How much are Maseratis?

 

2 door sports cars......he has a brand new RL to drive everyday!

 

Nicky - What is your father looking for tho. He is coming out of a coupe that is under 5 sec 0-60 that has luxo interior and class. What is he going to top that with??? Is he looking for speed or luxo or both. I REPEAT DO NOT GET/DO NOT GET THE LS430. My father has that boat and even with all the options you wont breach 80,000 bucks or even close. He has EVERYTHING including the cooler behind the rear arm rest. The car doesn't do anything for me. Lexus is below mercedes in my book. Have him stay with mercedes. What about a new E55 or CL or SL class. IF your father looks at BMW, then he needs a M series car to compete with what he has already. I wish i could tag along when he starts looking at cars in 80k and above range.

 

They start at about 80-85k, I would stick with MB, two reasons:
awesome car, holds the best residual value ....
I had a chance to test drive the new E500, all I can say is smoooooth......in all aspects.
An E55 would be the best bang for the buck. As far as CLK, I am not too crazy about the looks...
Damn, I could use 80G's right about now...

 

Our family has 2 heating/air companies that were built from the ground up........he has kissed a lot of ass and busted his nuts to get where he is at today......This is like his big problem.....BEING BORED

 

Skyline R34?

 

If he wants a straight up sports car for 80k, I would go with
911 Carrera 4S.....

 

tell him its worth the 5k over sticker, they really hold their value and the nicest all around 2 seater,period(except for not out yet sl55).

 

here's my ideas
a pimped out 2003 RL(rims,DVD, the works) that would be tight.
a Benz G500(this is pure pimp this is what you see rappers rolling around in)
a Benz S500(this is pimp too this has EVERYTHING on it)
CL500 Coupe Benz(300 hp and 339 lbs of torque )it would toast a CL no offence guys

 

how about Maserati ?
It's between 80k 90k

http://www.edmunds.com/new/2002/mase...tml?id=lin0002

 

I'll show him this post about the Maserati!!!!

 

haha.. you better take that back.. Z06 is a sweet car but have u see the SL 55 Mercedez?? it will out run a corvette/porsche N/T/even the 360 modena....in the 1/4 mile .. i think it does 11s or 10s..

 

Where do people get their facts? A SL55 doesnt run anywhere near 10s or 11s, try 12.8 or so. A SL55 isnt a sports car, its more of a GT.

 

What does an SL 55 look like?

 

haha SL55 running 10's..

thats funny

 

here is the SL55, pretty much a 500hp version of the SL500

 

Thats gotta be like $125K

 

all the reports ive seen show that car for around $115K, but i bet it will end up getting far more than that due to the supply/demand i wouldnt doubt the car selling places for close to $175-$200K

 

Here's where i'd put my money. shelby cobra, csx 400. Big block, american muscle. Get the all aluminum 427 and have a blast. Plus this car really won't depreciate like the other's that have been listed. Also, it's a rather unique ride, and if it doesn't get attention by it's looks that side pipe sound surely will.



Joe

 

Thats the kit right??? If it is Id rather go with Factory Five and get it with the Carbon Fiber body. A friend of mine has one with 550hp and the thing is crazy. It gets not traction at all because of the limited wheel well doesnt allow very wide tires.

 

That is no kit. It is a real cobra built today from leftover parts from the 60's. A big block 427 car with an aluminum body goes for about 90k. No mercedes/viper/vette will touch this car. There is an article in the new Motor Trend about them.

 

Thats a kit car. Its just made by Carol Shelby. Same thing as the FFR or Superformance kit, except its a "real" shelby.

 

A Z06 raced one on video and the Cobra takes off like a beast (power to weight and massive torque) but once over like 75mph, aerodynamics takes over BIG TIME and the Z06 catches up and flies by it.

 

Screw the G500, get the G55 AMG...or
the Lexus SC430 (cheap compared to the SL)
SL500
Maseratti (not many people have one)
Carrera 4 cabrio
xkr cabrio (my friend has one and when i drive it...)
Acura 3.2 TL (non S...so he can fit in with the rest of the world)

 

He already has a 3 day old RL

 

he has a RL less than a week old and he's bored dang
I average keeping a car about 12 years from the year the car it's manufactured.(like my old Accord it was 88 I had it until right after i graduated in the summer of 00) then I got my current ride. I'll probably keep this one for about 3 or 4 more years (it will have about 300 thousand on the ticker seen hell plenty of times)

 

I dont know why but the new clk 55 amg isnt getin the supercharger that the e55 and sl 55 are getting. That is so dumb. If the clk 55 would get it it would blow away z06's.

 

RS6 OR THE NEW SL 500 IF YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON ONE O THEM...my mom is on teh waiting list for the 03 SL 55 AMG....that shits gonna take hella days and sell for like 150K