Bought A New Maserati Ghibli

 We watched Maserati as it went through the design and initial production of the new-for-2014 Ghibli.   This car seemed to be exactly what I was looking for in terms of style, performance, luxury, and uniqueness.  So just a few months after they arrived in San Diego, we went to the La Jolla dealer and bought a Grigio Maratea-colored 2014 base Ghibli.  It had few options (paddle shifters, nav, and Urano wheels) but we loved it.

About the same time, there were major electronic feature being added to cars and my wife's next few cars had them - such as parking sensors and blind spot detection.  Slowly we started missing those in our 2014 Ghibli and, on top of that, we found it didn't have memory seats.  It had the buttons, but since we bought the base model they were not functional.  This is an issue when there are 10 inches in height difference between husband and wife.

In 2018 there were several situations which were likely to need an enormous amount of cash on the horizon, so we sold the Ghibli with the thought that, if things turned out right, we'd buy a newer one with more options down the road.

Well, we are down the road now.  I stopped in recently to see the latest upgrades and colors, and found out they had a few leftover 2019s at tremendous discounts.  This lit a fire under me and we began serious consideration of another purchase.  We narrowed it down to three:  a Grigio Maratea SQ4 GranLusso at an LA dealership,  a Blu Nobile S GranLusso at the San Diego dealer, and a Rosso Magma S GranSport at the San Diego dealer.   The last two were on the showroom floor, and we went back and forth quite a bit before deciding the Blue Nobile was better for us between the San Diego cars.  Then it was down to the Grigio Maratea and the Blu Nobile.   In the end, we got a better deal on the Blu Nobile and purchased it.  This first picture is as the car sat on the showroom floor, before purchase.

 While still on the showroom floor, here is a photo of the interior.  The photo doesn't do justice to the seats - they are a deeper richer brown in person.

 When the dealer pulled it outside, the richness of the Blu Nobile paint became apparent.  It is a truly spectacular color.

 The GranLusso comes with the full LED headlights which look just awesome.   An array of sensors cover the front of the car - even the Maserati symbol is a sensor.

 While these Tesoro wheels weren't my first choice (I still wanted the Uranos),  I have come to the conclusion that they really are better wheels!  I do have a fear that the 10 spoke on 10 spoke design will be hard to clean, but the light grey color will also hide brake dust better.  I think they look fabulous with the paint color!

 We pulled it up in our driveway.  The Blu Nobile color and Cuoio seats are a very elegant, rich combination.   It makes just the statement I want to make...the red with black interior GranSport was too racy and may have attracted the wrong attention.  I don't think combination will.

 Here is our grandson Troy getting his first look at the new car.

 Followed shortly thereafter by his brother Mateo.

While our base Ghibli had a 345 HP V6,  the S series (like this one) come with a 424 HP V6.  Both engines are built at the Ferrari factory.

And since we plan on keeping this one a long, long time, we prepaid for 4 years maintenance and a 10-year mechanical and electrical warranty.  That should allow us to sleep easy for a long time to come.

Welcome to the family, Ghibli the second!