all in all, the car is great, but you have to prepare yourself for some minor headaches, the diehards here call "italian quirks", which could also be called 'quality control" issues.
the navigation sucks, the audio system sucks,
My roof is damaged due to not openning far enough, getting stuck, closing, then breaking a guide.
I was cleaning my dash, and the towel got caught in the Maserati logo on over the ashtray cover, the logo split in two......
I would say make sure you have a warranty, have a good dealer......I good part of why my roof remains non-operable, is the downtime the car has when at the dealer.....it seems that the dealers in my area are very busy, despite the limited production numbers of these vehicles...
Again, I am just highlighting the bad, or worse case.....I love the car, and it certainly is an exclusive vehicle, which gets many thumbs ups....but in reality, if the car was as common as a Porsche, ...im not sure I would deal with its quirks....
I have a couple other cars which I have modified in terms of suspension (lowered), and chipped, etc etc....(Mercedes c43 AMG, Lotus Elan), ...both handle better than the Maserati, and both at least feel as quick (Mercedes), and one is faster (Lotus). I am thinking of adding a Supercharger to the Mercedes which will get it into the 400 hp range as well....
with that being said, this is just my opinion, ...the one thing which i feel is critical, suspension/.handling,....is the cars weakest point, I also feel it was done so for a reason as Maserati was designed to be a daily driver, therefore a higher center of gravity, not super stiff....I happened to be next to a brand new Ferrari this weekend, which was noticably lower than my Spider.