Comments on: Review: 2008 Maserati GranTurismo

By: LamborghiniZ

LamborghiniZ — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:38:02 +0000

thetopdog: This car is fast. See, the problem you’ve made is you’ve stopped differentiating between being outperformed by cheaper cars, and being fast. This Maser is fast. Just because cheaper cars can hit 60 mph faster has no bearing on a number of things, such as HOW it reaches 60 mph, the sensations it delivers, etc. A Cobalt SS is faster than this Maserati I believe, and yet I can tell you that a turbocharged eco-tec I-4 screaming to 60 isn’t quite as satisfying as this Maserati’s Ferrari sourced V8.

And besides all of that, you ARE getting a fast car for the money. What do you think a Ferrari V8 gets you? Slow? It might not be as fast as some competitors, or even some cheaper vehicles, but it’s fast.

By: BEAT

BEAT — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:07:00 +0000

In New England BMW, Audi and Mercedez are common.

But Orange County and Los Angeles have Maseratis.

It’s not how fast you go or it’s how you go fast,
It’s how you’re going to stop a Maserati.

By: Morea

Morea — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:58:24 +0000

“It’s not how fast you go, it’s how you go fast.”

By: AKM

AKM — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:36:48 +0000

This car has to compete with the M6 and the XKR, both of which now bring 500hp to the table.

Yes, but the M6 is so ugly that it should be sold with a balaclava and sunglasses: balaclava so that the owner cannot be recognized, and sunglasses so that he doesn’t see his own car too much.

By: willman

willman — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:42:21 +0000

@Justin Berkowitz: “As in, I couldn’t possibly disagree with you any more. For example, if your opinion was white, mine would be 7.”

aaah – hahahahahahahahaha~! :D :D :D

You are a Funny man, Mr. Berkowitz!

(btw, by Zee Chermanz I didn’t mean Merc)

+anyway, that’s ok. I’ll stay away from the Alfas, Ferraris, etc.

-But from now on, everything you drive HAS to be designed, engineered & built by F(ix)I(t)A(gain)T(ony). Deal? ;P

cheers!

By: willman

willman — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:34:59 +0000

@meefer: Aluminum is not that expensive.

By: TonyJZX

TonyJZX — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:19:48 +0000

2+2 two ton plus GT cars are a bit silly in my opinion

full sized sedan like a quattroporte? probably less so

By: V6

V6 — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:48:18 +0000

i really don’t care about any faults this car has, it’d be the first thing i buy if i won the lottery

By: Oregon Sage

Oregon Sage — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:35:45 +0000

I encountered a pair of these, on some sort of junket, sitting in the parking lot at the Salishan resort in Oregon a few months back.

Beautiful.

I loitered around for quite some time hoping that someone would start one up so I could enjoy the aural beauty too. Alas, my patience ran out before the driver returned.

By: Michael Ayoub

Michael Ayoub — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:42:15 +0000

I saw one of these a couple weeks ago.

It was driving off-road…

By: the duke

the duke — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:31:00 +0000

You can tell the target market of a car when you can’t get it with three pedals. I don’t buy the “its like an F1 car it shifts faster” BS, because I’m not on a race track and a few tenths of a second lost shifting are more than compensated for the direct man-machine connection that comes with a true manual. This is a GT for the “I want to look cool and rich but don’t really like driving fast” crowd.

I really like the previous Maserati Coupe (2002-2007) and its possible to pick up a nice used one, with a true manual, for about $40k. Now that is a true budget Ferrari V-8 GT.

By: Toshi

Toshi — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:54:35 +0000

The aspect ratio is all awry on the photos.

By: Justin Berkowitz

Justin Berkowitz — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:26:50 +0000

willman :
It’s too bad all Italian cars aren’t engineered and built by Germans.

Gallardo LP560-4 weighs 3300 lbs. -almost a full 1/2 ton less than this. Go VAG!

I deeply, wholeheartedly disagree. As in, I couldn’t possibly disagree with you any more. For example, if your opinion was white, mine would be 7. I don’t mean any disrespect of course.

Fortunately, we can each have our own different $100,000+ cars.

By: Davekaybsc

Davekaybsc — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:12:07 +0000

Maserati’s power deficit is becoming less and less acceptable in this market. This car has to compete with the M6 and the XKR, both of which now bring 500hp to the table.

By: Pinto

Pinto — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:55:55 +0000

This kid, who expects never to be able to afford a Maserati, loves the Quattroporte but thinks the GranTurismo looks like a giant lizard schwanz.

By: meefer

meefer — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:43:35 +0000

willman:

And how much more money is the LP560-4?

By: willman

willman — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:08:20 +0000

It’s too bad all Italian cars aren’t engineered and built by Germans.

Gallardo LP560-4 weighs 3300 lbs. -almost a full 1/2 ton less than this. Go VAG!

By: thetopdog

thetopdog — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:58:44 +0000

romanjetfighter :

Your line of reasoning is flawed-speed in a car isn’t anything like speed for a woman. Like I said, the point of the car is NOT speed, but I don’t care who you are, if you’re paying over $100,000 for an Italian GT, you WANT it to be one of the fastest-driving cars on the road. Why should you have to choose speed OR beauty? You’re paying over 100k, you should be able to have both.

By: nutbags

nutbags — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:50:13 +0000

RF – I’d like to hear more about your TVR experiences. I’ve been thinking about buying an old TVR 2500 or 3000. TVR and Lotus have always intrigued me although I have never driven either. Just like them for some strange reason.

By: romanjetfighter

romanjetfighter — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:27:54 +0000

Please.

Being outperformed by much cheaper cars is not a concern for the GT. Any car can go fast these days. Subaru WRX, Mustang, Camaro SS, etc. This GT, however, is about style and beauty, which is a much more rare and impressive quality to me.

Would you sex Marion Jones (she’s fast) or Mila Kunis (beautiful)? THOUGHT SO.

By: Areitu

Areitu — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:06:57 +0000

I didn’t know it was a ‘baby’ 612.

Kman :
February 26th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

It’s strange. I see this car and I know I’m supposed to find it attractive

By: swaq

swaq — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:51:03 +0000

The official Maserati web site says the curb weight is 4136 lb, not 5000 lb… It’s still heavy, but not Hummer heavy. Don’t be misleading.

By: Michael Karesh

Michael Karesh — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:19:41 +0000

Every review has criticized this car’s handling. Not good. Reviews tend to be more positive about the Quattroporte’s handling, probably because expectations are different with a large sedan, but I personally found the steering far too light and numb in that car.

Reliability? Well, we don’t have a sample size nearly large enough, of course. If we had enough owners participating, we’d be happy to provide updated results four times a year:

http://www.truedelta.com/reliability.php

By: BlueBrat

BlueBrat — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:17:05 +0000

I am with guyincognito on this one. I’ll take mine in Blue, please.

Oh, and did someone mix up the reviewer’s names on this review and the Lexus RX350? I thought Mr. Shoemaker was supposed to review the awesome vehicles and Mr. Farago the ~~boring~~ standard ones.

By: carguy

carguy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:06:05 +0000

A true Italian sports car – it steals your heart with its seductive looks, sound and spirit and then proceeds to let you down on basic details (such as decent brakes).