If you are looking to spend £50,000 on a luxury saloon, you are likely to be looking at the BMW 7 Series, which in its own right is a fantastic range of saloon cars. However, for the same money you would be able to get hold of a Maserati Quattroporte that was perhaps only a year old and had very low mileage.

The reason this is possible is that prestige cars from manufacturers like Maserati depreciate massively in value as soon as they are driven away from the dealerships forecourt for the first time. The value dips dramatically as dealers struggle to sell the cars on in the future. This is a great way to take advantage of a market that really doesn’t expect to sell a great number of used luxury cars.

Obviously there is some stigma about used cars regardless of age or low mileage, which is why most people would rather drive away a new BMW 7 Series than a year old Maserati, but if I was offered the choice between the two, I would snatch the keys to the Used Maserati every single time.

Author : Pete J Ridgard is a writer and a car enthusiast. He currently writes for the automotive industry. Here he discusses Used Maserati cars.