Maserati SUV to come

Maserati SUV to come#234152

By darwin dali - 12 Jan 11, 13:39

- 12 Jan 11, 13:39#234152

Holy cannoli: A Ferrari-powered SUV

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#234172

By myownalias - 12 Jan 11, 15:44

- 12 Jan 11, 15:44#234172

Well they say it's rock n' roll; does that mean it's going to rock n' roll onto it's roof; SUV's are not known for their stability and having test driven a Jeep. I can tell you it's very rolly, the car does not cope well with corners at speeds higher than 30mph, not a good base platform for a Maserati branded car; and with a V12 lump, that's just scary!

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#234197

By scotty - 12 Jan 11, 19:38

- 12 Jan 11, 19:38#234197

Maserati, nooooo

Is nothing bloody sacred?!

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#234204

By Jensonb - 12 Jan 11, 20:53

- 12 Jan 11, 20:53#234204

Hah...

That's gonna suck. Remember the Cayenne?

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#234208

By texasmr2 - 12 Jan 11, 21:09

- 12 Jan 11, 21:09#234208

Jensonb wrote:Hah...

That's gonna suck. Remember the Cayenne?

Your point is? The Cayenne is a superb SUV, have you ever driven one, I have so until you have I'll respectfully disregard your implication that the Maserati will suck. A buyer will have a choice between a V8 and a V12. I love it how all the 'pro's' around here bash something before it has even reached the consumer market and most likely will never have any firsthand experience with one, that part always makes me laugh

. Thankfully I have a group of friends who allow me firsthand experience with the machines but I never bash something without some sort of firsthand knowledge.

PS,
I have no firsthand experience with the Maserati either apparently and I did not mean to imply I did.

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#234209

By Jensonb - 12 Jan 11, 21:20

- 12 Jan 11, 21:20#234209

texasmr2 wrote:
Jensonb wrote:Hah...

That's gonna suck. Remember the Cayenne?
Your point is? The Cayenne is a superb SUV

No, the Cayenne is a hideous laughing stock. The Touareg is a superb SUV.

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#234210

By texasmr2 - 12 Jan 11, 21:39

- 12 Jan 11, 21:39#234210

Jensonb wrote:
texasmr2 wrote:
Jensonb wrote:Hah...

That's gonna suck. Remember the Cayenne?
Your point is? The Cayenne is a superb SUV
No, the Cayenne is a hideous laughing stock. The Touareg is a superb SUV.

So your basing your opinion strictly on the Cayennes looks?? Hey if it was me I would probably buy the Touareg over the Porsche myself simply for the cost savings as they are fundamentaly the same vehicle and I like their looks. It's a shame they dropped the TDI V12, or was it V10, from the US market though. Yet lets not get too OT and both just agree to sit back and wait and see what they offer, we might both agree on the looks but performance wise it could be a winner or a looser.

I think alot of this stems from those past inclinations about Ferrari building an SUV and since they are both under the Fiat umbrella Ferrari can keep their heritage while Fiat explores the highend SUV market, heck it sounded good as I typed it

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#234211

By texasmr2 - 12 Jan 11, 21:41

- 12 Jan 11, 21:41#234211

Jensonb wrote:
texasmr2 wrote:
Jensonb wrote:Hah...

That's gonna suck. Remember the Cayenne?
Your point is? The Cayenne is a superb SUV
No, the Cayenne is a hideous laughing stock. The Touareg is a superb SUV.

I think you misread me or was it my punctuation? Most likely it was me

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#234213

By Stealthgate007 - 12 Jan 11, 21:48

- 12 Jan 11, 21:48#234213

here is a pic of what they came up with in 2003

Maserati Kubang

Alfa Romeo Kamal

I hope they have done some refreshing since then.

Re: Maserati SUV to come#234216

By texasmr2 - 12 Jan 11, 22:10

- 12 Jan 11, 22:10#234216

Yep I hope so aswell, those basically look like Nissan Murano's

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#234240

By What's Burning? - 13 Jan 11, 00:02

- 13 Jan 11, 00:02#234240

Nature abhors a vacuum, something has to fill the gaping hole left by Hummer.

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#234245

By myownalias - 13 Jan 11, 00:13

- 13 Jan 11, 00:13#234245

Having driven the car that the new Masarati SUV will be based on, I don't think there's much hope, putting a big block engine in a Jeep doesn't make it good! I would have more hope if it was designed and built from scratch, basing what will be an expensive vehicle on an average car is never a good idea in my opinion!

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#234250

By texasmr2 - 13 Jan 11, 00:23

- 13 Jan 11, 00:23#234250

myownalias wrote:Having driven the car that the new Masarati SUV will be based on, I don't think there's much hope, putting a big block engine in a Jeep doesn't make it good! I would have more hope if it was designed and built from scratch, basing what will be an expensive vehicle on an average car is never a good idea in my opinion!

It could very well be BUT how do we know, thats my point. Maybe we will be surprised I don't know but my issue was that it's crap before it's even released even if it's supposedly based on your 'universal' chassis. I just like to give the players a chance to prove themselves thats all.

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#243432

By bradphil - 10 Mar 11, 10:14

- 10 Mar 11, 10:14#243432

myownalias wrote:Having driven the car that the new Masarati SUV will be based on, I don't think there's much hope, putting a big block engine in a Jeep doesn't make it good! I would have more hope if it was designed and built from scratch, basing what will be an expensive vehicle on an average car is never a good idea in my opinion!

IMHO, innovation and integration of the Maserati parts is the primary aim for this SUV. This is a nice try for having a high edge engine in a Jeep. Let's just wait how well this Maserati SUV out perform other brands in term of sales and surpass any off road condition.

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Re: Maserati SUV to come#243467

By killem2 - 10 Mar 11, 15:17

- 10 Mar 11, 15:17#243467

Based off of is different than just having jeep make the parts for them. If they make it themselves but they are using jeeps blue prints the over all quality may be better.

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