Why The 'Worst' Maserati Is Now The Most Desirable - Maserati 3200GT 

Hmmm. Would you take this over a sporting Jag? Be interested to hear....

true story about the tail lights.Actually we had designed those taillights for a proposal of a Fiat New Large,a Croma replacement that never went to production.Cantarella liked the idea and told me that he will take those to Giugiaro,that was was developing a Maserati….so I had to design new taillights for our New Large.2-3 years pass,had almost forgot that incident,but here comes the Maserati with those taillights.😂😂😂

The boomerang rear lights are so unique that it enhances her classic status

Never been the biggest fan of Maserati in general, but I really like the taillights of this specific car.

So true, the 3200 became a beautiful classic, they don't make them like that anymore. I miss the old school Maserati's.

The 3200 and 4200GTs are underappreciated 90's Giugiaro styling masterpieces. I always had a soft spot for both.

Car experts are a lot like watch experts. It can take them 50 years to identify a good thing ! 👍

I was brought up in Italy in the 70’s and 80’s and remember drooling over a biturbo with a Missoni interior

I liked the 3200GT, it was a much nicer shape than the older boxy models.

That barrel-chested crossplane V8 growl suits Maserati perfectly. Reminds me of the 4.7-litre V8 Ghibli.

I have one, had it for a couple pf years now. She drives me absolutely mad sometimes. Yes there are much better gt cars out there...but, she is a Maserati, a beautiful v8 Maserati, and she fulfills her role as a gt perfectly.

The 3200GT is truly beautiful looking car, sounds fantastic and is supremely elegant, what's not to like.

had one for 17 years and it's still the most special car i have encountered. Great review.

I just saw one in my neighbourhood in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia two weeks ago.... silver.... those boomerang rear tail lights still looks nice

Thanks for the drive, Jack. I never tire of your effortless discussion as you drive no matter the mount. You’ve got a real skill there!

I'm an old man, old enough to remember well when the Ghibli and then the Indy and Bora were introduced. Other than the name this doesn't mean Maserati to me. Thanks for a great video here, and best wishes from Texas!

Best rear lights. Ever. (p.s. the dubbed audio adds to the Italian nature of this video 👍🏻)

❤Maserati are masters of exhaust sound❤

a good one is highly desirable back in 2003 i drove a 97 3200 Maserati back to its owner from Harlow to Colchester for Lancaster's body shop what a car superb this was a semi auto .i would have a good one in an instant .good review jack.

Thanks Jack🙏🙏 , always liked the look & sound of these!

Love the beautiful countryside scenery!! Great vid

I only drive Italian cars for almost 30 years now. I think they’re totally worth whatever extra effort or money is required to keep them right But you are also correct that the maintenance is essential, I drove a 4200 convertible about 20 years ago and it had belonged to some football player in LA, and at 50,000 miles. the thing was falling apart. It was horrible. Structural rigidity wasn’t particularly impressive either . Sure would like the chance to drive a nice example like this one, lovely car BTW, you shouldn’t pass on the chance to test one of the more impressive biturbo era cars like a Shamal or Ghibli 🤷‍♂️ Or maybe a late 90s Quattroporte Ottocilindri

Bought 3200gta for my 40th; Maserati blue and terrible throttle issues. Bought another 3200gta for my 50th. Much better car. Overlooked advantage over the Granturisimo, had a 4.7 mc, is that it’s compact (narrow) and much lighter. Deeply flawed but beautiful. Was a nice partner for my 166 3.0 Alfa.

Excellent video as ever.

Just love this channel and content, such uplifting funny and enthusiastic content, pure pleasure to watch!

I TOTALLY ENJOY ALL YOUR AMAZING VIDEOS, THEY are insanely informative & entertaining, even the length of your video reviews is fine length-wise, so I can actually see it through, from start to finish. Thanks for an incredible Channel.

Thank you for this video! Amazing history and information!

I have the 4200 Coupe, Cambiocorsa with the Ferrari engine had it for 4.5 years now with no major issues. I keep on top of services an repairs myself, not that difficult. Fantastic car, but would love the boomerang tail lights, shame they had to switch them for the 4200. Another great video Jack.

Jack....my fav car as a teenager now doomed as a shell suit.....Great video once again.

That’s the car that “cured” me of my ambition to own a Maserati. Test drove one and thought it was crap: driveline shunt, uninspiring drive, and plenty other duff stuff. Got back into my Coupe Fiat 20VT and was much happier. “Never meet your heroes”

You know what I'd love to see you do? The original Quattroporte from the sixties. Somewhere here on YT there used to be a video of Peter Ustinov driving his. I never saw one here in Texas on the road; it was always just there in car mags. Of course when the M-B 6.3 300SEL came out in the late sixties it rather deposed the Quattroporte as the most desirable hi-po sedan, but of course the SEL just looked like any other big M-B sedan.

Thanks for reviewing this beautiful Maserati 🇮🇹👌🏻

Great video Jack. I owned a 4200 Spider manual with a Tubi exhaust for 3 years. It was a great car but suffered from chassis scuttle shake when pushed hard in the corners, was thirsty too! But, I loved it!

This is a beautiful car all round and those rear lights! I agree with the colour too that can make or break a deal when buying any car of value.The V8 sounds good and not too over powering for this car, you want to keep the neighbours content when you leave the house! Great review once again Jack please keep them coming. 👍👍

Pretty car great review Jack keep them coming

I always liked that model, especially the rear lights. Apparently the American market didn’t care for them, hence the change to the dull… sorry, amended rear light cluster

Absolutely brilliant video jack ❤👍what a fantastic car absolutely love it brilliant

Looking forward to seeing this video. I love Maserati’s of all ages, this and the 4200 Gransport are favourites of mine, despite what others may think.

The boomerang tail lamps are the ones that people go crazy for. Great video as always Jack! Always makes my day seeing what cool car you found to review. Edit: Please viewers, if you know someone with a Shamal, introduce them to Jack. 😅

You channeled Ali G during the intro.

I was always on the side of the 3200GT - it's a beautiful car. I especially liked the rear lights.

Love the looks of these!

You certainly can't find fault with it's looks.

Great video, Jack. I looked long and hard at these before deciding on my GranSport. They look great and those tail lights are really something, but every one of the 3200’s I looked at had some sort of lingering gremlin and couldn’t get accustomed to the power delivery and throttle response. In my opinion, the GranSport is the best looking and best driving of the platform. The sound and power delivery is awesome and are generally more reliable than the 3200 (my mechanic also strongly recommended the 4200/GS). And I personally love the CambioCorsa, but I’m probably in the minority there. Keep up the great work and look forward to seeing more Maserati (and Pantera!) content.

Always loved these - especially the boomerang lights. Great video but is it just me or is the sound at the start a bit off?

Great review! We have had one of these in our auction room. It ended up in the workshop for 18 months with electrical issues. The trim too didnt handle the Australian heat and bits were warped headlights cloudy etc. it cured my “curiosity”. I could take any car I wanted home, this wasnt one id trust to get me there. Beautiful tho

A neighbour had an MC Stradale,what a superb sounding and looking thing.

Gorgeous looks, fabulous engine, plush inside, fabulous exhaust! Minor issues were lack of traction, those damn switches peeling off their rubber coating therefore cheapening the luxurious interior and some servicing costs. Some parts were cheap, others like wishbones especially with the Skyhook suspension were ridiculously expensive The Cambio Corsa dual clutch gearbox is a right pain in the arse unless you’re really thrashing it

Nice one Jack. If you do a future video on the Maserati Biturbo I would love to know if the following is true: My Italian brother-in-law told me that to prove that the Biturbo was in fact reliable, they organised a 24 hour endurance race at Monza and had 6 of them going round at full pelt for the duration. Apparently the event was abandoned after only a few hours when all 6 cars broke down.

My favorite modern Maserati, a real beauty 😍

good looking car, great video,,, "more shell suit than Valentino" love it😂, 👍

I have a 2006 GranSport. Lowered, upgraded sway bars, drive by wire, Larini decats, Tubi exhaust, ECU Tune - these cars are great! A lot of people do not have an understanding of Maserati and will comment on how expensive they are to maintain. Yes, they can be expensive…but that’s only because of the deferred maintenance…blame the owners and not the car. For all you behind the keyboard critics, go drive a well maintained one…and if you still dislike Maserati, so be it…but don’t blame the car…blame the cheap owners.

Lovely, lovely looks!

Superb content as always Jack buddy 👍 👌

As a teen in the late 90s reading about this in Top Gear made me want one so bad, especially since it was so gorgeous. I was bummed that the version that actually came to Canada just wasn't as pretty.

I’ve got a huge soft spot for these 🤩 they are better looking than the Gransport, incredible value at the moment too 👏 great video

Love the Boomerang lights. Drove a manual 4200 Spyder and it’s my favourite car to date. The noise, the room for long legs; a flappy paddle one no thank you, but a manual one I’d happily own any day of the week

Fact about Bill Clinton's Monica. Scarab Sweepers were about to introduce an new road sewwping machine called Monica. Then her sh1t hit the fan and they called it the Scarab Monic. I've driven a few. A Lady that I worked with at BG had a BiTurbo in 1994, she let me have a go. It was brutal on he turbo. That 3200GT looks addictive.

I dig the voiceover 🤌🤌🤌

Re early Maseratis (1:20 in), the pictures show 2 Meraks. The Bora had glass where the Merak had an open rear deck.

That body style really aged well. Super sleek and elegant. Reminds me of the Fisker Karma

It might need that throttle update that Wheeler Dealers needed

I was a life long Maserati fan without the budget ever to own one. This 3200GT was the first one that I absolutely LOVED the look at since the early Seventies. The Beauty, the elegance, a classic GT. It was the first Maserati since the legendary Ghibli that I absolutely loved. We do not speak of reliability. That is not the thing those vehicles are known for. I think it was probalby the very last real Maserati.

🥝✔️ 4.086 bore spacing Maseratis. It's Ferrari which changed its whole V8 and V12 engine lines to suit the old, historical Citroën SM and Bird Cage 4200-4700-4900 engines.Hello from D🙃wn Under

That was the first car that actually scared me when I drove one in the year 2000 when I used to sub contract to a Ferrari dealership in Exeter Devon. That V8 sounds so good compared to the 4.2 version after it.

I absolutely LOVE this car: incidentally I bought a 2009 Audi S5 to keep company with my BMW 645Ci conv. so happy!!!!!

No hatred from Australia. I really liked the 3200 when it was released. You are very lucky mate to drive one.

I remember researching these for a video I made, and apparnetly these has a late showing regular automatic over the Sequential Trans. Still had those boomerang tails, and its such a shame they got rid of those before they came stateside and with the new engine. I have a diecast of one of these, lovely to look at. Kinda wish they kept this specific styling for the mechanical upgrades later on for the 4200/US spec cars.

A bloke over the road from me bought one of these boomerang rear light ones brand new in the dark metallic blue, which suited them very well. Looked lovely. The rear light shape is essential to these cars IMO.

Hi Jack, you forgot to mention THE single biggest issue that should concern anyone interested in buying a 3200GT. The thrust bearing on the crank rear has a tendency to fail on the manual cars, causing "crank end float". When the bearing fails, it spins and damages the crank beyond repair. Preventive maintenance / replacement is the only solution, there may be some Maserati specialist that has designed upgraded components but I'm not aware of it.

I had a Y plate over 20 years ago in the light blue… i think it was called azzuro or argento blue with cream leather and the same colour blue piping and it was an absolute beast! I also owned a 355 not long after which doesn’t come close to the mazza for power but both are beautiful cars.

5:55 There is no point _"Where the 2nd turbo kicks in."_ There is simply a turbo on each bank of the V8, both meant to supply the same amount of boost.

Smells Like Gasoline just did one of them up..great prog.❤❤

Loved this review and your passion for Italian cars. Nobody seems to understand the Maserati (Ferrari) Cambiocorsa system. The clutch is very controllable - you use the revs to do it, not a clutch pedal. I’ve been driving my 4200 Spyder for 8 years and I make gear changes without thinking now, smoothly under any conditions. It takes some time and mechanical sympathy to get used to, but becomes second nature, no different from eg heel and toe (but much easier). It helps if they are set up properly as well, which is easier these days. Maybe someone will make a video about how to actually drive a CC one day.

always thought those boomerang taillights are quite interesting in design. They are so rare that I've only seen it once in my life

I agree the back is unique. I wish the front had a more agressive grill opening with big trident (similar to the Khamsin) instead of looking so similar to other cars such as the DB7.

I owned one while living in Tokyo. It had an automatic gearbox, which was very smooth (although many sports cars fans would not like), but this is a grand tourismo after all. Agreed on the plastic parts getting sticky in Tokyo summer heat. Electronic seats and windows were an issue though. Still my favourite car I owned.

Hi there's a French guy Hedii (Smells Like Gasoline) who got his hands on a 3200GT to fix . Ok he likes to get his hands dirty fixing cars, but he certainly didn't like the experience. He's also done an old 4.24 Biturbo ,not much better...Worth a watch , you have to really love these cars too keep as a classic.

Love it especially the styling

Nice one, great car

At launch, those tail lamps were ground breaking. I'm pleased the 3200 is coming of age, and getting appreciation. Its a stunning shape...1998! Years ahead of the game... buy one whilst they're still affordable!

It looks lovely, but I'll keep my 4.2L Jaguar XK convertible, thank you very much, plus I will never go back to manual!

As the owner of a 1999 model I totally agree, the car has flaws and the reliability is very average. However, put replacement silencers on it and it sounds epic. as you say, the engine really wants to rev up and the power delivered between 4000 and 6000rpm is brutal!! at 6000 change gear and repeat. The way the engine revs and punch has no equivalent in modern turbo engines. charming car. Fun. Feel very very fast for 370-400bhp faster than 4200 gt , Gransport. I drive both

Ever driven the q4 bi turbo evo .. fast car.

Nice car Jack, I've always been been a fan, even though it looks like a Fiat Punto from the front 😅👍

It's simply beautiful❤

One of my favorite Maserati

I owned a 2000 model with 19,000 kms, navy blue with cream interior from 2007 to 2010 and I can agree with most of what is said by this gentleman in the road test. For sure it’s a flawed vehicle. Beautiful to look at, gorgeous interior, and an utterly phenomenal sound with the Mille Miglia mufflers that I had fitted. But the hair trigger throttle, various electrical problems, average handling/roadholding, high repair costs and regular throttle body issues detracted from my ownership experience. Your heart may desire it but I would not recommend this car to anyone.

I remember that they had to change the rear lights for the USA market as drivers couldn't figure out when the car was breaking...

Gorgeous car, always dreamed of it. In the pre-Ferrari era they had reliability issues. Today you can find fault with them, maybe the design and performance are not what they were before. But reliability is the last complaint about the current Maserati

Jack. It never came with Cambiocorsa. Was either a manual or a BTR4 speed auto.The auto was a nice box.

That certainly was never an assetto corsa. They never made them in mistral green, and only ever with black leather. It does have the later wheels that they put in the early 4200’s. Nice to see you review this beast.

Would really love to see a review of the Gandini designed Quattroporte IV, particularly the final Evoluzione version reworked when Ferrari took over. Or maybe you’ve already reviewed one? 🤔 It would make for a decent “was it really as bad as they said?” video!

It sounds great have to luv the 90’s cars

Wow, this is a fabulous car. It has so many outstanding features.

A great video on a great car...the last real Maserati.

Hey big brother Jack! Oh wow, you got me with this one, big bro. I am an American here in NYC and have always loved these Maserati's. Just so conservatively, classically gorgeous and lovely-a perfect sports car for a perpetual JV baseball guy like me lol. I have never seen one of these early examples with those super sexy and even more feminine taillights and with that pure Maserati turbo V8. Really a great machine! I wish I was there with ya, even stuffed in that backseat, which literally looks like my baseball mitt. Amazing! Thanks big bro. JV Johnny ⚾⚾

Very good review of an oftenly missunderstood car, and brand. As someone stated already, after-sales service is miserable. Premium car maybe, but Maserati brand and service is well below standards found on less special cars. Would buy one only with heart, loving the product, and having big savings on patience and cash to service it properly. As much as I love the 3200, is one of those cars in which the buyer must be certain first who will be servicing it, and after finding the proper specialist, start browsing the web to buy the best example he/she can afford. Thanks for the review.

Speculators love to hate exotic cars initially to depreciate them, only to flip them later.

I love them - I think the restyle ruined the looks - the inverted hockey stick rear lights looked brilliant. And that tan leather interior and Alcantara head lining - wonderful. My kind of car!