I contacted Carrs Maserati of Exeter to arrange my annual service and MOT and found that they have lost their Maserati franchise. As they have the experience and the technicians to take care of my 4200 I went ahead with the work. The downside being that the service book has a Ferrari stamp in it now. Just a heads up for all those thinking of a drive to the Westcountry.
Bit like Lovetts at Swindon I used for years. If you live in Cornwall now your nearest franchised dealer is either Birmingham or Egham !!! Its a long long way to go for sales and servicing ! With Swindon going, Exeter going, Colchester going , Meridien in Hampshire loosing Sales some time ago the dealer network is getting quite limited– and you couple this with customer services at Maserati GB now being an email or phone call to Italy and no Slough anymore its quite difficult for some Maserati owners with cars under warranty.
A lot of these dealers had Ferrari and Maserati in the same building. I understand that when Ferrari last visited and saw Maserati still in the same building they asked why that was the case. Hence dealers either moving, or dropping, Maserati.
My local Maserati dealer at least decided to move the brand rather than drop it. Apparently they are making sales as well, they even managed to shift a Levante Trofeo they had in the showroom.
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