Maserati GranTurismo aims for Ferrari pricing levels

MILAN -- Maserati is pushing further into Ferrari territory with the second generation of its GranTurismo sports coupe.

The GranTurismo launches next year with full-electric and gasoline engine versions. It will cost about 50,000 euros more than the first generation, which went out of production in 2019.

Prices for the full-electric GranTurismo and the combustion models will be around 200,000 dollars and euros, William Peffer, the brand’s North American CEO, told reporters at a media event here.

The previous highest-priced GranTurismo cost just over 150,000 euros in Italy in 2019, the year it went out of production.

Among the GranTurismo’s potential rivals are the Ferrari Roma, which has a base price of 200,000 euros in Italy, and the Aston Martin DB11 coupe, which starts from 210,000 euros.

Maserati’s most expensive model is the MC20 sports car, which starts at 238,000 euros in Italy.

The GranTurismo’s full-electric version, badged as the Folgore, will be the Stellantis luxury brand’s first full-electric car, a historic step for a brand whose focus has been on powerful internal-combustion engines.

A battery-electric variant of the GranCabrio, the GranTurismo’s convertible sibling, is due by the end of next year, along with a full-electric Grecale midsize SUV.

Maserati CEO Davide Grasso said in March that the brand’s range will become all-electric by 2030.

The new GranTurismo is the latest iteration of a classic Maserati coupe, the first of which was the A6 1500 in 1947, but it will compete in a dwindling segment as wealthy buyers switch from coupes to premium SUVs or four-door cars such as the Porsche Panamera.

The GranTurismo’s gasoline engine variants, called the Trofeo and Modena, will use the brand’s Nettuno 3.0-liter V-6 engine, which replaces the V-8 made by Ferrari that equipped the previous GranTurismo. The Nettuno engine debuted in 2021 on the MC20 sports car. It was developed by Maserati and is built at the brand’s home of Modena, Italy.

The V-6-powered GranTurismo weighs 1,795 kg, which Maserati says makes it the lightest four-seater coupe on the market.

The Trofeo will offer 542 hp. Its top speed is 320 kph (198 mph) and it accelerates from 0 to 100 kph (62 mph) in 3.5 seconds.

The Modena will offer 483 hp, have a top speed of 302 kph and accelerate from 0 to 100 kph in 3.9 seconds.

Both cars will have eight-speed automatic transmissions and all-wheel drive.

The GranTurismo Folgore has three electric motors -- one at the front and one at each rear wheel. They provide continuous usable power of 749 hp and total installed power of more than 1,183 hp, Maserati says.

It has a 92.5 kilowatt-hour battery pack with 83 kWh of usable power for an estimated WLTP range of 450 km (280 miles).

The Folgore uses the same platform as the Trofeo and Modena V-6 cars, so it does not have a flat battery pack found in most full-electric cars. The battery pack has a "T" arrangement, located around the central tunnel and at the front, where the V-6 engine would sit.

The battery pack layout, without cells under the seats, allowed Maserati to reduce the car’s height to 1353 mm and lower the occupants’ hip point seating position.

Maserati says the GranTurismo Folgore sits lower than any other electric car on the market.

The axial geometry of the battery pack makes changes of direction much faster than in cars with a platform battery, executives say.

The battery is assembled at Stellantis’ Mirafiori battery hub in Turin. The size of the battery has been determined by the trade-off between weight and performance, Maserati says.

To improve the car's usability, Folgore has 800-volt technology, which enables fast charging up to 270 kW. According to Maserati, it can add 100 km of range in five minutes.

All the GranTurismo and GranCabrio variants will be built in Stellantis’ Mirafiori plant in Turin, alongside the Levante large SUV.