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Car Forum / Ferrari Cars / August 2005Maserati Coupe or Spider
Anyone here have one? I'm suddenly seeing them on the road: What's it like? I am considering an Aston or Maserati purchase soon. I test drove a 2005 Maserati Coupe Cambiocorsa. I wasn't very impressed with the traction control. The V8 had pretty good pull through the RPM's. Interior was nice. I still favor the Aston. Much nicer car...but also higher cost. Not that it matters all that much, but the Maserati also looks like it would get "lost" in the parking lot. Similar to the 612 Scag. Nice body design, yet a little to refined, or is it unrefined. Then again, I drive a 92 Testarossa. So I'm one of "those" Ferrari owners. <<I test drove a 2005 Maserati Coupe Cambiocorsa. I wasn't very impressed with the traction control.>> What fun is traction control on the street? Of course, if I didn't need it, I would never use a paddle-shifter either. <<the Maserati also looks like it would get "lost" in the parking lot. Not by me. The Trident has leaped out at me any number of times lately. C. > Not that it matters all that much, but the Maserati also looks like it > would get "lost" in the parking lot. Similar to the 612 Scag. Nice > body design, yet a little to refined, or is it unrefined. Then again, > I drive a 92 Testarossa. So I'm one of "those" Ferrari owners. Very true. I walked right by a 612 and several Masers in the parking lot at Hockenheim. Didn't notice them the first time and only caught the 612 on the way back when i saw the cheesy shields on it. I'd certainly notice it on the road, but the front end is unexceptional. As for the Masers, I see a fair number of them here in Socal. More Qs showing up now. I see that the 20,000th Maser just rolled off the line since the relauch. Needless to say that's a little behind their sales target, they were supposed to be at 10,000 units per year by 2005. I've only driving an early Coupe and wasn't impressed. I know they have improved, but their resale value certainly hasn't. I'll never forget what the Maserati salesman at the Auto Gallery said to me when I asked how was the used Maserati market. His response was "there isn't one". T308  SignatureLIVERPOOL FC - European Champions 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 > > Not that it matters all that much, but the Maserati also looks like it >> would get "lost" in the parking lot. Similar to the 612 Scag. Nice [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >the 612 on the way back when i saw the cheesy shields on it. I'd >certainly notice it on the road, but the front end is unexceptional. I think the front end it the bit most worth saving, the way the fender lines swoop down to define the grill... An incredible idiom, destined to be imitated, probably being appropriated in China for a three-cylinder people's revolutionary sport-sesdan as I type. And somehow there's even a touch of 250 GTB in the rear end, impossibly and a little incongruously in the great hulking beast. Just lose the side scoops and shields and we have a deal. >As for the Masers, I see a fair number of them here in Socal. More Qs >showing up now. I see that the 20,000th Maser just rolled off the line >since the relauch. Needless to say that's a little behind their sales >target, they were supposed to be at 10,000 units per year by 2005. > >I've only driving an early Coupe and wasn't impressed. How so? >I know they have >improved, but their resale value certainly hasn't. I'll never forget >what the Maserati salesman at the Auto Gallery said to me when I asked >how was the used Maserati market. His response was "there isn't one". I see new ones going for 20% off. I know one of the magazines previewed the 2006 - based on the 4-porte, bigger fatter heavier - because they make subsequent reference to it, but I can't remember which nor find the source... > > > Not that it matters all that much, but the Maserati also looks like it > >> would get "lost" in the parking lot. Similar to the 612 Scag. Nice [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Just lose the side scoops and shields and we have a deal. I kinda like the side scoops, but hate the shields. The 612 is yet another new Ferrari that took awhile to grow on me... > >As for the Masers, I see a fair number of them here in Socal. More Qs > >showing up now. I see that the 20,000th Maser just rolled off the line [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > How so? Yeah, do tell. -Matt- "._." matt borland wrote: >>>I've only driving an early Coupe and wasn't impressed. >> >>How so? > > Yeah, do tell. It was an early 3200 GT. The power was very On/Off even for a turbo. The gearbox was ragged (this was a car with about 7000 km on it) and i missed a few shifts with it (no comments here about my driving ability!). I don't want to be that concerned about shifting a modern car (I expect it in a forty year old car!). It does take the joy out of driving. The handling was ok, but not great. A alot more mid corner understeer than I would have expected (certainly I would have expected some, but not that much). I was also struck by the poor build quality. Shabby detail work, warning lights coming on and off, etc. Again this was an early car and I know that much has changed (the motor being the biggest change), so, with a sample size of one, I wasn't thrilled. I'll have to go drive another one and report back.. T308 SignatureLIVERPOOL FC - European Champions 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 >I am considering an Aston or Maserati purchase soon. I test drove a >2005 Maserati Coupe Cambiocorsa. I wasn't very impressed with the >traction control. ? >The V8 had pretty good pull through the RPM's. >Interior was nice. I still favor the Aston. Much nicer car...but also >higher cost. Aston, "nicer"? How so? >Not that it matters all that much, but the Maserati also looks like it >would get "lost" in the parking lot. Some have said, I find it elegant, yet with a powerful presence on the road. >Similar to the 612 Scag. ?! "Scag"?! >Nice >body design, yet a little to refined, or is it unrefined. Then again, >I drive a 92 Testarossa. So I'm one of "those" Ferrari owners. Yes. ...Another fashion victim. >>Nice body design, yet a little to refined, or is it unrefined. Then >>again, >>I drive a 92 Testarossa. So I'm one of "those" Ferrari owners. Doesn't make you a bad person (!) ;-) > Yes. ...Another fashion victim. Bahaaaa...f.ck your funny. Who the f.ck are you to criticise his car you a.shole?? I. A cursory review of his posting history shows the troll nature of his posts. The big issue with the Testarossa is that it was built FOR Americans specifically. It's actually an honour of sorts for him to "Not Get It". He's not supposed to like it. And as far as criticising...I also own a 2002 Viper with a Roe supercharger. The F_Klan simply cannot stand that car. I love to see the bashing around the Viper and the incorrect notion it has a "truck" motor in it. The truck has a Viper motor children. But backwards is as backwards does... <<I love to see the bashing around the Viper and the incorrect notion it has a "truck" motor in it. >> Oh, so it just sounds like a truck. <eg> C.
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