keith
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Firstly apologies for not providing a link to the article, but if you go to the Autocar website you will find the article.
As it says it's a first drive of the recently updated car, and in common with other such articles it's far from complimentary!
For those on here who think the Diesel model is the devils work, they will feel vindicated but Autocar's comments.
Whilst the rest of the article mostly finds fault with the rest of the car when compared to a 5 Series and the new E class. To be honest if you look at the Ghibli in simple terms against those they are probably right. However albeit IMO that rather misses the point. Dynamically and technologicaly Maserati even with the backing of its parent company will always struggle. BMW and Mercedes are at the absolute cutting edge with Audi and now Jaguar not far behind. That's why these brands mid size executive saloons, and the S class are the choice for the executive chauffeur and mini cab business because they are so ruthlessly efficient at what they do. But at the same time they are about as individual and stylish as that other taxi, the London black cab. Like that, no one will give its looks more than a second thought, or feel in anyway anything special or stylish about the way it looks.
The German cars, are brilliantly engineered tools to get from A to B.
So whilst in that sense the Maserati is not quite as good, but I don't think a million miles of the mark, the Ghibli's looks and style are a million times better.
For those that want an appliance buy German, and for those who want style buy Italian.
As it says it's a first drive of the recently updated car, and in common with other such articles it's far from complimentary!
For those on here who think the Diesel model is the devils work, they will feel vindicated but Autocar's comments.
Whilst the rest of the article mostly finds fault with the rest of the car when compared to a 5 Series and the new E class. To be honest if you look at the Ghibli in simple terms against those they are probably right. However albeit IMO that rather misses the point. Dynamically and technologicaly Maserati even with the backing of its parent company will always struggle. BMW and Mercedes are at the absolute cutting edge with Audi and now Jaguar not far behind. That's why these brands mid size executive saloons, and the S class are the choice for the executive chauffeur and mini cab business because they are so ruthlessly efficient at what they do. But at the same time they are about as individual and stylish as that other taxi, the London black cab. Like that, no one will give its looks more than a second thought, or feel in anyway anything special or stylish about the way it looks.
The German cars, are brilliantly engineered tools to get from A to B.
So whilst in that sense the Maserati is not quite as good, but I don't think a million miles of the mark, the Ghibli's looks and style are a million times better.
For those that want an appliance buy German, and for those who want style buy Italian.
That's diesels in general and Alfa/Maser diesels in particular.