by Meanwhile, all Maserati models will be available in electric versions by 2025, Maserati executives have said.
The Grecale will also be available with a performance V6 engine or with a four-cylinder engine with a mild hybrid system. Petrol versions of the SUV will be available for sale later this year. The all-electric version, called Grecale Folgore, will go on sale next year.
The Grecale is smaller than the Levante SUV, the model that accounted for 59% of Maserati’s global sales last year. Like the Levante and the Ghibli sedan, the Grecale is named after a wind. The Grecale, pronounced gre-CAH-leh, is a Mediterranean east wind.
The electric Grecale Folgore will be part of the Italian luxury brand’s long-term plan to shift to selling electric-only vehicles. (Folgore means “lightning” in Italian.) Maserati is following a number of other luxury car brands, including Bentley and Jaguar, in announcing a shift to all-electric ranges. In Maserati’s case, the change is a bit more surprising, given the brand’s strong identification with the throaty, metallic sounds of its usually Ferrari-built internal combustion engines.
Maserati only recently started production of the new MC20 supercar, which is powered by a 630 horsepower V6 engine designed and built by Maserati. The $216,000 MC20 is the only current Maserati model with a non-Ferrari engine.
The high performance Grecale Trofeo will have a 523 horsepower version of the MC20 engine. The SUV will be able to go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.6 seconds and will have a top speed of 177 mph, according to Maserati. Maserati has yet to announce the power or performance of the electric Grecale Folgore
The four-cylinder Grecales will have a mild-hybrid system for better fuel economy and performance. The Grecale Modena will have a 325 horsepower version of this system and the Grecale GT, essentially the base model, will have a 296 horsepower version. Prices for the Grecale GT will start at $63,500 in the United States. Maserati did not provide pricing for other versions. These gasoline-powered versions of the Grecale will go on sale later this year.
When it goes on sale in 2023, the Grecale Folgore will be Maserati’s second all-electric model. The first will be the all-electric 1,200-hp Granturismo Folgore, a new version of Maserati’s two-door, four-seater sports car. Maserati only revealed dimly lit images of the car.
New completely redesigned versions of the Quattroporte The Levante sedan and SUV, including all-electric versions, will be introduced by 2025, Maserati chief executive Davide Grasso said during a presentation. The small Ghibli sedan will be discontinued because there simply isn’t enough market interest in sedans, he said. An all-electric version of the MC20 supercar will also be available by then.
“It’s a pure competitive story,” Tavares said. “And we are competitors.”
