Brand Image - Maserati or Aston Martin?

[Parisien]

......just the legs.....what guys ........wearing blinkers.....


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[dem maser]

fake real, dont matter, it give me a thrill

 

[marcos]

Hey Lewis, How the devil are you? Well I hope?

I have a friend in the market for a Spider and will pass on the details of your car. I suspect he's not expecting to go to that sort of budget, but your's is certainly sorted and looks stunning (wouldn't expect anything less), so worth giving him the nod.

How's the Aston? Have you got it how you want it yet?

Regards, Miles.

G'day Miles!! Hope all's well

Spider price is flexible, I would hate to trade it in at the dealer... But when I want something, I'll usually do something stupid to get it and a Morgan Plus 8 is calling me (god only knows why - they're appalling).

Aston being prepped at Bamford Rose at the moment with some higher lift camshafts - will be around 540bhp for a joint Aston/Jaeger-LeCoulre trip into Geneva next month. The 6.5 litre / 650bhp engine won't be ready in time sadly, but should be in for the summer. It is, like all my cars a project that never ends!

Anyone want my Esprit by the way? That's going too

 

[marcos]

fake real, dont matter, it give me a thrill

I'm with you there Dem

 

[dem maser]

Is the porsche staying??

 

[Parisien]

Spring clean......gee......but I suspect Lewis, you'll have no trouble getting rid of them, just getting a fair price in current climate


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[Emtee]

G'day Miles!! Hope all's well

Spider price is flexible, I would hate to trade it in at the dealer... But when I want something, I'll usually do something stupid to get it and a Morgan Plus 8 is calling me (god only knows why - they're appalling).

Aston being prepped at Bamford Rose at the moment with some higher lift camshafts - will be around 540bhp for a joint Aston/Jaeger-LeCoulre trip into Geneva next month. The 6.5 litre / 650bhp engine won't be ready in time sadly, but should be in for the summer. It is, like all my cars a project that never ends!

Anyone want my Esprit by the way? That's going too

Yes all good here Lewis. Busy as h£ll, but can't complain I guess.

Shame to hear the Esprit is going as well. Have you had much chance to drive it since getting it back from the restorer? As for your exploits with the Aston, your concerted fettling never ceases to amaze. I'll hope to see the 'finished' results at some point once the beast is installed under the bonnet.

 

[safrane]

Hi Lewis. Good to hear from you again.
I'm here in London too again...ps if you need storage for a car I still have my place in Bristol. just two miles from the mainline station.

 

[Simon]

Yeah, that sums us all up perfectly. You've got me to a tee! I actually drive out with a group of about 20-30 Pistonheads guys quite regularly... not one of them fits that description!

Honestly, I leave you lot alone for 5 minutes and look what happens

I'll always love Maserati and would desperately love a QP to run alongside my DB9... In fact, I'd actually like Enzo's QP

I said "too many" not "all" LOL. Who was the Ferrari guy that used to give the AM crowd grief on PH? (Steve or something?).

 

[Andyk]

Lewis, again the Esprit must be one of the best with everything you have done to it.

 

[Dhanj]

Going back to the thread subject briefly if I may, IMO:

Aston Martin is a status symbol, Maserati is just pure class.

 

[dem maser]

spot on Dhanj....

 

[dem maser]

many people i meet who are lets say not law abiding, dream of getting an aston......no one talks of maserati....

 

[Parisien]

Except those in the know....and the Japanese mafia......


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[Dhanj]

And Rocky Balboa

 

[Parisien]

......2nd cousin of Balboni of Lambo fame or.......................................

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[cobratwin]

i Do like the Astons..., but i cant say why ,,i think its just the "British" in me, oh yes they do sound great, but when i think of my Perfect car there are only two manufactures that come to mind and that is ofc Maserati for the QP and Ferrari for the FF and the F40. when i think of Aston there is only one that particularly jumps to mine that's the 1980's V8 Vantage i do think that looks a stunning car. when i think of the older ones all i can think is Meh.. and the newer ones JaG¬
but if you cut the 80's out then nearly all the Maserati's have that Flair but in my opinion if you cut the 80's out of the Aston then you lose the only car with Flair!

 

[zagatoes30]

Masers and Astons are different.

The older Astons were bespoke gentleman's clubs with a bit of grunt, fast luxurious GT cars from the top notch. Maserati has much more of a sporting presence about it.

IMO Aston have moved away from their traditional space and tried to move into Ferrari space and not for the better. Astons are just too heavy to be truly sporting and the aggressive look they have now just takes away the subtleness they used to have. An Aston should be able to arrive and leave in style without hardly anyone noticing, today they just say look at me.

Maserati have breeding, the sporty nature has always been there, their are for the person who chooses to be different not because he has to but because he wants to.

 

[Felonious Crud]

when i think of Aston there is only one that particularly jumps to mine that's the 1980's V8 Vantage i do think that looks a stunning car.

Yes, Dave! 100% agreed. Real head-turner and getting pretty rare now, too. Well, you don't see many around... maybe they're just garaged.

Anyone read the DB5 article in Classic Car this month? Seems to be a lot of shared lineage with the Maserati 3500GT