Comprehensive Ghibli Insight
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CatmanV2
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Wattie
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Wow, until tonight I didn't know of any! Suppose it's a good idea on winter mornings.
Cheers Wattie
Chrisbassett
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Had it on a rental Cadillac in Minneapolis - great when it's -30°C outside, starting the car with the heater on means it's cosy as soon as you get in.
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Not seen those wheels with the thin darker spoke..They look good.....
I have a Ghibli 3.0 petrol on loan to me for the next couple of days from the kind people at Maranello in Egham whilst by GranTurismo is getting serviced. Brakes are amazing, feels nice and light/responsive, build qualify is good certainly Audi quality, seats comfy, sat nav easy to use - but there is a but - turbo charged engines just don't do it for me they never seem as smooth/progressive as a naturally aspirated engine. I'll stick to naturally aspirated V8s for a long as they make them.
No it is a gunmetal grey with black interior and nice multispoke wheels in an anthracite. I've used it more around where I live today - loads of 30/40 MPH areas where mobile plod sit with speed guns and the GPS in the car from Garmin is neat - showing the correct speed - saved me this morning I think. The turbo engine is a challenge though when your trying to watch your speed - once the turbo has cut it the speed at which the car accelerates is just so different from when the turbo is not involved - meaning you have to keep an eye
On a styling point is looks like Alfa Romeo and Mercedes made a car - very nice - but the absence of Pinifarina really shows.
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Ah, the reason I was asking is that I had a white courtesy 3.0 from them a couple of weeks ago. I thoroughly enjoyed it, save for the build quality in a few places wasn't quite to 'German standards'. Indeed, one or two bits were downright sloppy, and the plastics such as they are that are used in the cabin are very cheap and there's surprisingly little legroom in the rear.
But... that was pretty much it on the negatives. It was an absolute delight to drive, lots of power quickly available, a lovely noise coming from it, the interior was generally a lovely place to be with lovely leather, quite a few looks from passers-by, and if you were to offer me this v's its market rivals, the Ghibli would win hands-down without a second thought.
But... that was pretty much it on the negatives. It was an absolute delight to drive, lots of power quickly available, a lovely noise coming from it, the interior was generally a lovely place to be with lovely leather, quite a few looks from passers-by, and if you were to offer me this v's its market rivals, the Ghibli would win hands-down without a second thought.
I still have the car - Maranello kept my car in and I can't get to them at until the weekend.
I'm starting to get this car now. Certainly the electronics are way ahead of my GT and now I am getting the engine. Not sure on the looks - I just think the whole departure from Pinifarina at Alfa, Maserati and LaFerrari is a mistake.
Keyless go is barmy! Boot a bit tinny. But if these things can be run for the price of a BMW/Merc then they have a car that will give them volume in sales and service. That can only be a good thing for us all. I think this car gives an insight to what the Alfieri can be.
MPG is ok too - I'm getting 22/23 around town now.
Credit to Maranello. My 6 yr service, with new diff oil and a brake clean up - to get all the rubbish out of the holes is around £1,400. The service is all the fluids - I don't think that is bad at all. And they gave me a Ghibli with 400 miles on the clock to drive around in for a week.
Hi Bob - no all the fluids - take a look at this dropbox link to the bill
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxem8e7g1wvsbov/Maranello Bill 2.JPG
Here's the car - seats are really comfy
https://www.dropbox.com/s/11uepez59qyzgye/2014-08-15 09.44.20.jpg
Full marks to Maranello - I take the car back tomorrow and I think they've done good job at the right price.