"Eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty thousand miles..." This is why nobody likes car salesmen.

I've worked at an Acura dealership during the cash for clunker. Every car and truck that was traded in was far from being a clunker.

This really pisses me off...

It's just one of those things that brings a sadness to your heart to see a car like this and make you wish you can fix it.

"It's only got eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty thousand miles on the odometer" yea, your truly gifted.

"....eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty thousand miles on the odometer..." Good thing that knuckle head isn't in any other line of work.

That Subaru he replaced it with probably blew a head gasket

I still have PTSD from this video.

I'm sure the owner regrets getting rid of this car, if I did what he/she did I would never be able to forgive myself.

How can they destroy the engine if it won't start?

I'm sorry, but if I was the owner of THAT dealership, I would have easily picked up some piece of crap off Craigslist or the junkyard and had that written off as the clunker that person traded in, and sold that Maserati for twice,,,, if not 3-4 times the amount of 3,500 dollars.....shiiiiittttt.

The car was 25 years old. I'll bet it was something simple like a bad fuel pump, clogged fuel filter or dry rotted vacuum line. But then, no one ever said the car was actually crushed. The car looked almost perfect. Ill bet the dealer drove it around back, fixed it, and kept it for himself..

I used to think this was a real travesty until I learned a bit more about the Maserati Biturbo and that whole era for Maserati. They may have had some nice fittings but they truly were hot garbage.

I wish I were in the market for a BeeTurbo 4 years ago. I would have bought it just to save it from this horrible tv spot, if anything. And hey, only 18 thousand 480 thousand miles on it! Barely broken in.

Awesome car. Everything can be repaired if you have the right mechanic. Now all that material (leather/wood) is landfill and the steel becomes a washing machine. How romantic.

When he hit the gas and it stalled, that's completely normal if the vehicle is carborated. It needs to warm up a lil before you rev it.

my friend bought this exact same model of car for $1000, and is in the process of rebuilding it. All he has to do is put the engine in.

100% agree with you! Its a shame destryoing all these nice cars!! Some of them are classics!

its actually more economical to keep an old car running than destroying, recycling it and building a new one. money talks

You know. I would say AT LEAST 80 percent of all those trade in are as nice as OR NICER than the car I own now!

18,480,000 miles is pretty good going for a Maserati. I didn't realise they made space shuttles.

Expensive car gets scrapped because it needs a $15 ballast resistor😂

I can't believe he couldn't get $3,500 for it. What he didn't realize was he lost at least $3,500 just driving the new car off the lot. Essentially giving the Maserati away for free.

in case anyones wondering this is where all the used cars went

if they want you to buy cars, lower the price, we all know that the sticker in the window isn't even close to the materials under the hood lol

this did not help the Amerikan economy, because everyone went out and bought foreign cars

"eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty thousand miles" No wonder he's a car salesman.

I was at a car dealer the other day and saw a 05 range rover in the clunker lot......hate to see it go.

I would have fitted the bill for the fine and the rebate if they would have let me have this. Such an evil programme, that killed many fine cars that never deserved to die.

What was the US GOVERNMENT thinking! That was a sweet car!

I know the Biturbo history very well...while they had their 'issues' this just proves the point, that most of the cars referred to as 'clunkers' are no where close to how people would classify one. The whole clunker program was a waste of the taxpayer's money & a lot of good cars with lots of miles left in them were trashed. Sad to say, but the real clunkers are still on the road!!

The way the salesman speaks sets off a certain nerve

>He got what he wanted for it, just not from a customer but from the Government So really, yeah, he got his money from the customers he was looking for. They were just forced to buy it, so it could be crushed, because they didn't choose to buy it freely. I hate this country SO much sometimes.

eighteen thousand, four hundred and eighty thousand?? fucking genius car salesman

All those old 1970’s-1980’s Italian sports cars had great gas mileage. I remember one was called the Ronzoni Downhill.

Clunker,.. clunker... clunker... He reminds me of that scene on "Spies Like Us" where the doctors are introducing each other in the medical tent.

TO INFORM PEOPLE: maserati bi turbos were wretched cars, they would always break down, and were VERY under-powered... its not a big loss

@34MikeR I agree, if you're buying a car, buy something that ISN'T American, but if you're buying a truck, don't buy anything BUT American.

Destroying any rare car of which very few are left is a crime, and there's no exception!

as Maserati's go, that's bottom of the pile, and is no real loss. however, some other owner is probably crying out for some very rare parts you could salvage from a car like that. for that reason, it's a great shame to crush it.

I hate to say it, but it's probably best to put the poor Biturbo out of it's misery. Maseratis are nice cars, but unfortunately the Biturbo was not one of them. It came out of an era in Maserati history where Maserati had no capitol to properly produce anything. Ghilbis, Boras, Mareks, and anything built before them are some of the greatest Italian cars ever built. The new Maseratis are also nice cars, and back on form to what a Maserati should be. Biturbos, Quattroporte 3 and....

That's a car you keep in your garage and drive only on Sundays. It's not an everyday car like a Toyota Corolla.

It has 18 thousand 450 thousand miles on it. A maserati beeturbo... These made me lol

if they knew anything about those maserati's they wouldn't have even been surprised it was on the clunker lot.

I'd like that Nardi steering wheel.

You might as well have written, "Yes, I am stupid."

0:37 "its only got eighteen-thousand four-hundred eighty thousand miles on it" LOL!!

It's a 1980's Maserati dude. What did he expect it to be as reliable as a 2010 Toyota Corolla?

I don't care if it's not a good Maserati, I'd still drive it.

I don't think you understand. You see, mechanics were forced to kill these cars. The mechanics work for their own living, plus family, too. Quitting would put them at risk of not finding a job, and unable to pay for food. As bad as it is to kill fine cars, they also need to feed themselves and their families, and quitting isn't an option.

this makes me cry, i would have bought it from a used car lot. id like to punch anyone who was in collaboration with the cash for clunkers program

The Biturbo was one of the worst cars Maserati ever produced, and it's still pretty damn cool. Too bad Jay Leno couldn't get ahold of it and rebuild it.

Yes, the engine doesn't work properly but that's typical Italian engineering - part of the car's soul. I can't believe that they crushed this classic car.

What an idiot the owner was. If he didn't want it someone else eventually would have. Now it's gone. If it's rare it should never be crushed.

those of us who pay taxes, paid $24,000.00 PER CAR on average. nice job ODUMBOO.

Sad to see that Maserati go that way I missed out on C for C 5 months before they started this I bought a winter beater jeep Cherokee 4x4 But that's kinda the point It's easier to put gas in a beater than make payments on a car you didn't really want

The "bee-turbo" was a clunker when it as NEW......lol

Even though the Maserati Biturbo was shit, I still would have bought it. This makes me really depressed...

cash for clunkers was the biggest scam ever i have a 94 f150 d, i could have traded that truck in and got 3500 dollars for a truck thats worth maybe 1500, i could have bought a new one and gotten around the same milage, plus pollute the environment with all the resources taken up to build my new truck and destroy my old one, who ever came up with this idea was a moron.

That Maserati was like their worst one ever made.

the old maseratis were trash. The ones nowadays are a million times better.

It's a BiTurbo, it won't be missed.

I have a 79 lincoln town coupe and the government aint getting their grubby hands on it

If I was working in that dealership... I will stole that car.

" it only has Eighteen THOUSAND four hundered and eighty THOUSAND MILES on it" man that thing is a fucking beast!

what they dont tell you is how the car dies. on the rev limiter until it seizes up.

Same thing with covid shots for humans

257,000 jobs have been lost in the automotive manufacturing industry due to severely decreased NEW car sales which fucks the economy as a result of the current economic climate Whether or not the cars are new, people are still going to need parts and labor due to accidents. As for the affordability of new cars, payments on a new car are usually much lower for the price so in the form of a monthly payment a used car isnt even that much cheaper.

Respond to this video... It would probably be $150 every 6 months. To everyone's shock, I've been paying $130 every 6 months since I started insuring my own car at maybe 21.

@34MikeR thank you, i mean to ruin destroy a perfectly decent piece of transportation is criminal, also to destroy the motor and other parts that someone else could use to maintain or restore the same car is a direct assault on car enthusiasts and sane logic... i mean you could have employed more people and made more money selling the turned in cars and or parts then they recieved in credits or tax breaks..?? they just want people to keep buying cars to bail out the failing car manufactures...

i dont know whether to like or dislike, i like the video, i dislike cash for clunkers

that's my sentiment exactly...why why why destroy it... sell it to someone who needs a car or even the engine.... what a HUGE waste...

As an American, I can honestly say "NO". Germany makes the best cars. -Volkswagen -Audi -BMW -Mercedes -Porsche -Gumpert -Bugatti (now owned by VW)

These cars had zero resale value when they were 15 years old, even less now. The Maserati dealership probably laughs every time someone calls for parts. BTW, there wasn't even a Maserati dealership around 15 years ago. Before Fiat/Ferrari rescued the brand, nobody wanted a Maserati much less a bi-turbo, they make Fiats look like Lexus reliability by comparison.

18 thousand 480 thousand miles. Accurate readout there buddy.

The Biturbo was a blight on the Maserati name in the 1980s. Not a big loss. Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear dropped an enormous dumpster from a crane onto one of them. Take a look.... watch?v=bkO8y3AxRps

Damn, I would of paid $3,500 just to say I own a Maserati... Can't believe what's gonna happend to this car...

This car was doomed before it even got turned in. Leather, wood, Italian. It's a f'ukin Maserati but it ran for a good 2 seconds here. All that quality isn't going to do you any good if it can't go anywhere.

It was traded for a Subaru Impreza. Not even the WRX model...

Ohh man, I thought in Germany we are the only ones destroying good shape cars... In the mid 90's, there was a semiliar campaing, but at least nobody need to break the car, it has to be brought to the junkjard. But the guy from the junkjard could take out parts for resale. So we guy rebuild old cars, got at least a better spare part source then...... But all those nice grandpa cars, 20 year old, 50k miles and no rust went into scrap for a new palstic toy....

Even if the motor was garbage, someone could swap in a Chevy V8 and make a sweet ride.

..Maserati's from the 80's were reknowned for breaking down and being expensive to repair. Still. It would of been a better idea just to rip the original engine out and replace it rather than trash a decent car.

Maseratti is a mess of a car. Famous for unreliable supercar. The craftmanship is amazing, I wish I could say the same for electrical and powertrain. Ferrari makes engines for these guys, so it has improved increadably.

"only 18480 thousand miles on the odometer!"

The perfect classic to electrify

@OUTLAWZPRODUCTIONZ I know what you're saying but Dodge and GM take the cake, they do have an 8.3L and 8.1L - impressive power output from them both though.

that thing was a bigger piece of trash than most of those suvs.

I hope that all these cars will haunt the lawmakers every night!

I would have paid 4000$ on the spot. Such cars are classics here in Europe. Can't find a decent one under 20 grand. As for the engine? All itallian cars have engine trouble, but that's part of their character... Really a waste to see someone throw away a piece of art like that. Pretty cars are harder and harder to come by!

The President should have said CFC, you trade in a Japanese car, and buy a new American car.

@M1ANS I don't mind American cars, but if had to choose I would pick an import. My appologies though :)

Mid 80's Ferrari Mondial's had poor power and problems and still considered the worst Ferrari ever, But you wouldn't destroy one. And you sure cant buy one for 3500.00

he's so high he made his hair into a maserati logo :D

If that car died after 10 minutes of driving it that because he neede 2 new cats for it, its about a 700 dollar job with parts.

yea i would have offered the guy trading it in his 3500 and then gone home and parted it out or sold it to an enthusiast

Junk yards will go out of buisness, I guess the us government doesn't care about those jobs.

Stupidity and waste. The government is trillions of dollars in debt and has the audacity (with yet more of our money) to literally throw away thousands of usable vehicles.

"It's only got 18 thousand 480 thousand miles..on the 0-dometer"

Those are all perfectly good cars There are people who dont have cars and would dream of having one of those cars and your crushing it? Cash for clunkers is Fucking Stupid!

Bi is pronounced like the word "by" so its "Biturbo"