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My boss had one of the recent GranTurismo coupes (current bodystyle). I've driven it a couple times. Fantastic sound and exoticism. A great drive. Very exciting.
But, as he found out, maintenance (even routine) is not cheap. Ferrari-like prices. Parts are often hard to come by (the dealership would cannibalize cars on the lot/showroom at times, if they just couldn't get them from Italy). A bit of trial and error in labor (no one has much experience fixing these things, as the production numbers just aren't there for repetitious experience). And when he finally got into what looked like a minor fender bender, he found the estimated repair bill to be about $50K (on a car with residual value of about $90-95K, so enough to total it).
In the end, he enjoyed the experience, but wound up replacing it with a Mercedes, instead. (FWIW, both the Maser and MB cost about $120K, new).
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1987 Venetian Blue (looks like grey) 930 Coupe
1990 Black 964 C2 Targa
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