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Andyk said:
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.
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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..

Our shared love of Lotus being one (insert any model) and my Forester,,, the way I have it set up will blow anyone’s mind for what can be achieved in a point to point road car,,,,,,

,,,, but then again,,, it does look like doggie doo sat next to any Maserati!!
 
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dickygrace said:
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.
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Was having a 'walshy' day (Car Limits driver training) on track a few years ago in my 4200 at Blyton Park.
In the afternoon Walshy drove me around the circuit in my 4200.
Amazing, the limits far exceeded my limited talents.
At the time he had a 4.2 Granturismo, so afterwards he took me around in that.
The difference was stark, far less nimble.
Neither of course couldn't compare to my mates 997 Turbo at the time on the same circuit, or my previous Lotus Elise.
 
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dickygrace said:
@Nayf wrote a superb article on @hashluck ‘s MCV:

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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...
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I could type a reply but Nayf and Dickie some it up very well. Ignoring the harder to quantify detail changes the easily identifiable differences come at the very first corner. The steering is absolutely spot on and turn-in immediate and as you grow ever more confident the seats (those seats) grip you firmly. Neither of those things happen in a standard GS.
 
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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 ?
 
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Ramp said:
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 ?
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See above, all explained by me and Hashluck. The article linked sets it out in more detail. Wheels are 19’s as per standard GS.
 
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Ramp said:
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 ?
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And those seats I believe are about 10k to buy.
 
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dickygrace said:
@Nayf wrote a superb article on @hashluck ‘s MCV:

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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...
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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…
 
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dickygrace said:
@Nayf wrote a superb article on @hashluck ‘s MCV:

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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...
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Loved reading this.

Jumping out of my QPV GT S and 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.
 
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makeshiftUK said:
Loved 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.
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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
 
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Nayf said:
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
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The old adage ‘look but don’t touch’ will likely serve me well again here then…
 
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Regarding the discussion of the differnet drivng dynamics of the MC-Victory compared to normal Gransport, I have just noticed that the last three digits of my engine number on my MC-Victory match the edition number of my car '157' - that could just be complete coincidence but, otherwse, could add credence to the concept of the MC-Victory engines being somehow different and 180 engines built in a series. Any other MC-V owners out there can check their engine number against edition number?
 
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