midlifecrisis
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The GT chassis IS a cut down QP chassis.
SO who designed the Alfieri?So shouldn't this read as 'Maserati back to designing beautiful cars'?
No doubt it was a committee but if Pininfarina were involved , as a contractor they would know that the customer's input and legacy would be a huge influence.SO who designed the Alfieri?
Was Pininfarina involved?
All the recent Ferrari look to me as if the design was lower on the list than functionality. In the current world, the gamers and geeks prioritised over the aesthete. Hoping that some cars will be easier on the eye.
The cars by Lorenzo Ramaciotti include many of my favourites. The 612 and QP 6 are "bubbling under"No doubt it was a committee but if Pininfarina were involved , as a contractor they would know that the customer's input and legacy would be a huge influence.
So are the Alfa 8C and California, but those are using much shorter floorpans closer to the 4200s 104 inch wheelbase. The GTs wheelbase is around 115 inches.The GT chassis IS a cut down QP chassis.
And didn’t really upgrade the engine. I know this is heretical on a Maserati forum but I drove an early 4.2 GT and was so disappointed. It is after all a GranSport-spec engine (figures-wise) yet carrying around 200kg more.If you think of it in terms of Aston Martins, what Maserati has done is essentially replace a V8 Vantage with a DB9 sizer car.
Maybe just the angle, but photo #1 the glass area and people inside look so small...it looks all out of proportion.
It looked ok from where I was sitting when I took the photo! I didn’t feel disproportionately tiny when I drove it, either.Maybe just the angle, but photo #1 the glass area and people inside look so small...it looks all out of proportion.
Maybe bland is the wrong word, maybe it was the colour, it was blue like the one in the goodwood photo earlier. I don’t like the bling recent ones either. I didn’t dislike it, but it didn’t wow me.I’m not sure about “bland”. But certainly, not bling like many other recent Ferrari’s. And that is what I like about it.
It’s the small Italian people that are out of proportion in those pics - not the car. I think you’ll find my manly frame looks fabulous in a Roma!Maybe just the angle, but photo #1 the glass area and people inside look so small...it looks all out of proportion.
It looked ok from where I was sitting when I took the photo! I didn’t feel disproportionately tiny when I drove it, either.
It’s the small Italian people that are out of proportion in those pics - not the car. I think you’ll find my manly frame looks fabulous in a Roma!
I’m not sure about “bland”. But certainly, not bling like many other recent Ferrari’s. And that is what I like about it.
The car simply must look good in the well staged launch location. The lighting could even have been set specifically so camera phones can spread the best possible images. So far I like almost all of it but the front view just reminds the that Alfieri was the natural beauty and Roma was coerced into cosmetic surgery to maintain differential. Leslie Ash before and after surgery?Maybe just the angle, but photo #1 the glass area and people inside look so small...it looks all out of proportion.