looking for GS

[Parisien]

Good to hear Froddy.......let us all know how the hunt and sale proceed


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[stradaman]

Red is also associated with Maserati...Maserati's racing cars were all red in the early days and when I think of Maserati I think of red........

So why the lack of red Masers, when new? Red denotes Ferrari. Possible reason? Or, like green, a less popular colour on a Maser?

Andy.

 

[nigw]

Red is just as much a Maserati colour as it is a Ferrari one, historically. Both marques used to be red because red was the racing colour of Italy when country racing colurs were assigned some time around 1900 (blue was France e.g. Bugatti, Britain was green e.g. Bentley etc).

Yellow was more normal on the earliest Ferraris because it was the official colour of Modena - which is where Enzo Ferrari came from, but they had to change to red to represent Italy when racing (yellow might've been Belgium's colour I think).

 

[dem maser]

never knew that, thank you

 

[Andyk]

Red is just as much a Maserati colour as it is a Ferrari one, historically. Both marques used to be red because red was the racing colour of Italy when country racing colurs were assigned some time around 1900 (blue was France e.g. Bugatti, Britain was green e.g. Bentley etc).

Yellow was more normal on the earliest Ferraris because it was the official colour of Modena - which is where Enzo Ferrari came from, but they had to change to red to represent Italy when racing (yellow might've been Belgium's colour I think).

Spot on Nige......Red was Italy, yellow Belguim, blue French and green Britian............They had to be this colout to race.......it was the rules..................So historically all Maserati racers were red...............So a 250F whihc for me is the most wonderful racer ever made was always red and thats why I see Maserati as red........Then as time went on and to the modern Maserati racers they became white and blue....but Maserati will always be red........

 

[Woody]

Call me old fashioned but perhaps the reason Red takes the longest to sell might just be something to do with it being the LEAST popular colour, hence the very limited numbers. Just a thought...

What are you basing that on?

 

[stradaman]

Yes, i know all about racing colours, and the fact Lancia racing team, was sold to Ferrari, where it all began.
But it does not answer, why red on a modern Maser is not as popular as red on a Ferrari?

Andy.

 

[Andyk]

I think its as said.....Some see it as a Ferrari colour...as simple as that...............and I think when the GS came out Maserati never really showed a red GS so perhaps they wanted to distance the marque from Ferrai.................But I just thing most people go for a metallic colour and not a standard one.......

 

[nigw]

Yes, i know all about racing colours, and the fact Lancia racing team, was sold to Ferrari, where it all began.
But it does not answer, why red on a modern Maser is not as popular as red on a Ferrari?

Andy.

Probably mainly because red is a racing colour, and Ferraris are pitched more as a 'racing' range whilst Maserati is more of a GT range. However, I think you're looking for a single answer to something that is a complex of history, marketing and personal decision.

 

[stradaman]

Probably mainly because red is a racing colour, and Ferraris are pitched more as a 'racing' range whilst Maserati is more of a GT range. However, I think you're looking for a single answer to something that is a complex of history, marketing and personal decision.

Absolutely agree. Maseratis seem to be in metallic, rather then just plain colours. Mind you, Rosso Red, is still a great colour.
A dealer once told me, a Ferrari, not in RR, was worth less, as every buyer, wanted RR.

Andy.