[HQ1]

It is pretty neat that the Ghibli is included in this list. Finally, someone is getting it right... (in other words, don't let the bast**ds get you down with their negative reviews -- you know what you got!)

Exotic car sales surge to record high - except Ferrari

Maserati - Exotic car sales surge to record high - except Ferrari - CNNMoney

Video: The more 'affordable' Maserati

The more 'affordable' Maserati - Video - Personal Finance

 

[Joe300]

The links don't open above

 

[HQ1]

The links don't open above

hmm... I tried it and both links work. Is anyone else unable to open the links?

 

[schmarc]

hmm... I tried it and both links work. Is anyone else unable to open the links?

worked for me

 

[svelte]

I liked this quote from that CNNMoney article:

One thing Maserati will not do, Wester insisted, is take Maserati any further down-market in pursuit of sales.

"Over my dead body," he said.

 

[Etodd31856]

I hope he means it because any lower and they better be ready to produce a lot more that 50K a year and that would be a shame.......I am getting so many complements and thumbs up it fun and unnerving at the same time......hope they are more like Porsche and not BMW or MB this has been debated thoroughly on other threads..........but the quote is very reassuring...........

 

[HQ1]

...hope they are more like Porsche and not BMW or MB this has been debated thoroughly on other threads..........but the quote is very reassuring...........

I feel the Ghibli and Maserati will be more like Porsche -- an exclusive brand built in limited numbers. I also think that Maserati will focus on classic design and not radically change the design of the Ghibli that much -- much like Porsche -- thus the Ghibli should evolve but retain its fundamental design and appeal years down the road, regardless of the year manufactured.

(I don't have the same feelings about the QP though -- the proportions of the Ghibli are just better IMO.)

 

[bjg625]

We've come along way when down market is $80-90K. When I graduated college I got a new 240Z with some dealer add ons for $4200. People thought I'd lost my mind. Next time I see a guy with a E class I'm going to ask him if he couldn't afford a S class.