Team-BHP - Gautam Singhania, Raymond Group boss claims Maserati MC20 is 'dangerous'

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/wors...ome-ndtv_icymi

Came across this piece of news about how GS isn't happy with his MC20 and Stallantis gives him a canned response. Iam amused that we, lesser mortals are not the only ones being ignored. I do understand that his case may reach some conclusion unlike ours but the first response is just as bad as it is to a Jeep Compass owner- denial of any issue.

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"Frankly speaking, I paid for a Maserati but I got a lemon instead," Mr Singhania said, adding the company blamed the Indian road conditions for the football-like bouncing he has faced while on the wheels.

Mr Singhania took to the microblogging website X to vent his ire two days ago and has asked the company to appoint an independent test driver to check on the safety of the model. However, the industrialist claimed that the Franco-Italian-American auto major Stellantis that owns the Maserati is refusing to even acknowledge the shortcomings. "I genuinely believe the Maserati MC20 is a dangerous car and somebody might kill himself in it," Mr Singhania tweeted, asking the Indian authorities and consumer courts to look into it.

This is the same brand that blamed Hollywood actor Anton Yelchin's parking brake failure caused death on himself and said blaming the car was wrong:

https://www.eonline.com/news/800268/...r-the-accident

Only then for news to come out that the car had a known issue and recall was issued:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...ject-of-recall

Frankly I can never mentally prepare to decide on buying any Stellantis product after that incident with how the management responded to it. I wish Mr.Singhania all the best with his uber expensive purchase. This is the same attitude that caused Fiat to shut shop here and the sooner they come off their high horse the better it will be for them.

Gautam Singhania, the chairman and managing director of the Raymond Group recently took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his concerns about the Maserati MC20.

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With a starting price of Rs 3.69 crore, the mid-engine supercar was launched in India earlier this year in March, after being delayed by nearly a year. Said to be a "spiritual successor" to the 2004 MC12, the much-awaited vehicle is Maserati's first car with an in-house engine in over 20 years.

A week later, Singhania revealed that the Maserati car had "fundamental defects." The supercars lover said that MC20 was the "worst car" he had driven in his life.

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Meanwhile, Maserati India responding to Singhania's claims on Thursday evening maintained that the “car is in perfect condition”.

In a statement, the Italian luxury car emphasising its strict customer safety standards, said that each vehicle undergoes "rigorous quality control measures" before leaving the facilities.

“Our team was quick to address the technical concerns raised by Mr Singhania’s team. We confirm that the specific technical concern raised is performing within its designed capacity and meets Maserati's stringent quality standards. Though we take any issues or feedback seriously, we also stand by the quality and reliability of our products. Hence we would like to reiterate that the car is in perfect condition" the statement read.

Source - Economic Times

Dropping words like 'dangerous' and 'kill' on social media sounds immature, not to mention playing with fire. Imagine if Stellantis took this chap to court for defamation and absolutely rinsed him.

He should be clear in the nature of his grievance, not throw his (decidedly minuscule in comparison to Stellantis) weight around with bombastic statements.

Enzo Ferrari fought with Alfa Romeo (and got back into Ferrari)

Ferruccio Lamborghini tried to reason with Enzo but ended up making Lamborghinis

Horacio Pagani tried to reason with Lamborghini and ended up making the world a better place

Gautam takes on Maserati now :) Hope he creates something meaningful out of it other than just a lawsuit.

He has the financial resources to take Maserati & the dealer to Consumer Court, the Courts are not going to take suo moto cognizance of his grievances which he's voiced on Twitter! This is not the first brand or dealer which he's had a problem with. I recollect him voicing certain grievances some time back & warning brands to be vary of certain dealers.

Seems like quite a ridiculous statement from GS. You drive a car within the limits of the car - you don’t expect a car to perform at the level you want. He can say it is not fit to be a supercar and it is the worst car he has driven - but don’t see how he can call it dangerous unless it does not meet crash safety standards.

GS has publicly cited his grievances though we cannot be sure whether these are genuine or not? It is evident that Maserati did not respond well to GS' averments about his MC 20.

Finally, more than grievances about technicalities of the MC 20 it has manifested into a ego clash between the car maker Maserati (Stellantis owned) and GS.

Maybe he should invite Clarkson to India and let him drive and say what he feels more classically :)

Singhania is no amateur, and this is not the only fast car he has. Sadly, many of these fast cars are mostly purchased on looks or power rather than handling. Maybe he should be heading to a Porsche showroom instead of wasting time here with Maserati.

Let's not write off GS's statements as BS. He's an experienced driver with track experience and he might be on to something.

But first, he needs to be more elaborative on what's wrong. Also, surprised at Maserati on how it's handling the issue - absolute PR disaster. Could've handled it way better even if they don't agree with him.