Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Maserati Gran Turismo looks good...

[Charles Perry (charles]

I was in Charlotte last week for work and stopped in at Foreign Cars
Italia's satelite office there. They had a nice cross section of new and
used cars in the house, including the Gran Turismo and all manner of
Astons.

I do think the Gran Turismo is beautiful, especially the S with the dark
convex front grill, but my dollars will still be voting for the Aston.
Unfortunately they didn't have a DBS to see - I really want to look at
one of those in person since they took a stunningly beautiful car (the
DB9) and added a bunch of boy-racer looking bits to it. I can't decide
from photos whether it works for me or not. I also got to drive a
friends Vantage V8 recently, and while it wasn't a speed demon, it
shares the same beautiful lines, Aston Growl, and a forgiving ride
quality as the bigger cars. I'm looking forward to reading about the
Vantage V12.

They also had one TR in excellent shape in the back. What struck me is
how SMALL that car looked, packed in tightly with their other inventory.
When I look at mine in the garage or on the drive, it looks like such a
massive car, but it is truly dwarfed by a 360 or even the new 911 Turbo.
Makes you understand why no one can build a car under 3500 lbs anymore.

I also have to mention how friendly and helpful the FCI staff was -
attentive without being intrusive. This is rarely the case in exotic
dealerships. I don't know whether it's the pained economy or just an
unusually good group of people there, but it was really a pleasant time
to stop by. I even got a nice Aston Martin T-shirt (silver silkscreening
on BRG) for just $15. The only Ferrari badged item I ever got for $15
was a copy of a service invoice... :-)

-- charles


 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Fellippe Galletta [mailto:fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 4:24 PM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Maserati Gran Turismo looks good...

I went to the eastern end of Long Island wine country yesterday and ran
into a white/burgundy Gran Turismo....

Must say that it looked great....very nice road presence. Really
translated well in the wild...the Aston Martins may have a smoother
shape, but the Maser looked much meaner from the front, in the spirit of
a real Italian car!

I think Charles & Steve J should add it to their lists! A nice exhaust,
perhaps a manual transmission conversion, and you're set...

FG
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