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You really made the rounds, didn't you? Do you have any idea what they were doing with the QPs? Testing for the executive and sport models perhaps?
this wa sthe prototype for the new maserati coupe. when maserati was shifted over to fiat, it was determined that the car was too ferrari (read - too expensive) for the new maserati. it then became the new potential "dino", or a lower priced entry level ferrari. this plan has since been scrapped to. who knows what it will become or if it will just dissapear. it is nice seeing a testing prototype up close.
According to a test pilot, Maserati had already abandonned the new M139 fixed head coupe last year. Karl-Heinz Kalbfell mentioned that the CC is still in development and will be launched this year. Most probably at the Paris Mondiale. Only the Gran Sport Spyder and a limited edition of 400 Spyders will be built from March - the current 4200 Coupe will cease production soon. On my visit to the Maserati factory last April I unfortunately did not see any prototypes. The condition of the factory was depressing. Workers with screwdrivers trying to pry off badly fitting chrome window surrounds and scratching the paint in the process... parts left outside under an open shelter... a high degree of engines having to be returned to Ferrari for quality problems... and what appeared to be more chit-chat than work. Currently, Maserati produce 18 Quattroportes and 14 4200s per working day. They will need to double this for the 2010 target: it doesn't sound much, 32 extra cars a day, but believe me this is a huge obstacle for Maserati to overcome.
the new production numbers- 20 qp's and 10 spycer/coupes per day. the only spyders we saw, and the percentage of spyders was higher than coupes, were grand sport spyders.
where did you made that first picture. Amazing photo. Do you got it in high resolution, please send it to me [email protected]
Hi res pics please!!!!! [email protected] , especially the pic with all those MC12s, and any pic you took that has those wonderful supercars!!!!!! Thanks a lot in advance!!! Any chance you took the VIN number of any of those MC12s?
i have numerous photos of the mc12 garage in high res. i will try to send out any request in the next couple of days, my it person is transferring them to disk so i can erase the memory cards. pm me if you want copies with your email address and i will do my best. all of these cars are sold (according to the tour guide) and undelivered. they are covered in dust and leaves (and cat prints). i don't have s/n's as they weren't visable. i tried my best to see what they were, but i could find any way of telling what they were. the door jamb of the car that was opened, didn't say. the others had no external acknowledgement of the sn.
Update here http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/288gto-f40-f50-enzo-laferrari/402445-mc12-just-%40-symbolic-2.html
