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Well, @dickygrace may be the best value, but I buy cars based on colour, so it would have to be the Giallo one for me (starts searching down the back of the Sofa!)
Can’t be denied they’re more popular in Blu Victory, I personally prefer it, but it is £12k more.Well, @dickygrace may be the best value, but I buy cars based on colour, so it would have to be the Giallo one for me (starts searching down the back of the Sofa!)
Totally agree Andy but if you want to hustle down a B-road for a bit of fun at the weekend, then there are a lot more cars better equipped dynamically and also a lot cheaper..Agree Dick…Love the GT and the Stradale is epic but that size is just huge and heavy. If you want a GT car then it’s perfect but if you want a car to hustle down your favourite twisty bits then the GS is a better bet.
Having never driven an MCV (but recently developing a lust for its lashings of blue-weave carbon fibre addons), how does it differ dynamically to a ‘regular’ GS?
It’s a better ‘driver’s car’ than anything that followed it. An MC Shift or a Stradale are both great cars to drive but their mass prevents them from being as dynamic as a Gransport, let alone an MCV.
Neither of course couldn't compare to my mates 997 Turbo at the time on the same circuit, or my previous Lotus Elise.
@Nayf wrote a superb article on @hashluck ‘s MCV:
2006 Maserati GranSport MC Victory special edition was 'inspired by the MC12' - Drive
Cynical special or the best of breed? Maserati Gransport MC Victory. The Maserati GranSport MC Victory special edition was ‘inspired by the MC12’ – can you really feel the DNA? Words Nathan Chadwick. Photograpy Adam Shorrock. …SELL ON MONDAY How much Maserati MC12 found its way into the...drive-my.com
Personally, I never really understood the value of the MCV. Some badges, different seats (which I happen to prefer the GS seats) and the 18" rims. What am I missing other than some cosmetic differences to the GS ?
Personally, I never really understood the value of the MCV. Some badges, different seats (which I happen to prefer the GS seats) and the 18" rims. What am I missing other than some cosmetic differences to the GS ?
EachAnd those seats I believe are about 10k to buy.
Each
Normally I’d decry that website for ripping off my work and that of my fellow journos, but seeing as Bauer has deleted the Modern Classics website and thus nearly all of my portfolio, and won’t allow me to come in and borrow a laptop for an afternoon to build one for my own website (after ten years’ service and putting links to buy back issues from Bauer), then frankly, click away…@Nayf wrote a superb article on @hashluck ‘s MCV:
2006 Maserati GranSport MC Victory special edition was 'inspired by the MC12' - Drive
Cynical special or the best of breed? Maserati Gransport MC Victory. The Maserati GranSport MC Victory special edition was ‘inspired by the MC12’ – can you really feel the DNA? Words Nathan Chadwick. Photograpy Adam Shorrock. …SELL ON MONDAY How much Maserati MC12 found its way into the...drive-my.com
Loved reading this.@Nayf wrote a superb article on @hashluck ‘s MCV:
2006 Maserati GranSport MC Victory special edition was 'inspired by the MC12' - Drive
Cynical special or the best of breed? Maserati Gransport MC Victory. The Maserati GranSport MC Victory special edition was ‘inspired by the MC12’ – can you really feel the DNA? Words Nathan Chadwick. Photograpy Adam Shorrock. …SELL ON MONDAY How much Maserati MC12 found its way into the...drive-my.com
Be careful. It kind of ruined the normal GS for me, much in the same way the CS and CSL makes the standard E46 M3 steering as engaging as reruns of Wycliffe on downersLoved reading this.
Jumping out of my QPV GT Sand into our GS is a step-shift change in driver involvement and dynamics... the QPV despite the kerb weight is a competent and fairly adept luxo-barge which I love to bits, but the GS by comparison is an utter go-kart. The fact that an even specialer (yes, I created a new word) version exists to serve as the apex of the Coupe variants is very cool and I would to drive one (or just see it in the flesh!) someday.
The old adage ‘look but don’t touch’ will likely serve me well again here then…Be careful. It kind of ruined the normal GS for me, much in the same way the CS and CSL makes the standard E46 M3 steering as engaging as reruns of Wycliffe on downers
Agree. Took mine for a good run yesterday, Sport mode, nice twisty country road, no traffic.They’re a lot of car. Outstanding to drive.