2009 Maserati Granturismo 4.7L Petrol · Y3 JVS

The vehicle passed its most recent MOT on 19 January 2026 with no defects or advisories recorded, following a clean pass on 15 January 2025. Prior to that, the 18 January 2024 and 19 January 2023 tests also returned passes with no major or dangerous items flagged. The overall trajectory across the recorded tests is improving, as the only failure in the history occurred on 9 December 2022 and the four tests since have produced a clean sheet aside from minor tyre advisories. A buyer should still treat that single failure as material evidence rather than dismiss it as an isolated event, because the defect involved a fractured front coil spring and significant corrosion on a suspension mounting point, both of which are structural rather than consumable concerns. Annual mileage is exceptionally low for a car of this age. From the January 2023 test through to January 2026, recorded distance progressed only modestly across three tests, consistent with roughly two to three thousand miles per year and a total accumulation of 63,547 miles over seventeen years. Such limited use typically keeps wear on brake discs, callipers and tyres modest, but it also raises the likelihood of dried rubber bushes, seized components, and corrosion within underbody cavities, particularly given the structural rust finding noted in 2022. The recorded odometer readings do not show any anomalous gaps or rapid accumulation, so there is no mileage discrepancy to investigate, but the low-use pattern itself warrants scrutiny. A pre-purchase inspection should focus heavily on the front suspension and chassis structure, given the fractured nearside coil spring and excessively corroded offside suspension mounting area flagged in December 2022. Although the car has passed three subsequent tests, corrosion defects can progress unseen behind undertrays, which is relevant because the 2024 tester explicitly noted that engine covers and undertrays prevented inspection of certain items. A physical examination with those panels removed is therefore advisable to confirm the corroded mounting has been properly repaired and that no further structural thinning has developed on the surrounding chassis rails. The front tyres have also been repeatedly flagged for inner-edge wear, appearing as advisories in 2024 and 2025 and as the reason for failure alongside the suspension defects in 2022. Persistent inner-edge wear on both front tyres points to geometry issues such as worn suspension bushes, collapsed top mounts, or alignment settings outside tolerance. These components are not examined in detail during a standard MOT, so an alignment check and a close inspection of the front strut assemblies, control arm bushes and anti-roll bar links should form part of any prospective buyer's due diligence. Editorial Insight: This record is relatively short, with five tests spanning 2022 to 2026. The single 2022 failure involving fractured coil spring and structural corrosion represents a serious mechanical concern that has since been resolved on paper, but the underlying causes merit physical verification. Buying score 52, risk Medium.