My car is eight year old at the weekend and after 54000 miles it has been well.....brilliant.
Now the bad news, it’s let me down twice. Firstly at two months old it would not start as the battery was flat but a CTEK has fixed that. Why don’t they include them in the sale? No problems since and I’m still on the factory battery. Secondly, a couple of years later the driver’s seat spliced some wires when being moved forwards/backwards leading to a Christmas tree dashboard - you would think the Italians would understand spaghetti better and use more tape but hey ho. Anyway that’s it....great cars.
I’m not bothered about the row over which engine and gearbox combi are best but the 4.7 Auto has worked well for me. With relatively few gears, no turbos and a long wheelbase these cars are easy to drive fast or slow and in sport manual they do a reasonable job of being hustled for a heavy, big GT.
Costs have not been silly. I’ve had an a/c compressor, springs, front bush kit, ARB bushes/drop links, brakes incl EPB, TPMS sensors, one rear back box and about four of those stupidly cheap chromed plastic seat tilt mechanisms. Some of this on the two year extended warranty, some since. The only niggle is a creak/squeak from the NSF which is not always there but when it is if I pull up on the wheel arch I can replicate the noise. Car drives beautifully but I’m happy to take tips on fixing this.
I’ve had a run of a 3200, 4200 and then the GranTurismo all because the back seats are school run friendly. That’s now coming to an end to I’m starting to think of less accommodating replacements but no rush. Let’s hope Maserati manage to keep the GranTurismo’s DNA in the new car(s) as over the last two decades they really have made the best GTs on the planet. If you are a newbie then go and try one and buy!
Now the bad news, it’s let me down twice. Firstly at two months old it would not start as the battery was flat but a CTEK has fixed that. Why don’t they include them in the sale? No problems since and I’m still on the factory battery. Secondly, a couple of years later the driver’s seat spliced some wires when being moved forwards/backwards leading to a Christmas tree dashboard - you would think the Italians would understand spaghetti better and use more tape but hey ho. Anyway that’s it....great cars.
I’m not bothered about the row over which engine and gearbox combi are best but the 4.7 Auto has worked well for me. With relatively few gears, no turbos and a long wheelbase these cars are easy to drive fast or slow and in sport manual they do a reasonable job of being hustled for a heavy, big GT.
Costs have not been silly. I’ve had an a/c compressor, springs, front bush kit, ARB bushes/drop links, brakes incl EPB, TPMS sensors, one rear back box and about four of those stupidly cheap chromed plastic seat tilt mechanisms. Some of this on the two year extended warranty, some since. The only niggle is a creak/squeak from the NSF which is not always there but when it is if I pull up on the wheel arch I can replicate the noise. Car drives beautifully but I’m happy to take tips on fixing this.
I’ve had a run of a 3200, 4200 and then the GranTurismo all because the back seats are school run friendly. That’s now coming to an end to I’m starting to think of less accommodating replacements but no rush. Let’s hope Maserati manage to keep the GranTurismo’s DNA in the new car(s) as over the last two decades they really have made the best GTs on the planet. If you are a newbie then go and try one and buy!