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If you're on a budget and are looking for a mechanically sound QP IV, this one looks like an attractive proposition. QP IV on Autoscout Yes, it's a LHD non-Evo auto V6 with white-ish leather, BUT... the Blu Sebring is beautiful, it's only got 60k km on the clock, and most importantly 2500 km...

I seem to have noticed a widening of the price gap between GTs and non-GTs over the past year in continental Europe. Non-GTs are still available at more or less pre-Covid prices, but GTs have taken off, so much so that the most expensive ones are now almost twice the price of some non-GTs. I'm...

I just remembered I had seen a YouTube video of the Padova Primitvist from last year's show-- Signor Ponzio is not a fan of his obnoxious interviewer...

Curiously, what looks like the same car is being offered at Car and Classics, except that this one is described as a Primatist Replica, is dated 1999 not 1997, has a different set of photos, and is offered by a dealer not a private seller, both of whom are however based in Tenerife...

In case you haven't seen this yet: Sigh.

OMG, what a lovely bonkers-beautiful automobile. As I remember some owner putting it, even if it's raining outside, in a Primatist cabin the sun is always shining.

I guess he means gold, not as if I've ever seen a gold QP. Visually, I prefer the QP IV to the later models. The Evo in particular is a classy Q car. If you think it's too slow out of the box, consider the insane tuning options (up to 450 bhp) available at this German specialist...

Maybe so. Switzerland is nonrepresentative in many ways, though, what with the high salaries and still higher living expenses. There is a campaign right now for a referendum on a minimum wage of GBP 18 / hour.

The Europe/UK price discrepancy is true for all cars, Maserati or not, that are remotely interesting. Continentals have been known to bid on Collecting Cars for British LHD Porsches, Ferraris et al. I'm based in Switzerland, where prices are yet higher. People have started to ask silly money...

I just learned that for job reasons I may be moving to another country as early as May. That puts this whole transaction on hold for me, which may be for the better ultimately. The rust I can see makes me wonder about the rust I cannot see. The hunt continues...

The cabin may be roomy, but it's the line of sight that's the problem. When I sit upright in my Cayman I'm looking straight at the sun visor. Consider: That yellow Elise looks totally ace, btw.

Brilliant, thanks!

Thanks once more for these valuable comments. As you're about to notice, I'm not exactly a certified mechanic, so a project car is not what I need. I noticed what looks like a damaged something-or-other in one of the underside photos. See encircled. What is this box thing with the damaged...

Yes, it is. I looked at some high-res photos of the cabin, and it's an HKS EVC IV "Black Limited" electronic valve controller. https://www.nengun.com/hks/evc-iv So this is quite the JDM Ghibli. I wonder how easy or difficult it is to set the ECU back to factory standard, or whether the owner...

Where there's a will, there's a way. There's this YouTube video of a giant American who's using an Elise as his daily driver...