I'm considering a Ghibli when the lease on my 535i M Sport is up, and at 6'4 with what I've found out (via not being able to fit into practically anything) a very long torso, I'm concerned about whether I'll have adequate frontal headroom in this car.
I had a few E Classes before the BMW, and not only found them to be too cramped for my head, considering how utilitarian and large they are, but even my 5 Series is a little too close for comfort at the roof, even with seat all the way down and fully tweaked to give me as much head clearance as possible.
I sat in the Ghibli at the Auto Show and am drawing a blank as to how my head fit in it. I feel like my conclusion was that it was similar to my 5er, i.e livable but not ultimately perfectly comfortable in that regard.
On another note, unless there are big discounts or very lightly used models with heavy depreciation by next year, I'd probably opt for the non-Q4 which seems to be a "no no" recommendation by most when compared against the Q4. I love the current 5 Series when correctly optioned and later than 2013 model year, and honestly think on a holistic level, all things accounted, it's quite possibly the best car in the world, but am starting to long for something maybe a little tighter, louder and rawer, without giving up the luxury of the 5er (until I inevitably get tired of that in my pothole riddled, traffic congested town and just want the plushest, quietest barge available again).
I've been wanting something a little exotic for a while and the Ghibli seems to tick a lot of those boxes, even though I'm not convinced on the styling just yet (somewhere in between "eh", "awkward" and "incredibly sexily stunning" when I look at various pictures, though my one real world impression on the road wasn't too positive), and am apprehensive about the QC/Fit/Finish issues that plague Maserati. I'm hoping that IMO the biggest drawback to it, which is a very cheap Chrysler-like interior layout/tech/infotainment system and way too many Chrysler parts-bin carryover plastics (which feel cheaper than most cars that share the $18K segments that said Chryslers compete in, to give some perspective) come with a silver lining, i.e that "Chrysler-ization" gives it some plus points of adopting a mass-manufactured utilitarian-like durability that's missing from delicate previous hand-made Maser's.
Thanks for "listening" to my ramble, and I really hope I can comfortably fit my height into the thing as I don't think there are any other Sedans that tickle my fancy as much as BMW's 5/6 Series' as much as the Ghibli might. M-B has become extremely undesirable to me, I don't have a charging port in my garage for a Tesla and prefer the 5 Series over the A6, overall.
I had a few E Classes before the BMW, and not only found them to be too cramped for my head, considering how utilitarian and large they are, but even my 5 Series is a little too close for comfort at the roof, even with seat all the way down and fully tweaked to give me as much head clearance as possible.
I sat in the Ghibli at the Auto Show and am drawing a blank as to how my head fit in it. I feel like my conclusion was that it was similar to my 5er, i.e livable but not ultimately perfectly comfortable in that regard.
On another note, unless there are big discounts or very lightly used models with heavy depreciation by next year, I'd probably opt for the non-Q4 which seems to be a "no no" recommendation by most when compared against the Q4. I love the current 5 Series when correctly optioned and later than 2013 model year, and honestly think on a holistic level, all things accounted, it's quite possibly the best car in the world, but am starting to long for something maybe a little tighter, louder and rawer, without giving up the luxury of the 5er (until I inevitably get tired of that in my pothole riddled, traffic congested town and just want the plushest, quietest barge available again).
I've been wanting something a little exotic for a while and the Ghibli seems to tick a lot of those boxes, even though I'm not convinced on the styling just yet (somewhere in between "eh", "awkward" and "incredibly sexily stunning" when I look at various pictures, though my one real world impression on the road wasn't too positive), and am apprehensive about the QC/Fit/Finish issues that plague Maserati. I'm hoping that IMO the biggest drawback to it, which is a very cheap Chrysler-like interior layout/tech/infotainment system and way too many Chrysler parts-bin carryover plastics (which feel cheaper than most cars that share the $18K segments that said Chryslers compete in, to give some perspective) come with a silver lining, i.e that "Chrysler-ization" gives it some plus points of adopting a mass-manufactured utilitarian-like durability that's missing from delicate previous hand-made Maser's.
Thanks for "listening" to my ramble, and I really hope I can comfortably fit my height into the thing as I don't think there are any other Sedans that tickle my fancy as much as BMW's 5/6 Series' as much as the Ghibli might. M-B has become extremely undesirable to me, I don't have a charging port in my garage for a Tesla and prefer the 5 Series over the A6, overall.
) and I mentioned about the head room. He says he definitely has plenty of head room and looking at him, I thought at least an additional 3-4 inches. Our car has the sunroof, so I don't know how much more would be available in the base model.
