Maserati’s newest styling is a mid-size SUV known as the Grecale. While it’s more functional than you’d expect from this Italian brand, it’s no less stylish. Iconic Maserati features like the trio of fender grille holes and trident badge are on display, and even the alloy wheels generate that unmistakable logo.
The Grecale is available in 3 versions. The popular GT, the top-of-the-range Moderna and the truly sporty Trofeo. For car driving enthusiasts, it’s the Trophy’s flagship that will really impress. It has a noisy twin-turbo V6 engine that sounds great, without making noise. A noise that bleeds your ears. That’s changing, too. Behind the wheel of this car, it’s simple to be in a midsize SUV, especially with its sedan-like driving position and high-performance steering wheel.
This is an SUV though, and with that comes plenty of room, both for passengers and for luggage. There’s generous headroom and legroom in the rear and massive boot space. There’s also all the toys you’d expect. Maserati’s operating system is powered by Android Automotive, offering an assortment of features and apps as well as the ability to link your phone for Apple CarPlay or Android Auto use.
Driving the Grecale, in all three versions, is a lot of fun. It manages to handle like a sports car and doesn’t feel big and bloated in the way that some SUVs can – it’s the perfect size for the European market.
There’s a third style in Grecale that wasn’t available yet, but it’s coming later this year. This is the Grecale Folgore (lightning in Italian) that will be the company’s first all-electric SUV and will be in a position to compete with the most productive electric cars on the market. This includes a 105 kWh battery, a range of around 310 miles, and delivers around 550 hp. That’s more strength than the existing flagship edition of the Trophy.
In addition to the Grecale, Maserati is also expected to launch an electric edition of the GranTurismo. The GranTurismo Folgore is expected to use the same 105 kWh battery as the Grecale, but will offer incredible acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 2. 7 seconds. However, all that strength means diversity is 270 miles more conservative.
Maserati plans to release electric editions of all its models until 2026, adding the two-door sports car, the MC20. I was given the opportunity to drive the newest edition of this car, the MC20 Cielo convertible, which is due out later this year and already has a 12-month waiting list. Not only is this car amazing to look at (and heads turn on the road), but it’s also incredibly fast, thanks to the same 3-liter V6 found in the Grecale Trofeo.
Right now, the tech aspect of the MC20 is a bit Grecale, but I’m sure that when the electric model arrives, it will have all the bells and whistles. I’d like to see a head-up demo and a larger center screen here.
Although some drivers would possibly scoff at the concept of an electric sports car, I can’t wait to see an MC20 Folgore model. With the weight of this car, you can be sure that it will be very fast and will also be able to drive smoothly. offering more diversity than you get lately with a tank of gas.
I like Maserati’s technique of making their EVs an edition selection of existing models, rather than an absolutely separate car. Although less daring, it’s an undeniable step for existing drivers to make the transition from the combustion engine to an electric vehicle. And that’s the big step right now.
As editor-in-chief of T3, Mat Gallagher is attuned to the latest technological developments. He has been writing about generation since 2003 and, after stints in Beijing, Hong Kong and Chicago, is now in the UK. He is a true lover. of gadgets, but especially anything like cameras, Apple, electric cars, musical tools or travel.