I guess it depends on what you consider exotic, but in a very good year Lamborghini does not sell 3000 cars. And they outsell Ferrari. Anyway, we’ll see when the sales figures come across! BTW what is RRS S/C?

That’s a very different market though. IIRC most exotics are third or fourth or fifth or 10th cars for people with a seven or eight figure net worth. 5-series and E Classes are coddling daily drivers for physicians and bankers, and that’s what this Maserati is competing with.

Interesting, but it’s hard to compare BMW in 1979 to Maserati in 2015. The market couldn't be more different. Besides, BMWs have always been expensive, but not $70K BASE for a midsize sedan expensive.

But are there 49,999 more of you out there?

“Hey Guissipe, Tire Rack is out of the Dunlops! Is BF Goodrich OK?!”

Nice gallery! Modern cars really do need more brass.

Looks great! I wonder if/how they’ve idiot-proofed the engine start / stop button on the steering wheel so people don’t turn the car off while trying to honk the horn at slow mopeds? Kinda cool I guess,but also kind of a contrived attempt to seem Ferrari-ish.

New game: yell “It’s the fucking Puma!” at random times, observe and note reactions.

I wouldn’t have believed it, but only if Jo-say-so, Torch.

“Why buy nine G.E. Café Series French-door 27.4 cubic foot Energy Star refrigerators when you could buy this 500 horsepower BMW?”

Because “Here’s an interesting vehicle for a price that’s relatively modest, particularly compared to what it cost when it was new” does not make for a very catchy headlines?

Audi Procon -ten. A system of cables attached on one end to the engine and to the seat belts and steering column on the other. The cables pulled taught when the hanging-way-over-the-front-axle engine was pushed back in a frontal collision, acting as a pretensioner for the seat belts AND pulling the steering wheel away…

So, what's the state of their budget compared to five and 10 years ago? Their staffing? It'd be nice to see a bit of journalism here as you continue to blog about this.

How's the outward visibility? One thing I always liked about Volvos is the open and airy passenger compartments, particularly in the wagons. But even Volvo appears to be drinking the gun-slit window Kool-Aid.

Fetal alcohol syndrome. We’re lucky all he’s doing is stealing cars.

Hugger hugger!!

In fairness, the Grateful Dead roadies were professionals all and pretty well-groomed. The fans on the other hand...

Ja.

Worth it just for that upholstery.

Manually - adjusting fabric seats. What a weird car. One wonders- who bought these?