D Walker
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It's a nice car, I've test driven it! It's a very basic spec, so wasn't for me, but they were adamant they wouldn't take a penny less than £42k for it in September!!
I agree with the sentiments here, if they were to hit £30k I would trade the GS and have 2 years in a petrol whilst I wait for something else to come out of Modena.
I'm amazed they have stayed at the 40k price point for so long considering they are over 2 years old now and have not had the best reviews in the motoring World. Still they are a Maserati and they have some of THE best residuals out there.
I'm not sure why some on here are so surprised at Ghiblis being available at £40k at 1-2 years old. The basic car was £50k and most for sale are standard spec with maybe £2k of wheels at most. That's just 20% depreciation - no different to most cars that all lose the VAT in their value the minute they drive off the forecourt. There are some deals to be had if you have money in your pocket and are prepared to negotiate hard - I got mine for £22k less than list at 7 months old with 4K miles. It's a heavily-specced car and optional extras depreciate the quickest!
A twin turbo diesel would make a nice replacement for mine in a couple of years. I'd also be very interested if they put the QP's V8 twin turbo into the Ghibli as the range topper.