GT Sport Auto.. Brief review
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zagatoes30
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Wibble, wibble
Hi Fangio
Just out of interest is there a night and day difference compared to the 4.2 in terms of ride comfort, handling and noise. I appreciate the 4.7 will be much quicker, but was just wondering on the general driving aspects. I'll be buying a GT at the end of this year, (can't wait to get out of my current M5), but would rather not go on a man maths tutorial to justify the purchase of a 4.7 sport. Per my reckoning a 4.7 GT sport is circa £70k, (and possibly lower with the deprn curve at the time that I buy), whereas a nice 4.2 GT can be had for approx £40k. Appreciate the 4.7 would probably come with the remaining warranty etc, but was just wondering if I should be a "cheap skate" for once when it comes to buying cars, or whether I would be missing out and just go for the 4.7 Sport MC Auto.
Thanks
Peter
Just out of interest is there a night and day difference compared to the 4.2 in terms of ride comfort, handling and noise. I appreciate the 4.7 will be much quicker, but was just wondering on the general driving aspects. I'll be buying a GT at the end of this year, (can't wait to get out of my current M5), but would rather not go on a man maths tutorial to justify the purchase of a 4.7 sport. Per my reckoning a 4.7 GT sport is circa £70k, (and possibly lower with the deprn curve at the time that I buy), whereas a nice 4.2 GT can be had for approx £40k. Appreciate the 4.7 would probably come with the remaining warranty etc, but was just wondering if I should be a "cheap skate" for once when it comes to buying cars, or whether I would be missing out and just go for the 4.7 Sport MC Auto.
Thanks
Peter
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Oceano/ Sabia gents.. Wouldn't have specced it but very happy - nearly all the others are black / black or white/black - not my thing.
Peters- I was very happy with my 4.2 .. Quick and comfy. And once you get used to the size of it - very enjoyable to drive quick... They all look stunning and there's no badges to distinguish between them..
4.7 definitely wins the audio test - Lozzingers has a Larini system planned that will fix that.. But there's not many days when you'll miss the extra grunt of the 4.7 - just kick it down !
I am so f the opinion that the Sport is a big improvement over the 4.2 and the early 4.7 's - but that's probably just because I e got one - !
Residuals are strong right now - and I think they'll stay that way for a while - so get into a nice unmolested 4.2 - enjoy while you watch the prices of the Sport and your ready to make your move..
Peters- I was very happy with my 4.2 .. Quick and comfy. And once you get used to the size of it - very enjoyable to drive quick... They all look stunning and there's no badges to distinguish between them..
4.7 definitely wins the audio test - Lozzingers has a Larini system planned that will fix that.. But there's not many days when you'll miss the extra grunt of the 4.7 - just kick it down !
I am so f the opinion that the Sport is a big improvement over the 4.2 and the early 4.7 's - but that's probably just because I e got one - !
Residuals are strong right now - and I think they'll stay that way for a while - so get into a nice unmolested 4.2 - enjoy while you watch the prices of the Sport and your ready to make your move..
Went off and found some values on mine (3.5 year old GTS Auto). Now dropping by about £5k pa trade to trade so you need to add a private or dealer margin but that is a given amount to be averaged over the length of ownership.
Fully agree that once you have avoided the first year of depreciation, things settle down to a reasonable amount but bear in mind that Maserati dealer margins are a few £k more than elsewhere, largely because their standards dictate a lot of paintwork refresh and these cars do lose paint on the nose/bonnet and, especially, the sills/lower doors.
Fully agree that once you have avoided the first year of depreciation, things settle down to a reasonable amount but bear in mind that Maserati dealer margins are a few £k more than elsewhere, largely because their standards dictate a lot of paintwork refresh and these cars do lose paint on the nose/bonnet and, especially, the sills/lower doors.
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Having kept a close eye on value over the last 12 months I noticed they fell off a it in autumn last year- but didn't last long. Prompted me to get gap insurance - which I'd never bothered with before..
GT's - good ones mind have held up pretty well - in fact I judged that I could not buy my car again for what I paid were I to have lost it early this year - and that's want prompted the change really (and business improving)...
The "book" values for a Mint GT sub 30k miles for trade right now is £30k for trade. Hard to find a good one for much less than £40k- a bit more choice on higher mileage cars by most still £35 +.
The granite one at Macaris seems to have vanished off the adds - And that one undercut a few at Nuvola thT are now sold..
Still don't think they are moving much - and I think underpinned by fairly strong Gransport values..
They'll doubtless fall... But slowly I think..
GT's - good ones mind have held up pretty well - in fact I judged that I could not buy my car again for what I paid were I to have lost it early this year - and that's want prompted the change really (and business improving)...
The "book" values for a Mint GT sub 30k miles for trade right now is £30k for trade. Hard to find a good one for much less than £40k- a bit more choice on higher mileage cars by most still £35 +.
The granite one at Macaris seems to have vanished off the adds - And that one undercut a few at Nuvola thT are now sold..
Still don't think they are moving much - and I think underpinned by fairly strong Gransport values..
They'll doubtless fall... But slowly I think..
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Noticed the lower front sills starting to look a bit peppered on mine after 7k miles. Wondering how oftern I should get them painted and maybe get the film protections stuff put on down there. I seem to remember Harry Metcalf did that to his. Anyone else had any experience with this?
Fangio63, my compliments your car is really nice!
I've exactly the same version (Sport Auto) and as you say there're almost no aspects to complaint with.
One bad thing for me is the steering, being to 'slow', especially when driving fast on corners you need to much steering angle.
Do you agree?
I've exactly the same version (Sport Auto) and as you say there're almost no aspects to complaint with.
One bad thing for me is the steering, being to 'slow', especially when driving fast on corners you need to much steering angle.
Do you agree?
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Now you mention it Alfacorse... there is quite a lot of wheel action going on..... not saying I'd thought it a problem ... but now you've mentioned it no doubt it'll raise my awareness....though tbh I'd rather that, than the sort of ratio's that were on past Alfa's I've had... in some of those .. if you sneezed, you'd change lanes....
in fact this kind of steering is perfect for high speed cruising (which indeed is 75% of my driving) but still I'd prefer a faster steering to better enjoy sport driving...in my previous BMW 6series I had a variable steering, slow in the middle and fast in cornering, and that was the optimal solution (until when it worked...)
I feel it is perfect as I find too many cars have overlight steering full stop or overlight at low speed which is scary on roundabouts/30-40 mph corners as you have to recalibrate part way through the corner. The Ghibli/QP do this - so they might suit you - but if you want a Maserati with very direct steering try a 3200, very different!
