New car in our parking lot...what is it?

[joe603]

Maserati something...any idea?

[zozoka1212]

That is the new grand turismo range or something no?

[joe603]

The new GT has different headlights...but it may be an older model.

[Tim30250]

It's a GT Coupe. That style came out in the early part of this decade (01-02) and ran until a couple years ago when the current generation came out with a major redesign. That appears to be the facelifed version of the previous iteration, so it's probably a 2005-2007 model.

[gwoods]

These are some of my fav cars! I love the Quattroporte.

They are low mid 100k new but don't hold value at all. 01-04 coupes are in the 20-30k range. 4 doors are in the mid 40's low 50's. Most Maserati's are 4th or 5th cars for rich folks so the used examples normally have very low miles. Its not uncommon to see 02-03 coupes or convertables for around $30,000 with less then 20,000 miles on them.

The drive train is awesome, Ferrari derived 4.3 V8 very similar to the V8 in the F430 Ferrari. Ferrari derivd F1 gear box with paddel shifters on the steering column.

The downside. Its an Italian sports car, your going to need to be prepared to put a few grand in it as needed when parts break or wear out. The clutch for the F1 transmission can be abused to the point where you can replace it every 6-8 months if you are hard on the car.

One of our salesmen bought a 04 and drove it for about 5 months until he started to notice the clutch was wearing out from his driving style and he dumped it on a mid size benz.

[Poyzinous]

I have a soft spot for Maserati. I think the name is uber awesome. I'd love to have one as well. I drove a 2006 GT coupe. It was fun.

[Tim30250]

Thanks to rapid depreciation they're actually quite easy to get into if u don't need a brand new one.