Is the 4200 SPYDER a hairdressers or girls car?

[urbanmaser]

Parisien Im with you I think the Spyder is classy not atr all flash and a Maserati through and through

 

[Andyk]

Maserati Spyder always seens to part of the essence of Maserati..Even the Biturbo...Always remember way back a chap in Chepstow had Biturbo Spyder and I used to stop and stare everytime if was at the local petrol station....and lets face it that wasn't the best looking Maserati. But it was a Maserati and that counts for alot. I was actualy a fan of the Biturbo....one of the few probably.

 

[lozcb]

Maserati Spyder always seens to part of the essence of Maserati..Even the Biturbo...Always remember way back a chap in Chepstow had Biturbo Spyder and I used to stop and stare everytime if was at the local petrol station....and lets face it that wasn't the best looking Maserati. But it was a Maserati and that counts for alot. I was actualy a fan of the Biturbo....one of the few probably.

Twice over the years i nearly bought a Bi turbo and Later a Ghibli , but alas it wasn't to be , both were at car Auctions , the last the Ghibli was absolutely Mint , Hp repossession , the guy that was bidding against me and won the bidding said afterwards that if he had known i wanted it that much he wouldn't of bid at all , he was there on behalf of a garage just buying stock , so fate held me back from Masser ownership 20 odd years earlier , it went for £3800 which was peanuts for it then , saw it in the local rag a few weeks later at £7k , by that time i had bought a brand new Lancia Hpe Volumex to cheer myself up

regards loz

 

[Andyk]

What was the Lancia lke Loz...Did love the HPE as well.

 

[ENZ525]

What was the Lancia lke Loz...Did love the HPE as well.

Slightly off topic, I know...
But I had a Lancia gamma for a while...
Loved it, ran like a 3 legged pig most of the time,
but on the odd occassion that the boxer engine was tuned correctly it was soooo sweeet,
trouble was, only lasted a couple of weeks, then needed doing again!!
Regards,
Enzo.

 

[lozcb]

What was the Lancia lke Loz...Did love the HPE as well.

Very understated car, was one of the fastest mid range cars of its time , top speed was then 155 mph and thats back in 1984 , was kind of flashy for a year , but my first ever new car and in true Italian style it lost loads when it came time to sell it


regards loz

 

[Andyk]

Very understated car, was one of the fastest mid range cars of its time , top speed was then 155 mph and thats back in 1984 , was kind of flashy for a year , but my first ever new car and in true Italian style it lost loads when it came time to sell it


regards loz

Always thought they were a lovely looking car...Don't see them any more as imagine they are all dust.

 

[Andyk]

Slightly off topic, I know...
But I had a Lancia gamma for a while...
Loved it, ran like a 3 legged pig most of the time,
but on the odd occassion that the boxer engine was tuned correctly it was soooo sweeet,
trouble was, only lasted a couple of weeks, then needed doing again!!
Regards,
Enzo.

Gamma...Oh another blast from the past..Forgot about that one. When I bought my first car a black Fiat X19 Lido they had a Gamma for sale.....Remember looking at it and thinking how big it was next to the X19....I just love Lancia, Another name that has a romance about it...

 

[ENZ525]

Gamma...Oh another blast from the past..Forgot about that one. When I bought my first car a black Fiat X19 Lido they had a Gamma for sale.....Remember looking at it and thinking how big it was next to the X19....I just love Lancia, Another name that has a romance about it...

Yes, it was huge.
Used to really like Lancias, but don't know whats happened to them recently,
None of the models I saw at the last car show warranted a second look in my book,
just the same boring, bland 'could be anything' type of cars...

 

[Andyk]

Agree Enzo, Lancia lost it's way when it tried to be th 'BMW' of the Fiat brand...The last great Lancia was the Integrale. I had 16v and EVO 1 and it was brilliant. I drove a Dedra when it came out and just thought they had lost their way then.

 

[conaero]

Lancia lost it's way when it tried to be th 'BMW' of the Fiat brand.

Gulp, that is exactly what Alfa are doing and I can see it going the same way.

 

[ENZ525]

Agree Enzo, Lancia lost it's way when it tried to be th 'BMW' of the Fiat brand...The last great Lancia was the Integrale. I had 16v and EVO 1 and it was brilliant. I drove a Dedra when it came out and just thought they had lost their way then.

Never had an integrale, but always liked them...

 

[ENZ525]

Gulp, that is exactly what Alfa are doing and I can see it going the same way.

Let's hope somebody spots this, slams on the anchors, and put's the strategy into reverse,
before coming up with a new one to take the brand forward as it does not deserve to die...

 

[Andyk]

Alfa's bench mark for the new car was the Audi A3...A terribly boring drive...What are they doing.

 

[lozcb]

Problem with Alfa for the last few years , is that they are looking at the market Place to find a section to fill , why in gods name , they should stick to what they know best originality and flair , and leave the computer fed info purely for the tech side , sounds to me they could do with giving Leepo a completely freehand in their design team for a year or two


regards loz

 

[Andyk]

Flair, great engines, especially the old V6, great styling and fun cars....Come on Alfa this is what it's about.