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Maserati Sales Tumble 43%
Just blame it on the weather, because everyone knows no self-respecting 1%-er would be caught dead driving (or being driven) to their nearest Maserati dealership in their snow-ploughing $100K Range Rover, when it is snowing outside. In the middle of winter.
End result: only 481 Maseratis were sold in all of the US in February, a plunge of 43% from a year ago (following a 20% drop in January) back when it was the Polar Vortex's fault that Q1 2014 GDP went from an initially forecasted 3.5%, to -2.5%.
But this time the snow is different.
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The weather...
An increased minimum wage should solve this problem.
why buy one maserati when you can invest the money in biotech and buy two tomorrow.
Must have been all that snow, Maseratis don't come with four wheel drive for as far as I know.
Well they tend to sit so low that a snowball would high center them....
Aren't Maseratis for chicks that want to be driving Ferraris?
That's what I thought.
Maybe all the dudes driving them figured this out?
Im not sexist...i hate Yellen and Bernanke equally!
Rips
Now it's getting serious....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTDQZzQMKk
quattroporti are junk.
Maseratis are to Lamborghinis as Volkswagens are to Mercedes Benzes (or Kias are to Hyundais, or Ladas are to Fiats, or anything made by the British is to a functional automobile).
I'll tell you what you gotta do. You gotta pretend that your face is a Maserati...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqFUEcM9wR0
The Jag's in the shop. Can I borrow your Datsun 710 wagon? I really have to get to work...
Nice tits. Where's the nipples?
Maseratis are so unreliable that they make British Leyland look like Hondas by comparison.
I had a client with a 2006 Quattroporte that caught on fire while he was driving it during the fall, in the rain, with 4,100 miles on the odometer.
This was two months after it grenaded its transmission.
He bought the car new, mind you.
dup..
I could use a new Baretta. Maybe they'll come down in price.
I think your money would be beter spent on a Beretta
The top level Quattroporte comes with 4 wheel drive you heathen.
The Chinese 1% are still buying real estate in BC, site unseen, with cash... Maybe they just really like spending cash. Or they know the window to spend their illicit gains will close one day!
No more QE; all that money was going straight into Wall Street, some rich gravy.
When Janet announces QE4 after a 0.25% rate raise crashes everything - sales ^ .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXWvKDSwvls
I put off my purchase...just waiting for the stationwaggon version like everybody else.
Why not get a Ferrari FF?
I already have six 2015's in the garage.
I don't want to buy another.
Tell you what.
I'll trade two for a brand new 2016?
Take it or leave it.
The GranTurismo MC is a sweet freaking ride. It's not mine, but I get to spin it around now and again...
I do that with my Matchbox version as well.
Vroom... Vrrrrooooooommmm...
Vroom, vroom, vroom...
Errrrrrr...
Loser.
All those new bartenders and waiters are not buying Maseratis?
Damn union dues are eating up everything.
So not only do the suck a lot they eat a lot.
No Coke, Pepsi.
2.5 hrs. on a short handled shovel, a little windshield time (someone else driving) i made a $20 bill and 1 large ziplock of frozen sand bass filets... not too bad. hope things pick up some w/ spring time coming. Still got a new set of GHS strings, so i'm good (aint no unions out here).
With joblessness now down to almost zero in this Robust Rekovery, no one has time to go buy a maserati...they'll all at work I guess.
I have my deformed clone go out and conduct all my financial transactions when stuck at work.
He works cheap.
but can he make the throw to 1st?
He can make change without using his fingers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtLNCmsJVFI
How can a Poor Man Stand such Times and Live...
The flagship model, the GranTurismo, is quite long in the tooth now (production started 2007), which could explain some of the fall.
The Jaguar F-Type could also be part of the explanation.
need 0 down and finance for 15 years
Or, buy some stawks.
Looks like the party is over for the 0.1%, and they are banking ahead of deflation.
Naaa, they've gone to the collectors car market, like art but with wheels.
EVERBODY!! Back to the Choppeeeeeeeh!
I'll settle for a new mustang or vette.
I'm happy with my paid for '92 POS. It has faded paint, so I don't care if it gets scratched, I can work on it and it goes places that make people want to get out of it and walk.
sounds like my friends truck.Crazy fool Rhino Lined his entire truck. For a truck painted with black bed liner it don't look to bad, tough as concrete, he could drive through a brush pile and could care less about a scratch.
LOL, there is a reason that, for some things, I don't want nice espensive stuff. If it's considered nice shit, I want it to either be indestructable, or something that hangs on a wall where I won't knock it over. Other than that, I want functionality.
Actually a banged up POS car may come in quite handy if it all goes to hell. People will be running around me and going for where the perceived money is.
This actually happened to me when I came out of my yoga class to find the new black Escalade next to me was broken into. Glass all over my car and a 20ish girl freaking out on the phone to the police. The sobering part to me was I was going to the range after my class and had $2000 worth of guns and ammo in my trunk. I was damn lucky and will never repeat that mistake but I sure did appreciate my hunk of junk since.
Miffed;-)
I hear ya.
I'm waiting for the Sport utility model that runs on cold fussion!!
Hellcats are sold out, with massive queues and up to 50% markup. Not quite the same price range, but still ...
Because 710 HP is sufficient to outrun the recession?
You can make your own Hellcat. I'm part of a Dodge Challenger club and one guy took his 2010 RT with the 5.7 Litre Hemi and supercharged it himself. Thing pulls well over 650HP at the track.
Buy one of the Challenger SRT 392's with the 6.2 Litre engine and supercharge that and you can match the Hellcat output.
Never have - nor will I ever - buy or lease 'Murican.
Father in law has a GMC truck brand new that has been in for service more times than he can recall.
Besides, no one who drives a Chevy Equinox is happy about their slot in life.
Only chevy I like are corvettes. Chevy trucks pre 2007 I like as well.
Really?
"Never have - nor will I ever - buy or lease 'Murican."
For one, there are no American cars in the original meaning of the term. Most American cars are full of foreign made components and maybe assembled here.
Secondly, if you are content with the short term thinking of entitlement (like that will never run out) you had better buy American, because few else are and without American production of something we will all starve.
Have the 1% heard of studded snow tyres?
We are talking here about the 2% to 10%, because the 1% are living in 30+C heat on various beaches and yachts around the world, and good luck to them, they earned every penny, and of course started from nothing ;-)
They decided to buy a few Apple Watches instead. Apple products are slightly more reliable than Maseratis.
Tell that to the thousands that have lost wifi capability after "upgrading" to ios8. The apple support forum thread for this one issue is over 150 pages and counting.
Like I said, slightly. Talk to a Maserati owner.
Everybody's buying that carbon fiber one built in a windmill powered factory by gay transgendered black germans
LOL!!
Supreme Douchebagmobiles, along with Range Rovers.
I think it's funny that Range Rovers were what they used for African Safaris. They had to have one go along with the group that carried nothing but spare parts.
"If you want to drive into the desert drive a Land Rover, if you want to come back out again drive a Toyota."
That being said, Land Rover Defenders, which I believe are illegal in America, are known for being excellent off-road.
The Defenders were sold in Canada throughout the '90s. A business acquaintance had one and he said that the dealer admitted that half of their sales were going across the border, illegally or not.
I've told this story before but I was visiting the Range Rover production plant the day the
first US model came off the line. The production manager wanted to show it off to me.
I got in it, and absolutely nothing I tried worked, in spite of QC stickers all over.
POS.
Nothing from 2000 an onwards. A friend of my old man who's a hunter has a Defender from '90, still goes like crazy... Tough SOB's; I also like those small Campagnolas.
yellen can't fit any more maserati's on her balance sheet
Westport, CT's new Maserati dealership was supposed to be open January of this year. They took that sign down but according to a contactor onsite they are scheduled to open this month. I'm sure they were just waiting for the yucky weather to pass. Who wants to get their new car mats all sandy?
Dear Masarati:
Please take note: ALL 1%er toys must be 'electric' for the government to subsidize directly or indirectly with taxpayer money.
Who drives gasoline powered anything anymore?
Now say hello to the Model 1911...
Gun powder powered?
30 years ago i bought one of their lowest models, a bi-turbo..what a PIECE OF SHIT...broke down every week and Mechanics to fix arent anywhere to be found. Having said that, It was without a doubt the funnest car to drive, EVER.. fwiw..
p.s. after i traded it in to a dealer some other guy bought it and ended up calling me to tell me what a p.o.s. it was...lol..
It looks like January '13 and '14 were pretty bad months too, but December '13 looks pretty strong compared to December '14.
Theory: Christmas Maseratis were recompense for the wife catching you with the mistress, December '14 was too cold to visit the mistress therefore no Christmas Maserati.
I'll take a 6000SUX, thank you.
8.2 MPG.
An American Tradition.
Maserati sales down, but wannabes are at all time highs....something is amiss
Quick, give more money to the banks and corporations. Replace more U.S. workers with H1B visas. It'll trickle through.
Maybe the 1% are starting to read the articles about the 1% and buying Corollas and Civics as their "beard-mobiles"?
No, they're buying heavily armored Humvees and MRAPS to protect their asses.
market is mature :-)
Did they crack down on subrpime car loans? No way!
here in great neck ny, they just opened a new dealer, have not seen a sole in it since opening
Haven't noticed that...They will sell a few up there....plenty of money sloshing around.
Is that a subtle implication that Maserati salesmen are soulless?
Who would buy a POS Maserati?
They only do 185, I hear.
The 2015 top end Corvette does over 200 mph . . . .
Those who are too poor to afford a Ferrari.
Having redlined a 2012 Maserati for 2.5 hours on a closed track, I can tell that they are not pieces of shit. Maserati's are a dream to drive and they have the 2nd best sounding engine in the world.... next to a Ferrari.
Maseratis' are pieces of shit. They're bolted together pieces of other car manufacturers and suppliers, starting with their detuned Ferrari motors. Ferrari F136 engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By itself, not a great indicator, unless it is followed by a collapse in luxury.
Finally some good news!
Let 'em drive Lexus. Oh the humanity!
Guess I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue...I mean open a Maserati dealership.
Mine runs on 1.21 gigawatts, however I may upgrade to the Mr. Fusion after the levitating wheels upgrade...
A 15 year old F150 work truck and a 10 year old ZZR1200 for weekends.
A leased Prius for the wife....I really wanted her in a Benz....but she wanted the Prius. I lost.
One of my younger coworkers just borrowed $65K on a F150 Raptor....banksters love the kids.
Has Maserati ever made a decent car??
I need a high-powered luxury car so the bread doesn't go stale during the trip home from the corner store...
The Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SV works great for that!..."Just blame it on the weather, because ..." the Northeast USA is the only real market for Maseratis.
Joe Walsh | Life's been Good
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BXWvKDSwvls
I'm sorry but could it be that Masserati has simply run out of douche bags to buy them? Say - all the 1% has one and game over?
Their marketing strategy is all wrong.
They should go above and beyond and introduce 14 year financing on their entire lineup. That way even a toilet attendant can buy one.
FWIW, I was talking with the North American sales manager of high-end (i.e., $100K-plus) European pianos yesterday. That market has never recovered from the 2008 crash.
A Quattroporte new runs $110K to $140K, but one with 50K mileage is worth $20,000+....
"Your face is a Maserati . . ." - Ted Nugent
Nah, everyone just realized that the new Ghibli is ugly as shit.