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What a load of shite. The press release is utter dross, clearly written by an intern at an overpaid marketing company. Like the market will suddenly feel the need to chop in our old GTs for a new one because it has "a user-friendly, double rotary knob, made of forged aluminium". I've a mate that has a metal knob.....
I suspect that the USA cars, as mentioned, may be a little different as they offered an MC version which was a watered down Stradale as the Stradale was never offered there. They have basically taken a Stradale, changed the nose minorly, added an average sat nav and speaker set that Waze destroys for free and a shiny new knob. No more power, zero innovation. Not even new alloys as they are 2013 Stradale options too. Seriously, the Gas Monkey boys could have done that facelift and ICE upgrade in a week, too Maserati 5 years to get round to it.
It's a bit like when Porsche added the aerokit to the Carrera S. It's not a GT3. Never will be. And this is not a Stradale, it's a 10 minute facelift and nothing to be proud of. The Stradale didn't need a facelift.
Telling that they refer to the Alfieri as a concept, probably nailing it down to history and what could have been.
Also telling that they produced a car from 1962 to sell the heritage again. Nothing really significant with a trident on it has won a race (with any other brands in the same field) since the 70s. What the F are they afraid of. I mean, Honda can't build an F1 car that finished a race but they are still trying and being seen to try.
We are all just back from Le Mans - wouldn't you have LOVED to see a Trofeo Strad running against the Corvettes, 911s, 488s and the like? They are not even brave enough to try that. I wouldn't care if it came dead last, I'd cheer and whoop every time one went by.
I utterly love my Stradale and I urge everyone who can to beg, borrow and steal to buy one because there will be nothing like it again in the next decade. Maybe never.
I suspect that the USA cars, as mentioned, may be a little different as they offered an MC version which was a watered down Stradale as the Stradale was never offered there. They have basically taken a Stradale, changed the nose minorly, added an average sat nav and speaker set that Waze destroys for free and a shiny new knob. No more power, zero innovation. Not even new alloys as they are 2013 Stradale options too. Seriously, the Gas Monkey boys could have done that facelift and ICE upgrade in a week, too Maserati 5 years to get round to it.
It's a bit like when Porsche added the aerokit to the Carrera S. It's not a GT3. Never will be. And this is not a Stradale, it's a 10 minute facelift and nothing to be proud of. The Stradale didn't need a facelift.
Telling that they refer to the Alfieri as a concept, probably nailing it down to history and what could have been.
Also telling that they produced a car from 1962 to sell the heritage again. Nothing really significant with a trident on it has won a race (with any other brands in the same field) since the 70s. What the F are they afraid of. I mean, Honda can't build an F1 car that finished a race but they are still trying and being seen to try.
We are all just back from Le Mans - wouldn't you have LOVED to see a Trofeo Strad running against the Corvettes, 911s, 488s and the like? They are not even brave enough to try that. I wouldn't care if it came dead last, I'd cheer and whoop every time one went by.
I utterly love my Stradale and I urge everyone who can to beg, borrow and steal to buy one because there will be nothing like it again in the next decade. Maybe never.
