence in...
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    Very rare GranTurismo for sale

    Had to check that this really was a 4.2 auto on a 16 plate and it is. Never seen a 4.2 post the Sport coming out in autumn 2012...