Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

I had a MB E350 2014 with so much technical eco crap, that I gave up and traded it in for this Maserati, and I love it.

With only 600 miles, I feel the twin turbos and the great sound it makes when it takes me from 0-60 in less than 4.7 seconds, and it was very reasonably priced at $81,700 USD.

Faults:

The car has been flawless apart from two electrical niggles. One TDI sensor shorted which was an inconvenience as it means you end of driving with only one bank of cylinders, but it was easily fixed.

General Comments:

This is an amazing piece of Italian engineering and was over $200,000 when new. The old owner reported that it is the only white Ghibli in Australia. The car has a plush leather interior with walnut trimmed dashboard. There is an amazing sound system including a Pioneer amplified, Alpine 6 stack CD shuffle in the boot and (speaker system. It has performance like you wouldn't believe and not a safety feature in the world - no ABS, no traction control, nothing. Just raw power that puts the boot in your backside when you put your foot down. An exciting and exhilarating machine.

Faults:

Window winder mechanism failed (stuck down).

General Comments:

Fabulous torque with superb handling.

Cabin exemplifies real Italian exotica.

Purposeful powerful stance, a real head turner without being over the top.

I have had many performance cars including a mighty Skyline GTR and the Ghibli is in a different class altogether. It combines class, passion and soul like no other car I have driven. Although not as powerful as the Skyline, it has more torque which makes it equally as fast yet more pleasurable in town. When looking for some serious fun head for a country road but be warned it can be a little bit of a handful in the wet - even in a straight line! But this can only be expected from a front engined rear drive GT with nearly 300hp and no traction control. As for reliability, I had one incident where the window got stuck down, annoying but not really a massive problem. I had a new mechanism (very reasonably priced) sent from Italy and had it changed out with little drama. I think a lot of comments about Maseratis being unreliable are based around these niggly problems. The main parts such as engines etc are wonderful and extremely reliable. This car manages to stir emotions which have no right existing between man and machine. But I can finally see why motoring journalists always affiliate sultry Italian temptress references with the brand Maserati.

Faults:

Nothing really. The car needed its engine out chains job, so I took the opportunity to do the clutch, ball joints and all the other issues that crop up with an eight year old car.

General Comments:

Bloody fantastic!

You have to be some kind of perverted fool to want a Ghibli Cup; they are simply as individual as your finger print. Think of an obscure but fine and underrated wine, and you are on the right path. None of Maserati's more recent creations reach the plateau of purity this car achieves. Admittedly they are more accomplished - faster, prettier, better finished, but they lack the purpose and intent of the Ghibli Cup. Urgency and precision have been traded mercilessly against the sins of weight and excess. No longer is one able to foster the reward imbued by the extra effort required to extract the urgency from this car. This car has soul like no other I have tried - period.