I've been in search of a Maserati for some time now. I have been tracking quite a few not only on ebay but at the local dealers in my town. Now we all understand that the Maserati doesn't have a KB; so the price of the vehicle is determined by the "market" which is the buyers. If the vehicle isn't selling at the listed price that means the "market" feels the price is too high. Having said that, the dealers in my town have been sitting on the same Maserati's for about 8 months and aren't even thinking about lowering the price. Recently, I approached the dealer and made a reasonable offer on one of their Maserati's. Vehicle was considered "high mile" vehicle. Not F1. The clutch was probably out dated, etc. They told me the listed price was the final price. Moreover, I have been following the Maserati market on ebay very closely. Almost 95% of the vehicles listed fall short of even coming half way to meeting the "buy it" now price which its listed at. 95% of those cars have been relisted numerous times. I would say for the last 6 months I have seen all the vehicles being listed over and over again. I have called and talked to the dealers and they too have said the listed price is the last price. Now I don't understand. If your vehicles buy it now price is ...$41,000 and your bids time after time aren't passing 25 thousand and when the next time around you decide to start the bidding at 30,000 and no one hits how can you not lower the price? I mean dot get me wrong I don't call and offer 10,000 less then the asking price but when I'm told that the list price is the "last price" I don't understand what their thinking. I understand its a Maserati but if its not selling, its not selling. In "business" you will win some and you will lose some. That's why its a business. They have to understand Maserati has alot of maintenance issues. Sometimes buying a Maserati is the easy part of the vehicle. Anyway, I wanted to see what input their was here. It seems I have to lurk the market until I find what I need. PS I have been looking at '02 '03 Maserati's
Actually, I've noticed the same. My brief searching on eBay has shown that about a year ago, 2002-2003 Coupes (GT or CC) were routinely selling for $35k-$43k for a normal mileage car. It seems like as soon as the GranTurismo debuted, the prices have gone up with high starting bids, high reserves, and high BIN. Commonly seeing them for $48k to $52k. Personally I am dumbfounded how the prices on these could go up, being that there is the GS and now the GT that predecess the Coupes and Spyders. Also, I've noticed that QP prices remained steady for 8-10 months, but now have dropped slightly (which is expected). However, with the GT debuting, I have not seen a drastic drop in GS prices. They continually are listed in the $80k range. I realize it is a superior, upgraded Coupe, but the massive depreciation on the Coupes have not taken its toll on the GS yet. With the majority of Coupes either off-warranty or soon to come off warranty, the prices should come down further. You've got to wonder what rock bottom will be for these cars.
The normal 6 M/T is a good transmission, without the problems of the F1 tranny, The car is also much more rare. Despite the F1 being a 6 thousand dollar option, the m/t seem to command a premium in the second hand market.
