328 GTB Vs. 328 GTS: a small evaluating test

as i own both, i will try to tell you my personal evaluating test.


beauty: GTB 10, GTS 9. I have to say the GTB is even better looking than the gorgeous GTS.

body stiffness: GTB 9, GTS 6. Many tremors with the GTS on bad surfaces. GTB is ok.

Appeal and charme: GTB 8, GTS 10. Magnum P.I. had the GTS!

driver's room and comfort (6' 0" driver): GTB 6, GTS 9. Not enough head room in the GTB and hot in summer. Ok without the roof in the GTS.

Relax and pleasure in everyday driving: GTB 6, GTS 10. No game here.

Emotion while pushing hard: GTB 9, GTS 8. GTB has more racing sensations.

Total Score: GTB 48, GTS 52.

So what's better? Who knows, but driving the GTS without the roof is priceless.

Ciao.

 

That's just my personal sentation: in the GTS you can relax and go around at slow speed without the roof just listening to the engine voice and watching around the landscape. In the GTB i feel caged in a race car that just wants to be driven at high speed on a track.

As stated, that's just my personal sensation (and evaluation), but the GTS is more relaxing as you can go for a trip with your wife and she will be happy too. With the GTB my wife is not happy at all.

ciao

 

I wrote my "evaluation test" just to share my impression and to learn what others think about 328 GTB vs. 328 GTS, not to say "that's the truth". So your opinions are welcome and appreciated: maybe they are more shared than mine!

Do your own comparison and write it!

I can fit in the GTB, but i have to angle a lot backwards the back of the driving seat, so i do not like the driving position.

ciao

 

Very interesting: is there any specific discussion? i would appreciate a lot to read it, so may i have the link? thanks!

100% agree.

ciao

 

Thanks, Nerofer.

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Hardtop:

I have been trying to tell people this for years. Most seem to think they will only tell the difference on a track. But the difference is anything but subtle. I can tell in the first 25 feet of movement. I think if more people got to actually drive a B, they would be much more popular.

Dave
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Nerofer:

Dave,

I fully agree; anybody driving the "S" and the "B" on the same day will be able to tell these are different cars. To be fair to the cars, it is better that the comparison is done with same suspension variant: ie, either a "B" and a "S" with the "first" suspension variant, or both with the "second" (= post 76626) variant.

Both my cars are late production (post 80500); and anybody, I mean any driver of whichever abilities, can tell the "B" and the "S" are giving you a very different driving experience.
Even my wife prefers driving the "B"...but the "B" tends to make me (and her, too!) a bit overconfident, it simply makes you more enthusiastic. And when you brings the car home, its always as the car is saying to you "come on, is this all you can do? you should be able to drive me much better than that; I still have a lot to offer".

Perhaps the small numbers of people that have actually driven a "B" in the United States is simply due to the rarity of the machine? I mean, as far as I know, the U.S got the majority of the 6000 + GTS produced, whereas the vast majority of the 1344 "B" produced stayed in Europe. Looking at the ads on the net, the "B" is indeed very rare in the US, whereas here in Europe I would say the balance is more or less one "B" for two "S", so the "B" is not rare at all here.

I intend to keep both my "B" and my "S", for different reasons, as underlined by "mustardfj40". But the "B" and the "S" are indeed different animals; and to be fair to the 328 design overall, when speaking about roadholding and handling abilities, then the "B" is the better version, no doubt about it; and no need to track the car for experiencing that, either.

To all the 328 drivers that have not yet experienced a "B": do it ASAP!
This is no disrespect to the "S", but the "B" is a step further as far as driving pleasure counts. Let's be realistic, we are talking about a 25 year old design, so we are not in 430 territory...but the 328 GTB is indeed "sharper" than the "S".


Best
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I just learned everything you can tell about the GTB Vs. GTS was already written on those two posts! Ok, that's all.

I would like just to add this: if you can have just one, choose the GTS. If you can have both, you cannot miss the GTB, a fantastic car. And, if you find one, buy the turbo intercooler too, that increases the "race car sensation" that GTB can offer. If everyone had drove a GTB turbo intercooler, i think prices of the intercooled 328 GTB will double quickly.

ciao

 

only two (or one, as the turbo is my wife property). I gave up the 308 GTB QV deal

ciao

 

correct. I would like to have a 208 GTB turbo too, even if the engine is not even close the intercooled version. The engine upgrade from turbo to turbo intercooler is like from the 2 valve injected 308 to the 328 (and a big increase in reliability too). The Turbo intercooler is often called "328 turbo" even if that's not the correct name.

ciao

 

i suppose 328 has thicker seats, but it's just guessing.

ciao