New Details Emerge on the Maserati GranTurismo and Alfieri
The Levante SUV is coming this summer, but what does Maserati have in store for us in the future?
Back in May 2014, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne announced Maserati would redesign the GranTurismo, as well as launch a completely new sports car model based on the Alfieri concept car.
Maserati engineer Davide Danesin recently confirmed those plans will come to fruition by end of 2018, and also had some additional details to share. One upcoming innovation he revealed is that a new platform is in development.
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“Today the architecture is shared between Ghibli, Quattroporte and Levante,” Danesin said. “With the Alfieri, we think we need to make another step on the architecture so we’re going to arrive at another more sporty architecture, with some common basis [with Ghibli] but with development from there.”
Rumors are swirling that the GranTurismo will come some time in 2017, followed by the Alfieri the year after. The two performance cars will be similar featuring the same redesigned platform, though the GranTurismo won’t come in a convertible version.
To differentiate between the two models further, it’s likely the GranTurismo will grow in size and become a proper grand tourer. The Alfieri will stick to its sports car roots, similar to a Porsche 911 in potency. The GranTurismo will only be offered with V8s, while the Alfieri will exclusively feature V6 engines.
This story originally appeared on Luxury4Play.com
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