Maserati bottom guesses?

Yep kind of interesting question. I would bit your price is within the correct range. I figure within a few years 35 to 40K will be a very easy price to hit.

Much different than the old Maseratis. Most of the older Maseratis and Ferraris are selling for much more than their original sticker. This has to do with the adjusted value of the dollar and the "blip" in the 80s. The price of Ferraris increased radically within a short period of time. I don't remember the exact year, but remember the "blip"

 

Maseratis are underappreciated and undervalued in the long run. When they were introduced back into the US the timing was completely off and lack of advertising did nothing to help overcome the poor reputation that the older Maseratis had gotten. Especially the TC. The TC is the one most people remembered and we all know it was not a real Maserati anyway. For the performance, quality of the interior, sound, feel, and pedigree, it should do much better than it is. But, getting right down to it, the whole pre-owned market seems to be really off right now so maybe Maserati is not alone in "dropping like a rock".

And all this coming from a guy who was a Maserati manager when they were first introduced. I had really high hopes and we spent a "lot" of money to push the Masers locally but received no support from National.
I believe that was a big mistake on Maserati USA's part.

Now, to the original question. A five year old Maserati coupe will probably come in around $50-$55K and a Spyder about $5K more.

 

2002 Maseratis are all over the web at asking prices around $65k. That would indicate that the five year price will be well below $50k-$55k.

 

The issue is that Maserati isn't Ferrari. Someone who's looking for a 348 or Mondial or 412 isn't really going to be in the market for a Maserati even if the price range is the same. Your used Maserati is going to be competing with similar year or newer Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Lexus, etc, and will suffer from the Italian quality reputation against those cars. Not only that, there will be much less support for this brand of cars from the dealers than comparable brands, and normal people won't put up with the typical turnaround on older Fcar repairs.

They're just going to be old used cars, and will depreciate to zero or darned close.

 

All depends on what you are looking for. If you want something that will keep it's value and probably go up. By a Bora, Ghibli, Sebring, Mexico etc.

Again they have already proven this. All of these cars are going for major dollars more than they sold for.

If you are looking for a nice driver with somebody else taking the depreciation then by a 03 coupe or convertible in a few years.

Nothing wrong with doing both.

 

The Bora, Ghibli, Sebring & Mexico are all great cars, but after 25 or more years they are really selling below their asking price after adjusting for inflation.
In 2003 dollars a Ghibli 4.7 coupe would have run $99,981. The current price is about 41% of that. Similarly, a Bora runs ~50% of the $105,570 inflation indexed amount.
Many older 2 seat Ferraris have fared better. A Daytona would have cost $91,400 in 2003 dollars and goes for ~142% of that price. A 365GTC would have cost $94,162 in 2003 dollars and goes for ~122% of that price. However, the 365 GT4 BBoxer comes in at ~55% ($136,800 in 2003 dollars).

A older 2+2 Maserati Khamsin would have cost $114,774 in 2003 dollars and now sells for ~18% of that price.
A Ferrari 400 2+2 would have sold for about $145,000 in 2003 dollars and now goes for ~17% of that price.
A '95 2+2 456 would have cost $250,506 in 2003 dollars which would work out to ~ 28% for the current asking price.
[A '96 355B listed for $120,050, which would work out to $140,450 in 2003 dollars. Current asking price of a 355: ~$95,000 which would be ~68%. Who knows what it will be in another 20 years. (Who wants to wait!). A '97 550M is down to 56%.]

So 17% to 28% of a $90,000 2+2 Maser coupe is $15,300 to $25,200 in today's dollars over time.

 

I think the Masers will be in the 20's 5 years from now.

 

I would find 20s hard to believe, simply based on the parts value. It's similar to what happens now with the GT cars. I looked @ two Mexicos both worth no more than 7 or 8K. Both needed major restoration. A restoration on either car would have been 20+. The car would then have been worth mid to maybe upper 20s. So 5 to 8K made sense. The cars both sold for above 10K. In one case 14K. The sum of the parts were worth enough to break the cars down. In the 14K cars case it was going to get restored, by somebody who had no common sense. In the case of the other car 10.5 it was broken down for parts.

At 20K the engine, transmission etc. will be worth breaking the car for.

 

No, because the parts are not really interchangeable with other cars. Their resale value drops like a rock, and will continue to do so. Hopefully, they wont end up being Maserati Biturbos.

 

The diffrence is new cars are made much better than the Mexico's.
In five years the coupes and spyders will not be suffering from rust (hopefully). Also they will be relatively very available versus any car such as the Mexico.
Does the 4.9 from the Q-portte fit in the Bora, Khamsin an Ghibli?

 

I actually agree with Allan on this one. Look at the Audi A8. Parts alone have to be worth more than $20k, but the 1997's are selling in that ball park. Figure $23k for the coupe, maybe $28k for the spider. Still better than the bi-turbo.

 

Where can I sell my '97 A8 quattro for $20k? I am asking $10,800 on autotrader and have only one call in 7 weeks. Mileage is high....but still....mechanically perfect, newer tires/brakes, all records since new.

 

Yep. In just a few years these new Masers will be 15-25...just like an older Mondial. Now, I like 'em, so that is good news for us "bottom feeders."

 

The Ghibli SS, later Boras and all Khamsins have 4.9 liter engines. I'd rather have a 4.7L Bora, since it doesn't have all the anti-pollution stuff.
(To think that I was a child of the 60's)

 

CAN YOU HEAR ME

 

$5k in ten years is my guess.

Nobody wants them.

Another Maserati Bi Turbo repeat .

 

Personally, i think they are horrible. No style, no performance, nothing.

 

I dont think the cars will hold their values at all, like a Porsche 928, due to the fact of huge maintenence costs, which are not justified by the car doing, or being anything special.

 

Well, "nothing special" is in the eye of the beholder. Certainly one sees (at least in our area) many Mercedes and Jags and Porsches, but very few of the Maseratis - if that sort of exclusivity matters to you. I find the engine wonderful, and the exterior and interior elegant. I would prefer more "sporty" handling, but I'm really a sportscar rather than a GT man. Said this before here, but my wife and I love our Mas coupe. With the tubi, the sound is exquisite. Reliability has been fine. I fear that depreciation will be sharp unless Maserati can get a foothold in the US market.

 

Just subsitute Maserati for 360F1 and you will have the same values. Maybe not as fast as the Maser but the final loss will be about the same when you consider the MSRP of both cars.

It's very unfortunate but more tech brings fear into the second hand market. The F1 like as stated abive, is a ticking time bomb for major and expensive problems. The six speed cars will sell for more because they will me in more demand in the second hand market. Same goes for the Maser. BMW 7 series will be clogging dealer lots as soon as they come off lease why? too much tech in the cars.

The Maser has a long way to go to catch up to Benz, BMW,Lexus, etc. If
they are trying to compete in that market..they have a long road ahead of them. I think Ferrari made a huge mistake trying to bring back a company with a terriable reputation for their road cars. Look a Lotus..fantastic car since the mid 90's but the past is still with them because of the terriably unreliable cars they have built in the past. This directly effects the resale value of the cars.

MHO of crouse..worth what ya paid for it

Tom