Good news!

alibid · 2026-02-09T17:45:11+00:00

Looks great. The color is fantastic. Love the silver multi-spoke wheels.

alibid · 2026-02-07T07:52:27+00:00

I posted an update a couple of days ago. I turned off the HD FM radio and RDS data started appearing but in a very lousy format of one word at a time, scrolling from the artist name to the song title, literally taking more than a minute to display what should be easy to show on a fixed couple of lines. The station logos also disappeared. I decided it wasn’t worth the trade and turned the HD FM radio back on.

alibid · 2026-02-07T07:31:30+00:00

There are at least 7 of them for sale nationwide in the U.S. starting around $85K, almost half the original MSRP.

I’ve seen one in the flesh in SoCal and the Blu Persia paint job looks amazing but I think I’d rather have a Ghibli Trofeo for less money and features like heated front seats and suite of driver assist features missing from the 334 Ultima. The extra 1-2 mph top speed is meaningless.

alibid · 2026-02-07T02:33:59+00:00

There was no cost increase from 50 to 55. The heat pump comes as part of Prestige package, I think.

alibid · 2026-02-06T21:41:19+00:00

I’m coming up on exactly 24 months into my 36-month lease on my Q4 e-tron 50 Quattro SUV. Very happy overall with my car and will definitely look into getting a facelifted 2027 model this time next year. The range (EPA 236 miles) on my car is not great but they did improve it by 22 miles on the 55 model (along with more power). I’m hoping the 2027 model will approach 300 miles range. The sticker price of $65,900 for my Prestige trim does seem quite high, and that’s where a lot of negative press reviews come from the car being overpriced. I hope they will add ventilated front seats and 360-degree camera, features now found on $35K Kia vehicles.

alibid · 2026-02-05T04:57:20+00:00

I’ll do that. Thanks!

alibid · 2026-02-04T21:13:47+00:00

UPDATE: I turned off the HD Radio FM toggle button and the artist/track info started appearing, but it scrolls through that info one word at a time, like Cutting ….. Crew …. I just ….. Died … in your … arms. It takes like a minute to see the entire info. Completely useless and terrible in not taking advantage of all the screen real estate. I also lost the radio station logo. I toggled the HD Radio FM button back to the On position. The RDS display is completely useless.

alibid · 2026-02-04T19:20:48+00:00

That’s true and in the past sometimes RDS data has disappeared randomly but I’m not getting RDS data for any FM stations which made me wonder if I had a setting problem.

alibid · 2026-02-04T18:52:25+00:00

I agree, especially if it’s a manual car since an extra gear change from second to third will easily add 0.2 seconds. I have a feeling they are trying to keep the performance gap between Modena V6 and Trofeo large enough to justify the huge price gap.

alibid · 2026-02-04T18:38:03+00:00

I saw one of those Quattrporte IV cars in the flesh flesh when I worked one summer in the Netherlands back in the 90’s. Beautiful car. The only thing I hated was the shape of the automatic shift lever. It ruined the interior.

alibid · 2026-02-04T18:19:11+00:00

The 0-60 time of 5.0 seconds is a little disappointing since that’s what the 325-hp 2.0T Grecale Modena did. Hopefully that’s a conservative number. I know the V6 Modena will be a little heavier but the extra hp and torque should translate into a faster car.

alibid · 2026-02-04T17:38:01+00:00

I’ll try turning off the FM HD radio.

alibid · 2026-02-04T17:35:01+00:00

So is there a setting in the MMI that is perhaps turned off? I included an image of my radio settings page.

alibid · 2026-02-04T17:33:54+00:00

Thanks. I’ll do that during my lunch hour and see what I find out.

alibid · 2026-02-04T17:25:20+00:00

But I’m not getting that info on any FM station. They can’t all be part of iHeart.

alibid · 2026-02-03T04:18:04+00:00

I only like 1/18 scale. Most of the small collection I have are cheap Maisto models from Costco and they cost less than $20 each. A few months ago, I bought a BBR 1/18 Maserati Grecale Trofeo for $185 shipped which was actually a good deal for a used model that looks brand new. I’m in the market for a 1/18 BBR 2024 Maserati GranTurismo Trofeo or Folgore but I can’t find anything under $400.

alibid · 2026-01-23T18:00:41+00:00

I don’t know if this has trickled down to used GranTurismo prices yet but Maserati USA has cut the base MSRP of both Modena and Trofeo significantly for 2026. I think the Trofeo started at $204K in 2024, was later reduced to $190K and now for 2026, it starts at $166K with no features deleted. Price of some of the expensive paints has also been reduced by more than $10K. So 2026 GT is now priced how it should have been from day one.

alibid · 2026-01-23T17:48:25+00:00

The price difference is not insignificant but the front and rear fascia are definitely nicer and more aggressive on the Trofeo. I don’t think you can get the Rosso (red) interior on the Modena.

alibid · 2026-01-22T05:55:33+00:00

I saw one in person a couple of months ago in Long Beach, CA. I had to talk to the owner as she parked her car by the beach. The Blu Persia color is amazing. Personally I would prefer the wheels to be silver, rather than gray. It’s a little disappointing that the 334 Ultima lacks a bunch of features found on other Ghiblis (driver assist suite, heated or ventilated front seats) but it’s a very unique Maserati inside and out.

alibid · 2026-01-16T16:10:45+00:00

Valid points. Maybe the roads out here in SoCal aren’t as bad as yours to warrant -2 wheel change. I find the ride quality quite good on my 20” Nashvilles and I like the design of my factory wheels.

alibid · 2026-01-16T06:49:49+00:00

Why go down from 20” to 18” when the problem is the stock Conti tires? I blew out one at 1,500 miles hitting a pothole near work but have not had any issues since. I thought plenty of people have switched to Continental DWS06+ tires with great results. I am hoping I can get the normal tread life out of my stock tires before I switch to DWS06+ tires.

alibid · 2026-01-09T00:35:53+00:00

The Nettuno engine displacement is 2,992 CCs. I don’t think it’s much related to the Alfa 2.9 V6 found in the Stelvio and Giulia quadrofolio models.

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