@TitaniumUnlimited @johnnypneumonic - With regards to Merak's and their
values, I'd disagree massively. A good reliable Merak in the UK will cost a
minimum of £20k (this has increased significantly). Anything much less and
you'll be purchasing an utter basket case (like on Top Gear). Concerning
the SS, expect to spend £25-30k for a good example. Only £30k + will secure
a mint SS (one recently went for £32k equivalent to $50k). As they become
rarer, their value will inevitably increase.
fast talking greedy car people that have no brains or sense of reality.
this idiot in englad buys the chitty chitty car for 500K at an auction? and
then a silly ferrari GTO for 12 Milion? are you kidding ? what kind of
idiot would fall for an old race car, and make a big deal about it. I think
collector car prople have lost thier mind's, or thier greedier than crab
look at me crass attitude, if anyone see's this get back to me ok? .
@adam1othman - It shares the same engine with the Citroen SM. Both engines
were designed by Maserati as Citroen owned them at the time. The SM & the
Merak are beautiful cars from a bygone era. Furthermore, noth are reliable
but only if you get excellent examples like the above. Obviously a Merak
will require more maintenance than a modern car - they're 30-40 years old.
When the Merak was built, Maserati was owned by the French car company
Citroen, pronounced "sit-tron". Earlier in the 70's, they produced the much
more expensive Bora, which formed the base of the "budget car" Merak. At
the same time, Lamborgini produced the Urraco, and Ferrari the Dino. The
three were supposed to be low cost cars for more average people.
The car was rated at 180 HP for the US market. Top speed 130. 2109 were the
number built. Value according to SMC is 18,000-25,000 for a driver that
needs work. 30,000-40,000 for restored car. It was built to compete with
the Ferrari 308 GT4. Never touch one of these cars cosmetically. Leave as
if they came from the factory.
the car is jumping up in value like many 'unloved' mid 70s supercars, wd be
a good time to buy a good condition one, esp the early ones with the SM
dashboards, gorgeous! Silver or silver blue wd be my colour of choice, and
I'd probably get a space saver tyre and try to fit a later engine cover
many things wrong with this car: why pics taken inside? door is right there
- what's to hide? no spare front bumper not orig side decals aftermarket
side "bumper stripes" not stock - only on Bora non-stock color ok if you
like Citroen hydraulics and bump for spare
Your taste is apparently all in your mouth. Perhaps study the history of
Citroen some time or at least just be grateful they rescued this iconic
"marquis" (sic), boy this chap in the video is a dork.
All that and they don't tell you the price? Kill the lame music and fire up
the car. Drive it around the block and we can hear the transmission for
noise...