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Jan 31, 2015 | 08:26 AM

#31

jml

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From: Bruges

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Originally Posted by gaddafi

I share the disappointment with the engine.

Car's a curiosity. Not something I'd ever be interested in owning.

Oh well....les gouts et les couleurs...

Jan 31, 2015 | 08:59 AM

#32

mikey k

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From: Heart of England

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Originally Posted by s2k_Nut

I prefer the 8C, but I am biased I have sat in one, and heard it's engine ... amazing car.

Nice Maserati/ferrari engine
Shame they are ALL LHD

Jan 31, 2015 | 01:48 PM

#33

s2k_Nut

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From: Here and awake!

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Originally Posted by mikey k

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Originally Posted by s2k_Nut' timestamp='1422646666' post='23487740

I prefer the 8C, but I am biased I have sat in one, and heard it's engine ... amazing car.

Nice Maserati/ferrari engine
Shame they are ALL LHD

Indeed and only 41 in the UK, 500 world wide. The one I was in was pearl white as in the pic above, and was sold from the show room within a couple of months of arrival for a lot of money think it had 400 miles on the clock! Thinking back they had 2, the red coupe hard top one also, needless to say that sold in a short space of time, also for a lot of money!

Feb 1, 2015 | 12:48 AM

#34

mikey k

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From: Heart of England

Was that the Alfa deal near congleton?
I considered one when I bought my current Aston
The LHD and the stupid plastic finishers you have to manually fit once the roof was down out me off

Feb 1, 2015 | 01:06 AM

#35

Nottm_S2

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From: Nottingham

They are underwhelming in the looks dept compared to your Vantage though Mikey.. Having seen one (red) in the flesh it was merely nice to me

Feb 1, 2015 | 01:27 AM

#36

gaddafi

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From: Survivalist enclave

I only know one person who has driven one and their view was that it was inferior (as a driving machine) to the Gran Turismo, a car I have experience of. Sound is pretty special and they look great and it probably comes down to personal preference. All becomes a big turn off as soon as people start talking about values, which in the current climate, is usually within about five minutes.

Feb 1, 2015 | 05:40 AM

#37

mikey k

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From: Heart of England

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Originally Posted by Nottm_S2

They are underwhelming in the looks dept compared to your Vantage though Mikey.. Having seen one (red) in the flesh it was merely nice to me

One of the reasons I bought the Vantage

Though the Alfa is ironically holding value better
ATEOTD its not about depreciation its about enjoyment
I enjoy the Aston more

Feb 3, 2015 | 11:53 PM

#38

Polemicist

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From: Ulaanbaatar

I wonder how long before a diesel engine is slotted into the 4C or 8C...

There's something weird with the world when another classic marque in the group's illustrious portfolio of car brands - Maserati - slots a diesel engine into a car called a Ghibli.

Feb 4, 2015 | 01:15 AM

#39

mikey k

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From: Heart of England

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Originally Posted by Polemicist

Spotted that Maserati on their site the other day

Its inevitable in the 4C
Won't happen on the 8C as they've finished the limited edition
IMHO

Feb 4, 2015 | 02:39 AM

#40

Nick Graves

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From: Hertford

Fortunately, it would appear that the Dirigiste Yerpean world is slowly waking up to untenability of blaming cancer sticks for the ills from cancer engines as it has for the past seventy years.

Travesties such as self-igniting Maseratis and Porsches may soon thus be extinguished.