r/Maserati

Wife and I are in the market for a replacement EV for our Q4. We first went to our local dealership in Greenwich, CT. The salesman told me he had one "at port" and that he'd quote a lease. I waited and waited, called him twice. He seemed put out.

Meanwhile, we found one on Cargurus in Hartford. It was a CPO with low miles, and I used that site's interface to inquire. When I got contacted, a salesman abruptly told me there was no negotiation.

I then visited that dealerships website, and saw three vehicles. I called and found another salesperson who was very good at pricing, follow-up, and negotiation. This person is a go-getter.

So, we drove the two hours to Hartford to text drive the car. It's hard to drive two hours, in an EV, and be concerned about getting home, charrging the car you are in, and then to start kicking tires.

For us, we can't sit on a mattress and in five, or even fifteen, minutes really 'feel' what we are buying. Car shopping is often very much a result of your chemistry with a sales person. Ours was great with numbers, and talking at us, but we were so unable to ask without interrupting, that it was awkward. So, bonding with the metal was hard. That's that.

We really wanted to love this car. We didn't drive up, and then back—plus the time there, maybe six hours not including emails, texts, and phone calls—to not want the car. We were ready.

So are many others, because two out of three of them are gone since that day. We never bought. Why? We just didn't love the car as much as we hoped we would.

It felt... 'half cheap'. I understand this is subjective, and do not mean to insult anyone. This was just our feeling. I had ready great reviews about the interior, but it was half great, and half not so great. Oly one of them had leather seats. These have MSRPs of over $110K, and the seats were recycled plastic fishing nets!

The rear cargo area platform felt like cardboard. I'm sure it is some kind of better material than that, but my electric golf bag trolly would warp it in no time, especially if I threw my golf bag on top of that.

The steering wheel had a ton of buttons and a couple of dials, and plastic paddle switches. All cheap-feeling plastic. We looked at each other, and both thought these were fail points. The software on most cares is wonky. I'm sure it is with Maserati, but this we would not have minded if we could have had a salesperson who had the APP on their phone installed, and synced to the car we drove all the way to see. We are talking a six hour opportunity cost for us. Yes, I think syncing the APP so we could test it is a must-do. Wasn't done. We could not try the remote climate controls. This was vital as we have our baby dog. No kids, just our dog. Our only family.

The test drive route was terrible, but I tried to put the car through some paces anyway. It had the same super fast acceleration most 500+hp EVs have, but the handling was twitchy. I didn't even need to tell my wife, she felt it too. Like the car could easily flip or jump out of lane! So not what we expected. Not at all. Forget about. cornerig with this thing, we thought.

We were never shown the thrid car, even though it was right there. We decided to go home. We were tired, and the salesperson was trying hard to close us. We started to feel uncomfortable.

We need a few days to recover. There were follow-ups, but we had no idea others had interest, until we got an after the fact text telling us the car we were considering had been sold. No warning. We felt jilted.

The salesman in our town where we live wrote me an email, somewhat agitated that I contacted another store, and told me he had wanted to "buy" the car from them, to quote me a price. (He had orginally told me he had one "at port".) So... our experience with sales was typical, not really something that helped to give us confidence.

The price had gone up by $1k now, too. Perhaps this was punishment, or something, but between the three exchanges we had with sales, we were losing confidence. We still had these cars in mind, but then a second sold. To the salesperson's credit, we were warned this time.

We wanted to love Maserati, but we worry about the brand as a whole, and with what is going on with established 'brands', or institutions we've lost trust in, we have to admit we need to feel secure. One Redditor told us he felt this was the wrong car for us. He was right.

We really wanted to love that Grecale EV.

I’m getting a squeaking noise from the suspension when I go over speed bumps or anything that may rock it up and down. Anyone have this issue? Likely fixes I can tackle before taking it to the dealer?

I'm looking at a 1-owner 2021 Levante with 66k km (40k miles), priced at $44k CAD from a Maserati dealer. Not much in the way of maintenance history on the Carfax but front brakes were recently done and the dealer is servicing the air suspension prior to sale.

Should I buy it or run? I'm coming from a 2021 C43 AMG so I'm used to luxury service bills, and comfy doing some of my own work, at least for basics like fluid changes, brakes, batteries, etc.

As far as I can tell these are broadly reliable if you keep on top of oil changes particularly and the things to watch out for are the air suspension (being done proactively), timing chain guides (will check for ticking at idle), and general electrical gremlins due to low voltage - I'll inquire about the battery and replace if necessary after purchase since 5 years is about the max life I'd expect.

Hi guys, I am in dire need of help. I have a 2015 Maserati ghibli. My wife loaded the trunk with the baby stroller a bit too forcefully. Now the trunk won't open.

I did my research and tried folding the back seat to get to the trunk. The guy we bought the car from back in 2018 modified the space behind the seat to install speakers and got the crawl space blocked with plywood like substance.

I broke through the plywood and am able to extend half of my arm through that space. I'm stumped with what to do next as I can't see the emergency latch anywhere.

What can I do? The mechanics near me don't wanna touch a Maserati with a ten feet pole for some reason, so im SOL on that.

Any tips or suggestions are appreciated. Thanks

Hey guys, I am getting a 2023 Ghibli Modena with V6 Engine, driven for 52K kms for a great discount (approximately only 30% of it’s original cost). It’s my friend’s rich boss who has moved out of UAE and is just selling as he has got another Maserati and multiple other cars in his garage here. Just trying to get enough to pay off his loan basically. It’s been serviced by the official agency and the warranty has just expired. No accidents.

Would love to know if it’s a good car and worth the hassle of maintenance which people say can occur? Key is I am getting is probably 25-30% off from fair value. It’s fully optioned, carbon fibre interior, top of the line speakers, ADAS etc.

Would really appreciate any help and guidance with this purchase decision!

How much do you pay?

Monthly for me is $400

2016 QT

To preface this, I’m not here to buy a 2014 Ghibli for $20k to be a “wanna look rich” douche. (I’ll let my piece of shit lemon aston Martin do that for me)

I always liked Maserati as a car guy for the MC cars and the granturismo, but need a 4 door, all wheel drive car for work/everyday here in the Midwest.

Did Maserati make any quality improvements on them over the years? I don’t care so much about the window buttons being Chrysler and what not, but more or less operational if it’s actually truly as shit as I think.

Looking around a 2018 -2019 model year, SQ4, seemingly around 37-40k with below 30k miles on. They’ve appreciated a lot to that point, and surely have a bit to go, but from a seller perspective, is that a good entry to a car like that to drive for 2 years and put maybe 20k miles on?

37k car, 7% sales tax, 12k down financed through my credit union gives me a payment about $383 a month.

Fair for a Italian pile of shit or maybe not as bad as I think it will be?