Top end Alfieri competitor

bigbob

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I have been reading the review in the Telegraph today of the Mercedes AMG GT. It is a gorgeous looking car but shows what you can charge for a prestige V8 coupe - £97k for 470PS and £110k for 510PS. Makes you wonder whether Maserati will move the Alfieri pricing up to £80k for the V6 and £100k for the V8? Hope not as it will make the GranTurismo replacement silly money.

PS The same newspaper tested the 911 GTS, same price but has Porsche missed the plot? It may be great to drive but is that what people are increasing wanting? The 911 looks bland whereas the AMG GT looks amazing....
 

safrane

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I know others poo poo my thoughts but I feel the new car will be much more than £75/80k. The GS was £70 back in 2007!.
 

bigbob

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I know others poo poo my thoughts but I feel the new car will be much more than £75/80k. The GS was £70 back in 2007!.

That's right, they will need no excuse to put the prices up. The fact that the GranTurismo has had much better residuals than the 4200 will help with monthly payments given that most are now bought that way but all manufacturers are putting prices up.

They might slide a basic 410PS version in starting at £75k without many toys but I would not hold my breath.
 

mjheathcote

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The AMG GT does look nice, but anything from a manufacturer that also does a cut price A Class/A1/1 series etc will never be special enough for me!
I also agree, anyone that thinks the Alfieri will be significantly less than 100K are kidding themselves!
 

c4sman

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I withhold judgment on the Merc until I see one in the flesh as a few Journalists have indicated it looks much better in real life. I am a Porsche fan but I think my first generation 911GTS will be my last. I have it alongside the Mas GTS as it is a much smaller out and out sports car where as the Mas is a GT. The 991 seems to be leaning towards being a GT (admittedly a great one), but it has no drama about the way it goes about it and therefore little attraction to me.

Seems like all of these cars (Maserati included) are taking or about to take a jump up the pricing ladder compared with the cars they replace, so I expect both new Maseratis to be starting above £80k
 

hashluck

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I curently run a AM V8 Vantage S (it was very close between this and a Granturismo Sport MC Shift). Very happy with the Aston but have my name down for an Alfieri as that will be launched at about my planned time to change and who knows what the Vantage replacement will be looking like then. I do not think I will be untypical of the type of owner looking at the car. Probably does mean there will be a £100K variant. I do not see that this has to make a Granturismo replacement silly money. Look at Jaguar F-Types, you can spec these up to more than the outgoing XKs were, plenty of overlap. The Merc GT is a funny one for me. It does hark back to the classic Gullwing seems colour and angle dependant. To me a truly great car design has to look good in any colour from any angle.
 

BJL

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I think Maserati have missed the boat by taking so long to bring the Alfieri to market. It should be here by next Autumn at the latest with a 3.8 tt V8 and a 7 speed dc for around 100k. The market and pundits would rave about how maser are back on top.
As it is they will be playing catch up with with what might look like bringing a knife to a gun fight. I hope they get right cos they will only have one chance.
The Ghibli being the prime example. Everyone has concentrated on how mediocre the diesel is instead of them squeezing the 3.8 V8 into it to start with as a halo model so the press concentrate on what's blowing todays socks off.
 

Parisien

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But are they aiming for top, or just offering a more "exclusive" car, design, engineering alternative?


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Felonious Crud

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I think Maserati have missed the boat by taking so long to bring the Alfieri to market. It should be here by next Autumn at the latest with a 3.8 tt V8 and a 7 speed dc for around 100k. The market and pundits would rave about how maser are back on top.
As it is they will be playing catch up with with what might look like bringing a knife to a gun fight. I hope they get right cos they will only have one chance.
The Ghibli being the prime example. Everyone has concentrated on how mediocre the diesel is instead of them squeezing the 3.8 V8 into it to start with as a halo model so the press concentrate on what's blowing todays socks off.

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BJL

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And another thing.....while I'm having a grump....if the top Ghibli can't compete with the M5 or the C63 or the XFsr what's the bl00dy point.
 

Parisien

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As above, its doesn't have too, they occupy a different niche to the other mass market models mentioned.....


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