Maserati Ghibli 2017 review | road test video 

Finally somebody who reviewed this car objectively without being predisposed to hating it from the start like almost all the other car reviewers.

I own a Ghibli. Previous owner of Merc CLS, BMW 5 series and Range rover. I had heard about the Maserati Ghibli but not seen too many around in Scotland. This year I was planning to change my car. So I test drove a few cars, one being the Ghibli. The Ghibli was outstanding !!. In every way. It may not be packed with some tech features such as lane change etc,.. but i am not fussed about these. When I drive my priority is a comfortable refined drive, with some pulling power if required. The tech stuff I use is bluetooth, satnav, radio and reverse camera. All these and more is there in the Ghibli luxury. And tell you what, the inside finish is superlative, with excellent leather, big touch screen and minimal buttons. Clean & elegant interior. I am not sure what the chrysler parts bin means...the power window or head light switches look good and are not much different in quality to similar priced cars. The exterior is stunning and the drive is fantastic. Maserati has done a good job maybe not as perfect as the germans, but the car is rather special. For some reason the car has got very poor reviews in the UK....blind obsession with german cars here !!. I drove the new 5 series and E class.. very good but I could not understand why to do the same thing there were many options,...buttons, touch screen and gesture control !! The Benz was even more bewildering. For me car driving should be about driving and not spending hours trying to figure out how to set up the screen !! The car is well appreciated in USA, India, China and Australia as well as Europe. In the UK also it is getting popular slowly. I suspect a lot of people have not driven the car and some folks are maybe a bit envious !!. I have met a few people who own the Ghibli and almost everyone loves the car !. Also I liked the enthusiasm of the reviewer.. Good job. Some comments here in my opinion are rather nasty ! I enjoyed the video. So good job. ss64

Hey trouble makers, I'm driving the Maserati Levante S (the SUV) tomorrow and making a video. Are there any questions you want answered or things you want me to check out for you, while I'm there? Richard Berry

I have owned my petrol Ghibli for about 6 months and I absolutely love it. People are constantly commenting on the looks and it sounds amazing. it is well specced with 21 inch wheels red leather carbon fibre etc. It's an easy choice to buy a similar German vehicle and I am sure they are all very good but if you want something different from the crowd and that always makes you feel special get a good spec one of these.

This is my first time stopping by for channel. I have to say by far this was the best review on RU-vid! Excellent video quality, excellent presentation, overall very detailed video so thank you! The only thing I wish you would have added was prices preowned vs. New. I'm making a purchase of Ghibli in the next month or two so in super excited about my upcoming event and once again thanks for the informative video.

This guy is the best reviewer on RU-vid!

I just bought a new one Blu Passione color with the Granlusso package and blue leather interiors. This car is the ultimate head turner, I mean I turn myself to look at it because it is truly unbelievable how good this car looks, it surprises me every morning. The sound is simply majestic, in sport mode the gear shifting is phenomenal, I keep the radio switched off at all times to listen to this engine. For sure the best car I have ever owned, will be very hard to beat in the future.

I drove this car last year. it belongs to my friend. Very nice. He asked me to rev it to 5K and shift the gear. Goodness, my heartbeat rev up too. The twin turbo is overwhelming.

Beautiful car

very well explained, unorthodox review... loved it. :-)

what music is playing in the background? esp. towards the end?

you got water on the side of the door, man I wish that was my car...I sat in one of these today and I can honestly say it's the best build quality I've ever seen. It made any Mercedes or BMW seem like a pice of crap, at least in recent years. Unless your in an Aston Martin, this thing is better than most Jaguar and even some Porsches...Cayman.

Beautiful !

Great Review!

Great review, i would get one of these over a BMW/Audi any day

I don't understand. The Maserati is an exotic enthusiasts sedan and MERCEDES and BMW are luxury / consumer sedans. Like comparing a Ferrari to a Corvette.

Un anno di guida e non la cambio con nessuna altro🤗🤗😘

I love this guy he’s funny as hell

Your reviews are a joy to watch mate, very interesting narrative

Hey, Richard... truly enjoyed your humor and sarcasm with this review. I was chuckling thoughout. Thank you. :)

Well Richard, as I've said before, you could convince me (almost) to buy a, say, Daewoo Lanos. You are that good. But probably not good enough to sell me one of those. Lol. You have changed my perception of Maserati as I am one of those people who thought that Italy had fallen asleep at the wheel. Another great review mate. Cheers.

Finally see someone on RU-vid who actually enjoyed this car 😂, btw why is my ghibli 2017 so “quiet”? Is it because I have tried sport mode and shift pedal ?

Im getting one in October!

Love my Ghibli in and out! Good review! ❤️🇮🇹💪🏼

I am looking at buying a v6 diesel Ghibli, has anyone who has owned one got a opinion on what its like to use a daily driver

beautiful car

something Doug don't understand while reviewing the Ghibli, thanks CarsGuide!

Maseratis are nice when you get them new and when they get old and very hard to sell

I’ve got both. C63 W204 and Ghibli SQ4.

Mr Berry you definitely came tharruuuu with that review. bravo

A wonderful honest review so wonderful I bought a used Ghibli last night from Santa Monica thank you so much for your input my profession is I am a professional driver so I love the point that you bring out about not as much Electronics in the BMW Mercedes where the driver actually gets to be more in control and that's one of the reasons why I bought.

I want that version but the performance is amazing

I don't know if this guy intended to come across as funny but he's damn entertaining! I love him. Ha ha ha!

The one Ghibli review on this website that isn't negative

My mother had a 85' spyder, twin turbo, cost a fortune to maintain. Myself, owned 6 jag's over the yr's, presently drive a 535i

I’m trying to get out of my 2014 Maserati and get the 2017 much better updated

I own 2017 S , who cares about buttons of Chrysler , This car is dreamy . I owned 4 bimmers before but this one is something else !!! LOVE Ghibli ❤️

what Richard forgot to tell you is how much of a headturner the Ghibli is. Choose a Merc c63 or BMW M3 if you want to be part of rest of the mob, choose a Maserati and you will stick out !

everytime i hear this car company name i think of weekend at bernies😄😄

great review

I drive this car, and you nailed it, period! But you must not compare it to the M3, that’s not it’s competition. That will be left behind by the Alfa Romeo Quadrifoglio. Also an incredible car.

Top speed?

I have some advice for the reviewer whenever you are reviewing a car interior space and demonstrating the rear head and leg space be sure to state your height, it's really frustrating when reviewers don't say their height, it's not that we can guess your height from a video, ppl want to know these info so we can have an idea of the amount of space

Which is better this car or the Aston Martin Vantage S V12 2017? Peace everyone!

Good review, thanks! Such a nice car. I just hope that it will soon great a similar grill as Levante and that the S version gets the revised turbo petrol V6 from Levante S(316kw and 580nm).

Last week I drove this car. My friend own this car. At 3000rpm the car roar. At 6000rpm the car sounded like a lion raring to come out. The experience is just overwhelming.

The Ghibli costs $32,000 now. Seems pretty worth the $.

thumbs up to the host..good job!

No other car sounds like a maseratti nice tattoos

He keeps talking about how great it sounds but all I hear is his voice. Funny guy

actually maserati is a lot older then the ferrari brand, and the trident is a more related to the god of the water neptune not aqua man

Richard, how tall are You? They say the back seat space is really tight..

i want one. i want one now.

this guy looks like Edward Norton

I miss my VQ

Had one and really enjoyed it...wanted something different after merc/ Audi etc.. was eccentric to live with however... electronic handbrake continually stuck on wheels when garaged... if when parked up dry!.. difficult and dangerous to try and release... also tyre pressure warning came on early ownership And whatever I did would not reset.. kept saying front nearside low.. yeh by about 0.001 bar ! Feels special drives special but eccentric as an ever day driver !

I'm more of a Gran Turismo person.. I love the ghibli too though, it's family friendly.. at least, thats how i describe the ghibli..

shame it is not a Ghibli S Q4

Maserati, change these switches, please, or at least, as do the Germans, silver color them so I'll end up listening to the usual comments.

Still not worth it yet. C AMG 63 S for the same price offers a V8 505hp. M550i BMW is a second tier V8, which is incredible with spacious room and 456hp. Plus it's also in the same price range. I was hoping this year they would junk the Chrysler parts and put some quality parts in. Cousin drives this, and I wasn't impressed. Though you do get noticed...

Cars are like women, you don't need your friends or the people in the streets to like it, you have to like it and that is more than enough. This car has the dimentions of BMW Series 7 and has a sporty touch to it plus italian design on the exterior, if you like it there there is no other car that offers that the same way this car does.

Where do you source such presenters from ? The national lottery ?

Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio would be an excellent (sportier) alternative to this.

ههههههههههه.لو تجيني فرصه اصنع احلى سيارة في العالم.

2:09 LOL

Richard is so funny lol!

THT'S British version!

These things have ridiculous depreciation though. Even by luxury car standards these things sink like a stone.

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maserati sound is orgasm to my ears

Appreciated and agreed with just about everything he said until he said "C63s just dont roar like that" 🤣🤣 uhhhhhm .. uhm, C63s MASH and SCREAM .

I actually like this car but this still does not seem like a very objective review...

Italian car presented to you by a terrier that has had too much expresso. Wearing his fathers shirt from the 70s, and granddads greaser haircut from the 50s, some tatts and clutching a tablet. 2017, in a nutshell.

If it's not a V8 I'm not buying it...disappointed by the uncomfortable seating.

c63s is way too small for over 6' person. ( oh please don't put me in the rear seat!!! ) M3 lot better, but Maz is like different league.

ehm the ghibli its rivals are audi a6, bmw 5 series, mb e class, lexus gs and volvo s90 and certainly not c-class amg or bmw m3. i really love the sound, but between this really posh leather the cheap fiat and chrysler plastics really hurt the italian atmosphere, just wierd and inconsistent material quality especially considering the extreme price tag :/

Looks like Maserati heard Doug Demuro.

Oh, so this is from the Fiat Chrysler crowd? Their "f×ck you" attitude to customers once they've got your money, should limit sales of these to about nil. Just have a look around the internet, and you'll discover. Especially in Australia.

Well if your in Europe the Chrysler parts are technically foreign😁😁😁😁

imo: Plastic bits from cheap Chrysler cars do not belong in supposedly luxury/sports cars. Crap is crap. And, Richard, you're too easily impressed.

Is he a plasterer or a car reviewer ?

Fantastic car scruffy bloke with ugly jailhouse tats really should wear long sleeves

It's nothing but FCA spare parts and terrible engineering. The reason why depreciation is really bad after the first 3 years and even more after 5 years.

The Ghibli is aimed at M5/6 and E65 not M3 or E63's get your facts right!

Australia no fashion

An inch of legroom is.......amazing?

Funny how glowing and clearly paid off this review is for this ridiculously overpriced underequipped underperforming vehicle. Want a _real_ expert rating check out Doug Demuro's review.

Not worth it save y'all money

the 4200 cabiacorsa was the last real Maserati ferrari 430 engine shared with the ferrari California . this is plastic fantastic with an engine made for the car, not a ferrari engine. some of parts are from the jeep Cherokee, WHAT THE HELL.

It's a beautiful car but it has all kinds of problems mechanically in electrically... it's not worth the money spends more time in the garage and it does driving around and I'm talking to my experience. I have friends who has them I got Brothers who works on them . They're not worth the money at all👎👎👎

How Can you say its a very great car. It was norminatet to the top five worst car on autotrader. And the infortainmentsystem is one of the worst

You will regret having so many tattoos one day, unless you belong to the lower social classes, of course..

This guys uptalk is so annoying

You look like you just got out of jail. And it's not a compliment.

These cars have THEE worst reviewers

This hipster is just too annoying.

Pretty car...BUT also a pretty terrible car.

It's ugly

Its not that good of a car...believe me .....and yes I currently own a 2017 Ghibli. When opening the trunk it "flings" open , thin and uncontrolled ....not smooth like a merc or BMW .....embarrassing when opening the trunk looks like a Honda accord trunk in a $90,000 car ....feels more like a $60,000 car The touch screen and interface are slow...like molasses....I have owned GTRs 1993, and 2017 , 2011 LP-670 SV, 930 Turbo, 997 turbo 996 turbo , AMG E63, AMG S65, Audi RS5, just to name a few, and built turbo civics when I was a youngster .....Trust me .....get something else.

Everyone else hates this car. Dealers are selling it for $10,000 below sticker. How can this guy sing its praises?