There is nothing yet to replace the flagship Quattroporte sedan and Levante crossover of the Italian company, which belongs to the Stellantis corporation, and the junior Ghibli sedan will not have a successor at all.
Last week we reported that Maserati is at risk of being kicked out of the Stellantis corporation due to a sharp drop in sales and losses, but Stellantis management eventually refuted its own rumor — they say they are not going to sell Maserati for now.
Today Maserati showed the last example of the sixth-generation flagship Quattroporte sedan (produced since 2013), which also became the last Maserati car equipped with a 3.8-liter V8 twin-turbo gasoline engine (580 hp, 730 Nm) — this engine with the factory index F154 was supplied to Maserati by Ferrari. The last Quattroporte Grand Finale (shown in the main photo) is painted in Blu Nobile blue and has commemorative inscriptions on the engine and in the cabin.
The last V8 under the hood of the last Maserati Quattroporte Grand Finale
The British magazine Autocar adds that the flagship Levante crossover (produced since 2016) was discontinued along with the Quattroporte, and the junior Ghibli sedan (produced since 2013) was discontinued at the beginning of this year. There is no such information in today's Maserati press release, but the Levante and Ghibli models, along with the Quattroporte, have been moved to the archive section. Production of the V8 engine ended at the end of last year, before which a limited edition of 103 Ghibli 334 Ultima and Levante V8 Ultima models equipped with this engine were released.
Maserati Levante V8 Ultima and Maserati Ghibli 334 Ultima
Earlier this year, Maserati announced delays to the market launch of key new products: the large crossover that will replace the Levante will appear only in 2027, the next-generation Quattroporte sedan in 2028, both of these models will most likely receive the company-wide STLA platform for Stellantis subsidiary brands Large, or rather, its electric version. It is unlikely that the successors to the current Quattroporte and Levante will have “hydrocarbon” versions, as Maserati still intends to switch completely to electric vehicles by 2030. However, we will not be surprised if this dubious goal is revised in the coming months. A successor to the Ghibli is not in Maserati's plans.
With the Quattroporte, Levante and Ghibli gone, the lineup is left with the related GranTurismo coupe and GranCabrio convertible, the mid-size Grecale crossover and the mid-engine MC20 supercar – all powered by Maserati’s own 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 Nettuno petrol engine. The GranTurismo, GranCabrio and Grecale also have Folgore electric conversions. An electric version of the Maserati MC20 was announced at its debut in 2020, but it has not yet been presented.
Next week, namely on August 16, Maserati will show a flagship supercar based on the MC20 model as part of the Monterey Automobile Week (USA, California).
Maserati has no other new products in its plans, which means it is still far from Ferrari, which quickly updates its model range without leaving any gaps in it, and Ferrari's sales and profits are growing. In addition, Ferrari is not going to rely exclusively on electric vehicles; fuel models (including hybrids) will form the basis of its model range in the foreseeable future. In general, Maserati's management has someone to follow as an example, but for this, apparently, it really needs to get rid of the platform and administrative ties of the Stellantis corporation.
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