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M5 Comp vs 4 Dr Maserati
I was driving early Saturday morning with very light traffic and I'm in the fast lane doing 85mph. I saw in my rear view mirror, a 4 door Maserati of some sort, come barreling towards me at light speed.
I hit the M2 button and smashed the accelerator. Within a few seconds, I overcame his momentum advantage and put on a few bus lengths up to about 150mph ish. We came upon a little traffic rather quickly, so I shut it down and my adrenaline high came to an end. I was waiting for him to pull up even with me to give him a thumbs up but he never did. So I put my hazards on and took my exit. Dick move? Maybe…haha! I love this car! Last edited by Jimmy K; 06-07-2021 at 06:28 AM.. |
06-06-2021, 02:51 PM | #2 |
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I turned in my 4-door Maserati in February and immediately went to order my M5C in April - it's slated to arrive late July / early August. I had a brief moment of lunacy going with a Maserati versus sticking with BMW like I have almost my whole life.
The exterior of the Maserati I had looked nice, especially with some CF aero modifications, and had a nice exhaust tone to it, but under the hood...it's like comparing apples to steaks between it and a M5C. Off a direct start I'm about 99.999999% certain you would've annihilated the Maserati and been in another zip code lol. Plus...I gotta say...inside a Maserati was nothing to be appetizing...it's on basically a Jeep platform so the touchscreen you have, the buttons, dials, are exactly what you have in a Jeep / Jeep Cherokee lol. Looking forward getting back into my soon-to-be M5C!!
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I'm fairly certain most "car guys" agree, the Maserati is a novelty, not a serious car by any measure.
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I have one and it sounds great, styling is great, it has prestige and great presence. It is a head turner but drivability wise nothing compared to F90.
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I've always loved the way the Ghibli looks especially in black. But the interior is essentially a Chrysler and while the exhaust note is there, not sure about it's performance.
They were very generous on lease numbers when I looked a few years ago but the interior really just is not there for me. |
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Sounds like we're all in consensus. 😃
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Maserati has nothing in M5 class. Just as BMW has nothing to compete against MC20.
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I owned Ghibli and Levante; hated interior. I do think GranTourismo and older Quattroporte have better interior and better engine sound
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12-03-2021, 06:25 AM | #13 |
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I've had a Ghibli.
Maserati's are nice cars to be seen in, rather than actually be in. Nothing that I've driven of their's is better than the equivalent competing prestige brands. |
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I mean....I thought about the Maserati for a bit...but the tech is like from 2006 and let's be honest....Ghiblis are like $30k right now. Quattroportes are like $40k.
It would be a cool 3rd or 4th car....but no one driving one is fooling others into thinking it's this Italian exotic. It's like trying to put a watch made by Tiffany or Louis Vuitton up against Rolex or Patek....it's a name brand but not at all a serious contender.
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I had a Ghibli SQ4 a few years ago, they were going for low 30s CPO for a 2-3 year old one with sub 30k miles. Drove it till the warranty lapsed. For the price i was happy, it sounded amazing and was actually exciting to drive.
It is crazy to me that new they are similar in price to an M5.
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