Thank you.
Seems to me £10,000- £13,000 might be a reasonable expectation.
The first car is the wrong colour for me.
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Lot 63 - 2000 Maserati Quattroporte IV Evoluzione
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Indeed - you definitely can get a QP IV at that price.
The green one is mine. Though obviously it's not an EVO, as I specifically wanted the Ottocilindri version, not another EVO (of which I've had three in the past).
The dark red one is the one I mentioned. Good to see it sold.
Both of these were auction purchases, so were bought "blind". Not for the faint hearted when it comes to these cars, as it's quite easy to rack up a bill of over the value of the car. I was perfectly happy to take that risk on mine as wanted that particular car (being the only green Otto in the UK), but I do appreciate that I'm in the minority on that one! Indeed, even though mine had a full and detailed history, going to a well known Maserati specialist every year, it still took quite a lot of work by Emblem to get it properly together.
The advert for the grey one states that all EVO cars were auto. The dealer is wrong. You could buy the EVO in both V6 and V8 formats, and in both cases, in either auto or manual. Indeed, I had a very dark green V8 manual EVO back in the day, from HR Owen. (I also had two dark blue V8 EVO autos.)
The V8 was the more popular, as was the auto gearbox.
I note that the mileages of these 4 cars are around the 70k mark. Twice that of the car advertised at £16k. No big deal, but helps explain the price difference.
So overall, you should be able to get a V8 EVO auto in the low teens. But it may well have quite a high mileage (not necessarily a bad thing), and you may have to get it via an auction (again, not a problem, but definitely a leap of faith). But to buy a lower mileage version, from a dealer, with a warranty and checked over by a specialist, will cost more (and might prove to be a better bet).
Anyway, lovely cars, if a little idiosyncratic. Enjoy the hunt and fingers crossed something crops up.