Hello all....as a new member, this is my 'introductory post'. So feel free to extend me a warm welcome!
I largely agree with nigw.....price is less of a driver now when importing a mas than is supply options.....which is what is driving me to join this site, and similar ones. Whilst our currency has strengthened.....and I believe this is purely a temporary blip that will soon correct itself within the next 18 months.....and whilst compliance costs have reduced......to some extent this is off-set by the fact that the perception of demand has put a floor on your own market prices (from my very inexperienced point of view), and the fact that the flood of maserati's to our own shores has seen their own prices plummet locally. So margins are not as lucrative as some on here might like to think....
Having said that...it is still preferable to someone like myself.....15 years importing from USA, uk and Japan.....to import rather than buying locally. But again, as per nigw, this is often to do with the potential of sourcing our preferred spec.
Which leads me to my own 'wanted to buy' post.....which I shall also post elsewhere.....
But am now in the market for a 4200 variant...coupe, spyder, gs, mvc, etc....in one of the following color combos;
1. Red with cream interior
2. Blue with cream or light coloured interior
3. Grigio novulari with any colour interior
Must have 'sensible' mileage for its year, robust service history, and a complete absence of rust or any form of accident damage or repair.
I look forward to becoming a worthwhile contributor to these forums....need to get myself the mas first!
and at $57,000 + on roads, it'll come out at over $60k which in your English pounds is about 38,000 of the blighters!!
