The Maserati Quattroporte and Maserati Levante both have impressive interiors, with the Quattroporte boasting a deep, rich color palette, luxury touches, and upscale add-ons. The GranTurismo features multiple screens, including a 12.2-inch digital dial display behind the steering wheel and a 12.3-inch central infotainment screen. The Quattroporte’s interior is off-the-shelf, while the Levante’s interior is more spacious and enjoyable to drive.
The Highway Assist System, a radar located on the front grille and a forward-facing camera, ensures safety while driving on the highway. The 2024 Maserati Levante has 82 interior pictures, including driver and passenger seating, dashboard, navigation, and cargo areas. Interior trims range from Gloss Dark Composite, Open Pore Radica Wood, normal or 3D carbon fiber, Metal Net, and high Gloss Ebano, with prices varying depending on the trim level.
The 2021 Maserati Levante has a good interior, but closer inspection reveals more hard plastics than expected. The ZF eight-speed automatic transmission offers improved comfort, faster gear shifting, better fuel consumption, and increased refinement. The GranTurismo has expansive screens, exclusive materials, curated lighting, and premium materials and textures, including natural leather and open-air seating.
The 2023 Maserati Ghibli interior features carbon fiber elements, Pieno Fiore leather seats, a sports car cockpit, and other luxury features. The Maserati SUV interior spares no expense, with options for the driver’s seat and fine wood accents.
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This is funny. My business partner purchased a Aston Martin DB9 convertible brand new in 2006. We are now in 2024. He has done nothing except yearly services. People have asked him “aren’t you concerned with the depreciation?” His answer “I bought it to drive, not to concern myself with depreciation”. And therein lies the difference between people with real money, and people who don’t have real money, and worry about depreciation.
I would take a Maserati over a range rover. I know a guy that is the service manager for a range rover/Volvo/lotus dealership. I asked him how fantastic the range rovers are because they are very expensive so that must mean they are excellent vehicles. He laughed. He said he would take a Volvo with 200,000 miles on it before he would take a new range rover. He said. every range rover they sell, comes back to the service department on a flatbed sooner or later..
The secret to buying a Maserati is to buy it CPO. The certified warranty has unlimited mileage and even brand new you don’t get unlimited mileage. You can buy one CPO, put 100,000 miles on it in three years, then sell it or trade it for another. That is the least expensive way to enjoy them and you make that depreciation work for you, not against you. For the price of a low end Benz, you can drive a spectacularly appointed Quattroporte with Zegna silk interior and wood that costs more than an entire Hyundai. Alternatively, if you are good with DIY, and have a shop nearby that works on Maserati, any of the six cylinder ones can be kept running well for about the same $$$ as a Porsche. The 8 cylinder ones are for the wealthy, period; don’t even bother if your income is solely by W2 wages I don’t care how high.
I have a 2017 Levante that I purchased as a lease return with CPO and extended warranty. It was $88k new but I picked it up for $44k after 3 years and 27k miles when it was lease returned. Extended warranty until 2026 or 97k miles was $2400. I’ve had a few minor issues but all covered under warranty. CPO and warranty is for sure the way to go. All Maserati’s connect you mechanically with the road for a real driving experience. Porsche probably being the only other marque offering this. BMW, Lexus, Mercedes are too light and spongy now for my liking with their electronic steering systems
I drove a Ghibli SQ4. I bought it slightly used. In my experience, it’s a VERY reliable car. Way more reliable than the Jaguar XF I traded in for it. BUT, when it does need repair out of warranty, or even maintenancen in warranty, it’s very expensive. My insurance wasn’t near $3k a year. I found out literally by accident that Italy apparently has more stringent safety standards than the US. (A pillar of the comminity stole a car and ran a red light doing 80. I met him in the middle of the interesction. I opened my door and got out. The fire department used the jaws of life to extricate his remains from the Ford he stold) I replaced it with an Infiniti Q50 Red Sport, again slightly used, which performs better 0-60 on paper, but it’s not even close in actual peformance.
25k to do the breaks on a mc20? Not even close, I own a MC20 and GT and the cost is no where near what you are saying, much cheaper. You can even go after market on pads and its even much cheaper again, you are only paying for the Maserati logo. I’ve always used after market pads and never had an issue.
They are cheap because the cars are junk, I have had 3 of them. After year 3 the car falls apart, all these leases returns are dangerous to buy. Unless you have an independant service guy that can do these cars you will spend $4K to $6K on breaks, my independant guy did them for $1,200. The ball bearings fail around 3-4th year, $6K to $$9K expense (prices are random at dealers they quote you the highest amount and see if you take it. Then they say we will give you a discount when you say no. CROOKS!!!). Any accident is $6K on the low end just for some bumpers. Just avoid this brand, unless you get it for $20K with very low mileage and have a independent shop nearby. Otherwise you will be miserable.
I paid 40k usd for my 2019 Ghibli S with only 17k kms on it in near mint condition. I love it, not had any issues in the 2 years I’ve owned it, just the routine oil and filter change. Honestly I just love driving it, it’s a whole different world to the Benz I had. Looking back that now felt very sterile to drive compared to the Mas. I was a bit nervous trying to decided to buy it or not as they get so much stick on YT but I just fell in love with it, no regrets!
I weighed all of this info and still bought one and absolutely love mine. I’m aware of the cost of breaks and maintenance ect… But considering my classic muscle car habit if you think pricey breaks and oil changes are scary frame off resto mods are gonna kill you. 😂😂 Everyone has different wants and capabilities I don’t lean on the car for 1,000 miles a month, I rotate it with 2 other cars so it definitely feels great to drive it every time I do.
I’ve had a number of Maseratis and I feel like this is overstated. The Levante has been very reliable. The biggest issue is maintenance. People don’t keep up with these cars. They don’t understand how to fix them. I have an ‘84 Quattroporte as a daily driver, how many ‘84 cars do you see of any make out there? Purrs like a kitten. I’m not crazy about some of the newer models though. They are going electric soon anyway and will be irrelevant as a result at least to me.
Could it be the depreciation rate is 50% after 5 years and 10% each year after? Quattroporte lose 72% after 5 years. They considered bad cars is their reliability. They are notorious for frequent breakdowns and expensive repairs. They use bespoke parts, which are more difficult and costly to replace than standard parts. Always do your research. Thank you for a great article👍
I had a 4200 coupe and had regular a service done every year and it treated me fine. Yes the electrics were random with the christmas dashboard sometimes but nothing broke. Had a new clutch which is expected (I burnt it out). Drove it like I stole it and she held up just find. It was a 2004 so from the age when they were poor quality but that 4.2 V8 was amazing. Sounded great, had power all the way through the rev range.
I had a Maserati Ghibli SQ4 GranSport. It was literally falling apart, so I had to visit a Maserati dealer for repairs almost on a monthly basis. Turbines needed to be replaced 2 times, I had issues with a muffler, brakes, A/C, wheel arches, bottom on the car, speed gauge, etc. I gave up and sold this piece of garbage when–a few months after the entire engine was replaced (it died on a highway with no warning)–the newly replaced (!) engine showed the “check engine” warning indicator. By the way, Maserati did not provide me with a loaner car when they were replacing the engine, so I had no car for more than a month. The worst car I have ever owned.
In my opinion, this editor is trolling for views. Yes, a used Maserati is a bargain, Drops like a rock on resale. Great for me! I purchased a 2019 Quattroporte a year ago that was $130K brand new. I got it with only 17,000 miles, perfect condition, for $54,000. It is a Maserati Certified Pre-Owned. At time of purchase, it had a year of the original warranty left. So, I purchased an extra year of CPO warranty. Total warranty? – 3 years. I won’t keep the car past the warranty period. Who cares about depreciation? I only paid $54,000 for it! A creampuff used Certified Pre-Owned is a great way to enjoy a Maserati. So, depreciation? WHO CARES????
I had a 2008 Audi V 10 beautiful car but I only had it for just close to the month very bad judgement call on my part two modules once together they want to just over 12,000 K to be repaired it cut out Quite a few times when I was turning into an intersection I would have to put it in neutral and restart it so I ended up taking it back to the dealer I do not think they are good investment especially used
Haven’t even watched the article yet but from personal experience. I loved my 2014 Maserati GranTurismo. Beautiful car beautiful sounds, it was amazing. What I didn’t love was $450/insurance, $4000 to change all 4 brakes, $800 parking brake button (just the button), $450 visor replacement, $9000 bumper replacement, etc etc. needless to say I’m selling it after 3 amazing years and I’ll never regret owning one
Love our 2009 GranTurismo. Depreciated 90k before I got it. I don’t drive it daily but it’s been two years without leaving me stranded with a couple 4-6 hour road trips. It does need suspension work/tuning and small repairs. Makes up for it with that dramatic 4.7 Ferrari V8 engine. And I like its F1 robotized manual transmission. Thankfully the past owner blew 6 grand on the new clutch before I bought it. But that car makes me smile even after 2 years. I’d pass on the v6 sedans and SUVs. Not worth the depreciation.
if Maserati’s are SO cheap according to what you are saying, then audi’s and vw’s are probably being given for free or? 🙂 is 35000 euros for the cheapest ones are really THAT cheap when there are germans for half off this price? I know it is popular to state this like that, but I do not agree at all and models like new Granturismo or mc12 or higher specs Quattroporte’s still cost a lot.
I can never understand why a legendary Italian name in cars suffer from the same old build quality, fit and finish and electrical problems stereotype. Can’t they take a leaf out of Lamborghini Audi book and get German quality engineers into the picture and resolve these embarrassing issues. Nobody should have to tolerate poor quality build and reliability issues for such an expensive car. It has to be said it is absolutely disgusting for a marque with a legendary racing pedigree stretching back nearly 100 years to be pulling wool over the eyes of potential customers and selling them a car of questionable product quality. They deserve to suffer poor sales if they cannot keep up with customer demand for high quality.
And the problem is self-perpetuating.. the fact that they lose their value makes them an attractive option for those who want to look like a millionaire while earning Chrysler money.. they often overlook the fact that the running costs are still way up there and so economize on maintenance, that leads to poor reliability leading to a further drop in value, and so it continues.
Electrical issues can drive you nuts, but it really comes down to engine and transmission/drive train reliability for any car. But I am seeing 10 year old Maserati’s that sold for $100K now selling for $20K with pretty low miles less than 100K. Yes cars are notorious for depreciation but you would think a high end car company would do better. Availability of parts also would be a concern in the US.
I dig the Maserati Quatrofologo might get one today. Great review the reason why they dropped down in prices they kind of priced them too high and they lost a lot of clients so I bet first of all the Maserati dealership loves this review and second of all I might be getting one . One problem is maintenance is high and once there is a mechanic problem, it can be very pricy, it simply not very relable. They are improving though. Another problem is Maserati doesn’t have as many shops or dealerships unless you live in a big city. another problem is they are gas guzzlers but despite all that you can get it for Pennie’s on the dollar vs a Porsche.!
The Gran Turismo is awesome! Stay away from the rest. But I have had three GT’s, and awesome cars and very reliable! Never had one issue! The Ferrari F136 4.7 Engine is bulletproof! And you mentioned the clutch on the GT…well that’s the one with the F1 transmission. Thats about 2%. The majority have the ZX transmission That is used in many cars and it is also bulletproof!
My buddy just bought his second one, a 2019, and he’s also a Porche guy who daily drives a Pana. Reliability is great he said. There are two different Maserati dealers within 45 minutes in two different directions, but also 3 exotic repair shops in town. (Redbank in central NJ). Another friend had a brand new one before Covid, that he daily drove, and never had a problem, but both cars were Gran Turismos, and those cars essentially have the same engine for over a decade, so Maserati has figured that car out, mostly. But even if there’s no problems, you’re not getting a way cheaper than the cost of a Mercedes.
Why anyone would buy a Maser is truly a head shaker for me. One of my coworkers has one. May well be the only one in Cambridge. The nearest dealer is Oakville maybe. To contrast depreciation, my 20 Tundra is still around $50 000 on Autotrader. I could sell it and break even after 3 years. To be honest, if i won a large lottery jackpot, i would buy a Unimog.
Owned by Stellantis, so straight from the Chrysler/Dodge parts bin they emerge. If you put aside the petty annoyances with ownership, like the horrible fit and finish of the interior, the unreliability, the huge cost of repairs and maintenance, the lack of service centers, and the fact that your auto insurer will see dollar signs, you can toss $30k at one of these and rue the day you were born.
Back when I was reviewing cars for a living, I drove the (then brand new) Granturismo coupe – and while I instantly fell in love with the car’s looks and sound, I distinctly remember how it didn’t look like a 100,000 EUR/USD car on the inside. General lack of care WRT fit/finish and materials used. And that was a press car of a model that had just launched a few months prior. I also attended a very fun Maserati-held driving event at a race-track where they had a high-ish mileage Quattroporte with them (I think they were using it as a shuttle-car) – which looked pretty beat up and tired on the inside as well. Paint/lacquer peeling off of most of the center-console switches and buttons (and there were a ton of those buttons in those days), little rubber insert covers sliding around and exposing ugly plastic and screw-heads underneath, etc. Basically, stuff you wouldn’t tolerate on a 25000 family hatchback.
This is why I own Toyota Tacomas – the only other vehicle I owned in last 15 years was the Toyota FJ Cruiser. Sadly I sold the FJ – bought it for $36K new and sold it 4 years later with 40K miles for $33K. I’d never buy a vehicle that loses value like a Maserati. They’re pretty and all, but money is money.
You would think that Maserati manufactory would make better cars. The history of the car is not one that people want to experience It is extremely bad. My employer had one every weekend it was in for repair. One day he was driving and the car just stopped. It took a month to get back. Electric problems the dealers could fix. He parked it and left it in a warehouse and left it there. Never to drive it again. finally, he found someone to buy it. I had never seen him so happy to get rid of it. And he has money to burn, but he said it was a beautiful junk car.
I came across this article a few weeks ago when looking for information about the Maserati GranTurismo, since I wanted to buy one. Even being from Germany, many of the points you refered to are similar here, except the used price. I was interested in a 2014 – 2015 model. In USA the average price of such an used Maserati GranTurismo is about US$ 40,000 while here in Germany it is about US$ 77,000. As you see the depreciation is not as high as in USA and because of that I imported a car from USA to Germany saving me around US$ 25,000. Regarding the maintenace cost, one has to have in mind that we are speaking about a luxury car or brand, which typically will have luxury maintenance cost. Here in Germany the labour service cost are similar to a Mercedes Benz S-Class which I own as well. Exception are the replacement parts that in many cases also in Germany are about 2 -3 times higher as my Mercedes Benz S-Class. On the other hand I have to say that a service intervall every 2 years or 12500 miles is very nice and contributes to lower the TCO. Right, the insurance may be horrible and here in Germany Maserati has an offer of about US$ 2500 / year regardless your driving availability. That is very fair considering that other insurances may go up to US$ 6000 / year. If one studies the market one may get an insurance down to US$ 1200 like I found. Last but not least, realability. Unfortunately Maserati had a bad time when they produced the BI-Turbos. That motor was horrible and even bankrupted the company due to tremendous warranty claims.
They are expensive when brand new. They are cheap when are used. However, the maintenance, and parts will be expensive and money pit for life. My 2021 Honda CR-V AWD (fully loaded trim). It’s a great vehicle, reliable, durable, comfy, great handling and traction in any type weather conditions here in the Ohio winters, good in gas, very low maintenance costs, and will last over 200,000 with normal maintenance.
As an owner of 3 Maserati Gran Turismos, you Including the gran cabrio, I can tell you that people do not buy this particular car for reliability even though I have never had one issue with any of mine. They are no less reliable than Ferrari or lamborghini and people buy those because of other reasons not reliability. Ferrari and lamborghini i have also owned and they were in the shop a lot! My Maserati GT’s however have NEVER broke down. Just be smart about it! Look, Ferrari considers any of their cars over 15,000 miles as, “high mileage.” Well, Maserati is no different since the GT uses the Ferrari F-136 V8. You never but one with over 30,000 miles, and there are plenty out their with under 10,000 miles. You dont hardly ever see a Ferrari with many miles. You still fin the legendary 308/328 GTS from the 80’s with 30,000 miles or less. Thats because they are a specialty car. They arent daily drivers! Neither is Maserati. They made a mistake marketing them as a daily driver, and releasing cars like the Ghibli, and Lavante. Stick with the Gran Turismos or the Quatroporte that is 2013 or older, (Ferrari V8), and you cant go wrong. Just dont use them as a daily driver! Ferrari owners know this! Learn from them.
ALL so called, luxury/exotic autos have dismal residual values and especially so when the warranty period is expired. Audi, BMW, MB, LandRover, Bentley, Jaguar, Volvo, RR et al…terrible residuals. Cheap products depending on perceived ‘status’, expensive parts and repairs, lousy reliability, and the real ‘ballers’ that buy/lease these products wouldn’t be caught dead driving an out of warranty car like these. The wanna be, status seeking, faux rich crowd need only apply for these used ‘buckets’…obviously.
Ive owned a M3 and M4 LOVED them both! Im now considering my next toy and debating between a Grand Turismo and another M4. Have to agree BMWs and similar are pretty common which is why I really want the Maserati – I see M4s and similar around town but don’t think I’ve ever seen a Maserati Im thinking I should change that!! And yes this would not be my daily – have a 2023 Sequoia which I love and gets the kids around…Maserati would be limited to ~500mi/mo.
I was thinking about buying one until you got to the insurance bit. The insurance payment wasn’t the turn-off though.. Thousands of bucks for headlights, body panels, mirrors? I’m as careful as I can be with my cars but shit happens if you’re using something daily, and I’m too broke to afford potential repairs like that if insurance doesn’t cover it. Guess I’ll get that Kia Stinger lol
they are expensive to fix and also they do start to get problems after year 4-5 just after the guarantee goes off.. i have a granturismo gts 2018! new facelift etc.. love the car but the roof just went saggy thats 1500 and also the upper arm bush went bad and its on shop now for 2500 bf i bought parts and found a good shop.. dealer wanted 7 and another ship 4k
All of ’em are very valid points! I’ll just leave all those 1st World problems on the lot, thank you non veddy much! I wish you could’ve warned me about the ’99 Mercedes C-230 Kompressor I bought in 2010! Paid $7200 for it, and over the course of the next 5 years, it easily sucked $8000 out of me in repairs! And no accidents either! It was just a rolling lemonade stand! I’ll never own another upside down peace symbol as a hood ornament ever again! Thank yourself Mercedes!
Unreliable? Never had problem with my 2015 GranTurismo Insurance? My Insurance is cheaper than a Lexus Is 350 Competition? There is virtually no comparison between the Maserati, Gran Turismo and the car as you mentioned. Maserati turns heads. No the cars you mention do so Repairs and maintenance expensive? Of course it is. Network/ Dealer. I have no issue but I’m in a populated area. Bottom line- the only real issue I’ve never encountered is that repairs and maintenance is expensive. Non- issues are Reliability, Insurance, competition with dealerships depending on where you live
Once again, another wanna be car expert spouting off on Maserati poor resale value to get website attention. FYI to all want to be experts. Almost all 6 figure sedans or coupes have lower than average resale value. Not just Maserati. In fact, higher end MB, BMW, Audi, Jags, Lexus and others, typically have worse resale value than Maserati. It comes down to many factors such as price attainability and after warranty repairs. If you are a consumer, you can easily do a resale value analysis using on-line Black-Book, Kelly Blue-Book and AutoTrader services. One very important thing worth noting. The higher end volume brands continually offer a thing called “Factory to Dealership Cash Incentives”. This is a rebate program given directly to the dealership to use at their liberty to either further discount the vehicle or to pad a low appraisal of a buyers trade-in or both. Likely, they may keep it as extra profit. I am a 3rd generation car dealership owner/operator selling thousands of vehicles in my career and the only high end vehicles that have proven to have better than average resale values are Ferrari and Porsche Sports Cars. Not Porsche SUV’s and Sedans. McLaren, Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Bentley, Rolls Royce, all are prominent luxury brands that have a much poorer return on investment than Maserati. It seems the biggest critics are the people who can’t afford them in the first place. Let us all face the facts, if you have the means to comfortably purchase any high end vehicle, why would you care about resale value?
Well, as an owner of a 2000 3200gt I can ensure that it isn’t reliability…..ferrari, lambos, astons, jags, bmw m, Audi S…..they all sucks and have small d big issues……but the problem is, they don’t have any parts left for a car that’s only 8 years old……so you could imagine the problem for a 24 y/o one….
Lots of interesting facts in this article. But strictly speaking all the points apply equally ro new Maserati too. So the article leaves a question as to why people pay loads for new ones not old ones. The answer to all price questions is supply versus demand. There must be more people who want new Maserati than old ones. We see the same dynamics with other cars too at times. Big v12 Jaguars, v12 Ferrari and V8 Porsches have all depreciated like mad at times. The Porshe in particular have fantastic build quality and reliability, yet supply demand can make second hand value tank.
The biggest problem really is that if something breaks, parts are difficult to find. Even in major cities with dealerships you may have to wait a lot. And even a bigger problem is that poor Canadians are not trained ok how to fix these cars, just like they don’t know how to lay bricks. If the engine breaks, they can do nothing else but order a new one from Italy 😢 By the way, you don’t see many of these cars even in Italy, as only the mafiosi can afford them. So, the only reason to buy a Maserati is pretty much it’s exclusivity and nice trident logo. Some would argue that they sound great, but a Jaguar and a Corvette would come very close.
As a former Maserati owner, I can attest to this… Maseratis one of those brands that has been in and out as far as importing goes… You can’t build up any brand esteem and market equity if your cars are only here for 5 minutes but then gone for 10… Back for another 3, but gone for another 7. The best thing to happen to Maserati with Volkswagen buying them – now you have consistent QC/QA… That says nothing of the exorbitant pricing out the gate. Maserati has always had over the top pricing, but then fix it again Tony legend, that kills the resale value of their vehicles… They are going to have to be here imported consistently for at least 10 years do build up some type of ground game with resale. Because the Ghibli is absolutely taking a bath right now… so is the GT
I read many reviews from the forums and complaints. I studied them for years then I realized most people talking didn’t live with the cars they spoke on. I test drove my Quattroporte GT and signed for it in 2017. I’ve never had any issues, it’s 2024! Daily drive to work at the Post Office and everywhere else in Washington State. Maybe I’m just blessed!
Maserati ???? 😂 Bmw has problems with vanos, distribution, bushings, turbo, chains, suspension, headlights …. Porsche since it has water engines break everything like ims, seize cyls, ignite fire gt3 and break one of the three clutch discs . Vw has problems with punctures and injectors…. etc etc. Today there are planned breakages at full km for all brands
Hmmm… Stellantis scored #1 in JDPower’s IQS report with Dodge. So Quality seems to be quite good. Maserati being around since 1914 Dec 1st has a great reputation aside from the BiTurbo forced on it by the Italian government in the 1980s. I own 2 modern Maseratis both 2011s and have had very little problems. In fact of all the Maserati owners I know, no one has had major issues. I think the main reason for this depreciation is false information spread by non-owners. The dealerships are mainly in large cities, where I happen to live, so yeah if you live in Kansas, maybe not the car for you. But in Silicon Valley, not a problem. Ferrari built V8s are sturdy and reliable. Infotainment was old when it was new, but I don’t use it anyway. The car sounds glorious, look amazing and is reliable. I’m a long term owner for sure.
Beautiful cars but if they break you cannot complain about cost of repair because you should have factored that in when you bought it. Electronics should hardly ever fail if the proper R/D and testing has been done. Why can a Toyota or Honda’s electronics be way more reliable than a Maserati? Its a simple case of Research and Design and Failure Analysis. Honda cannot afford selling 135,379 Accords and having 10% (13,500) of them come back with Transmission defects. So they over engineer and thoroughly test the design and figure out the failure points and resolve them before they manufacture. Maserati and some of these niche brands will be lucky to sale 13,500 car models and a 10% fail rate is manageable if it is not severe. The brands mystic makes up for the fail points and so only the rich will buy these cars and not complain about regular $3000 repairs if they are treated nice.
2015 GT MC Centennial. 1 of 14 In the US WITH ITS SPECS. IT’S a show car. FUN. Car IS Amazing, head turning car that sounds better than any car on the road. Insurance is cheap. GRUDY. IT’S a show car. Not dally driver. Fun ! Trophy car. The lesser models. No, thank you. RESEARCH! CERTAIN YEAR GTs are great, and others suck. Find a private mechanic. STAY AWAY FROM TGE DEALERSHIPS, THEY ARE CRIMALS !
I rent it a Maserati Ghibli SQ4 one Day and I picked up a Woman on a Date,…..She thought it was a Ferrari because of that awesome Exhaust sound. I had an absolute Fun with it and since then I’ve been thinking to Purchase one so now I’m researching a little but so many negativity and bad comments jeeezzzz. I’m looking at the Quattroporte SQ4 GranSport
I walkd away form the Masserati Levente 3.0l when i discovered it was same speed as my Jaguar XF lol. BUT i am buying Maserati Granturismo 4.7 MC-Shift S 2013-2016 model before Ferrari ended there contract with them. Apparently a fairly reliable car but parts are hard to com by and insurance group is higher in the UK because of it. doh well Gorgeous car i’m still having one lol
Owed a SQ4 for 7 years with 0 issues. Buy what you like and drive what you want. Also, anyone buying a MC20 I’m sure can afford 20k brakes. It’s a super car! Maybe I missed something. Maserati and cheap don’t go in the same sentence. Also, a person who buys a Maserati isn’t worried about gas or maintenance prices.
They are NOT worth owning, They are American version of the original European car. DOES NOT come with the ORIGINAL Italian ENGINES!!! These cars are NOT true Italian QUALITY! They are Americanized. People, believe it or not they are two different cars ! You cant get European quality in the USA unless you bought it from Europe and imported it! Masarati, BMW, Alfa Romeo made in USA is garbage. Buyer beware!. i’m FROM Europe, I know the true quality of the stated brand that we have over here!.
Having owned a variety of M cars, Porsches, and Audis, I was initially surprised when my wife suggested trying the Levante. After driving the latest M5, which I found a bit dull (don’t get me wrong, the car is incredibly good, but it lacks personality), I decided to trade it in for a certified 5k 22 Levante Trofeo at a huge discount. After a year and 13k miles driven, I can confidently say this car delivers. I’ve had no problems so far, aside from the tires wearing out quickly. The Levante is very comfortable, yet super quick and sporty when you want it to be, with an engaging personality. I was originally concerned about reliability given the brand’s reputation, and while I know I may take a loss, now after living with the car I can say it’s absolutely worth it. Plus, it’s under warranty, which helps with peace of mind…
This is a veeeeeery good subject. And as you or we can discuss or argue about it. This will definitely go into the best subject of companies trying to scam us into buying there vehicles (come on..how old is this and this is not even a V8? Yea think for yourself now.) And I will stop “you” with the issue of reliability. No car will never not give you problems. Either from you or external issues you will have a problem on any car. That’s reality. There’s no such thing as a car not going to need to repair something at some point. And it’s like..maintenance wise..why the hell would you buy a $120,000 car so you can keep it in a garage and probably drive it like 3 miles a week? There’s always going to be maintenance on a car. It’s cold you’ll have maintenance it’s hot weather you’ll have maintenance. So what is the point of telling these people about maintenance. It’s not realistic. Now me personally I’ve noticed that there cars are actually on a affordable side. I think it’s because there horsepower in the past haven’t really been on a real competitive situation. Car A can have 500 hp and car B can have 500 also but Car A may be built better where you will actually see that 500 burst. I think that’s been Maseratis issue. Now recently there cars have been stepping up with true hp in most of there cars and the exhaust tips to show off to there competitors. But I don’t know why this should matter when we as a country are getting rid of gas mobiles 😂. Maseratis are definitely competing looks wise.
If they are so cheap in your country, go and enjoy, you’re the luky ones. Because, here in Europe, even if they depreciate quickly compared to their price when they were new, an about 10 years old Granturismo with 25000 miles in good shape cannot be found under 60.000$ for a 4.7 like mine or 45000$ for a 4.2. But take car of the use and repair costs, them, they aren’t cheap ! I don’t know about assurance because each case is different (mine costs 800$ per year) Thanks for this subject.
Those big front cross drilled brake discs are $435 ea Set of front pads $355 The massive caliper, brobably made by Brembo is $1200 but it is unusual for these to go bad. So, no, not really sky high, not compared to other top premiym brands such as Land Rover, top spec BMW X5/X6 Nothing this guy said about Maserati is much different from other, lets say German top specked vehicles. I have Range Rover Sport 5.0 SC and those prices are not scary, not wow! at all. Whole article seem as load of BS or has agenda different from just informing viewers about deppreciation and repair/maitenance costs of Maserati. Who are you trying to shock with info in this article? Huindai Elantra owners? Oh cone on.
I had a Maserati Ghibli that I bought for €69,995 with 260 kilometers on the clock one year old. A demo from the local dealer. The engine blew up by 5000 kilometers and I had to wait 1.5 month for the repair. After that I sold it for €71,995. The dealer sold it on for €74,995. Now it is back at the dealership on offer for €69,995 again. Standing for a year cant sell. My wife and I always praise ourselves lucky whenever we pass the dealer. We drove Maserati for free a small year. I reckon that is very rare. The car is good looking but apart from that rubbish quality. A no go.
I own a Alfa romeo 2019 stelvio no problems at all i used to sell cars, bouth it used first owner paid 65k plus on it 😅 got it cpo under warranty for couple years will save you headaches that’s the only way to enjoy this type of cars unless you got plenty of cash sitting at the bank to blow it up. My friendly advice if you really wants to own one other than that just lease it . Them get rid of them.
You cant find a dealership for this car in a small town because its a foreign and theres probably not a lot of people driving this around. Nothing to do with Maserati itself. This would be the same for Lambo, Ferrari and Bentley. Maseratis can be very stylish and fun. If you do plan on buying one I would definitely go for a preowned/leased, quality, low mileage vehicle so you dont end up like everyone else talking down on theirs because they bought it close to 100k and can’t sell it for anywhere near that amount.
Nonsense on the Insurance Cost My quatroporte has Same cost as My V6 accord. Beyond That … ALL Exotic SUV’s have Low resale. As they are bought by Pilot Fish personalities and once the novelty wears off.. their Resale market is devoid of buyers. Checked out the price of a used Porsche Suv ?? Eff all in My city.
Ignorance is a drug have some more. Some Independent car companies in the past may have some issues and that translates to fear and mistrust simple as that. Do a little research it helps I wouldnt just take Consumer Report as a reliable source. How do you know they arent bought off by “Green Party” interests ???? Nothing more crooked then Politicians. I googled Maserati recalls and it showed very little in the way of any problems. So if you want a Maserati go get a Maserati or any other foreign car for that matter it’s not brand so much as it is content. I have owned and driven everything from Fiats to Bmw’s to Range Rovers old VW Bugs and Maserati’s I own a 1967 Cadillac presently And the reason it is still running with the original drivetrain has nothing so much to do with being a Cadillac and everything to do with how simple the engineering was. I also own a used 2001 Jaguar XJS built with Ford money and Japanese electronics the only weak part really is the German transmission but even the transmission lasted for well over 100,000 miles and is the reason i got the car for so cheap like 1500 dollars cheap that and not so smart peoples perception. In the first place it’s a luxury item that people don’t really need they just want so resale value is not so good to begin with. This also made it easier to find another Jaguar that I could get a good transmission out of that had just been rebuilt for $300 and then just junked the rest of it after taking all the other usable parts. So Basically I got about $4000 Worth of parts for $300 Then I junked the car for $300 so I got $4000 of parts for free And then replaced the transmission myself Say Hello to Resourcefulness and Creativity.
Most lixury cars are cheap after a few years. Because the people thay should be driving them, will buy new. The demand for older lixury drops really quick as the peolle that drive 100k cars dont want an old or used one. Even though you can get most cheap on the used side, they still cost a lot in maintainance. Most of the manifacuturing maintainance plans are over.
I have my 85 quattroportte and haven’t had any issue that I couldn’t deal with, same for my 84 Biturbo. Still drive them both and love them. Maserati aren’t for the majority of drivers that buy them. They don’t understand what owning a Maserati is about. If you have to worry about regular maintenance then you should even think about buying one. Just like buying any Italian exotic if getting service is a major consideration and not a minor annoyance they aren’t for you. I prefer the mid 80s and earlier Italian cars. Yes you would have issues with getting a tune up since very few mechanics are used to dealing with four Weber two barrel carbs with a manual choke and factory full length tubular headers. Duel fuel pumps and manual fuel pressure regulators.
The only Maseratis that are good are the 09-12 quattroporte S and the Granturismos. Your ghibli levante overpriced trash are Chrysler junk. Sound like trash and are cookie cutter mass produced junk. Maserati lost it’s flair and panache just like Jaguar did years ago. Outside of the escalade Cadillac is next
I found your comments having zero reliability on all the way! Maserati cars are sold in many countries and have global value in terms of Quality/Performance very highly appreciated everywhere in the world and very much aligned with German brands. Every used car may or may not have issues depending how these have been previously treated. By the way the sudden engine shutting off is really a joke and never heard about in Automotive market, so please check better information in more constructive way. Btw, driving a car with the flip flop you wearing it’s ridiculous!
They’re cheap because you can’t use it anywhere! Everyone hates cars now and thinks they are the reason behind all deaths. So, speed limits are down to 20mph in some municipalities, 5 lanes melted into one, no continuous green lights-you’ll go one or two at best, speed cameras, red light cameras-so where would you use a high performance car? Roads today are built for mopeds. Unless you’re looking for one night stands😂.
Not true man . Have you owned any Maseratis? I have owned 4 of them . Great beautiful Italian cars . Maintenance is not extreme but it’s a performance car. You still need money to maintain . If you are a broke ass person like this guy, you won’t have the meanings to maintain it . Yes they have some models like the ghibli that shares some crysler parts, so does Audi and Lamborghini . They all overlap nowadays fact This guy taks too much . Go find your Maserati and have fun with it
The real reason is reviews posted by people that never owned. My 2020 has never had an issue bigger than a rattle. Serviceability is an issue for many who do not live in an urban area. If you can afford the service or the insurance you should not buy a Maserati. This is a really dumb review. Great car. Bought mine new and it has been perfect. People who drive Maserati don’t worry about cost of service. It is an expensive car and expensive parts and service. No one should buy this used that can afford a car like this.
It sounds like the biggest problem Maserati has are the too many owners of the company, with Chrysler/Fiat being the largest of the many car brands that seem to have a stake in Maserati today plus corporate holding companies. And everybody knows the issues and attitude of Ferrari dealers so to be associated with Ferrari is not always a good thing. Just ask Jay Leno.
Also…the engines are NOT Ferrari engines…they are Ferrari themed engines so Ferrari has nothing to do with building the V6 engines. The only Ferrari built engine in any Maserati are the twin turbo V8 engines in the very top trims. They are great looking cars though but just a money pit in general.
40K miles on a Ghibli that’s been problem-free and an absolute pleasure to drive. This is a bit of an odd article – seems like the poster has a bone to pick with Maserati for whatever reason. Example, a door was blatantly not closed all the way and he mentions it was due to panel fit and finish issues lol
Hmm, like the red/black (it looks more than a dark grey tho, but may be caused by the light, if not, black would be better) combo, even if it still looks a bit less luxury than you would expect. Don’t like the wood, IMO a polished dark mahogany or teak would look way better with that interior colors. Plus the wooden door insets look bad (too strange and deplaced, they just don’t fit) and they had to put a wooden panel between the red and the black (or grey) part of the cockpit, that would’ve added a great breaking line plus an extra touch of luxury feeling. Edit: got a second look, the black seems to be a grey. Bad choice, it makes the interior look “dead”/”washed out”. Get a real black and a vivid red to contrast the black, plus either polished dark wood or carbon fiber for the deco panels, a bit more chrome to give an extra touch, give the seats and leather parts more structure and “air” so they don’t look too much “plastic”, redesign the door panels and put that wooden/carbon fiber panel between the 2 colors on the cockpit, and that interior would look awesome.
The Ermenegildo Zegna interiors look ace!! The best wood trims for these interiors are the ”Ebano”, the ”Erable”, the ”Radica” and this, the ”Rovere Chiaro”! I love the looks of this particular wood! Only styling reservation is the colour matching in and out! Rosso Premium interior (shown here!) with red exterior is a bit boring, believe it or not! The Rosso Premium interior would match perfectly with a white, blue or black exterior! The Cuoio Premium interior suits a red car (and a black car as well!) much better! About the name of the wood veneer! The name of the wood is pronounced and toned like this: the word ”Rovere” is toned in the first syllable! Think of the word ”Rover” and add an ”e” in the end! None of the vowel letters is silent, all of them are pronounced! The word ”Chiaro” is pronounced ”Kiaro”, with the ”i” silent, while the word is toned in the first syllable! ”Rovere” is Italian for durmast, ”Chiaro” is Italian for the adjective ”light”, when talking about colours! ”Light Durmast” is the english name of this wood veneer! ;-D