2022 Maserati Grecale Trofeo teased ahead of reveal

The Maserati Grecale’s protracted teaser campaign is about to arrive to an conclude.

Maserati has teased its future mid-sized SUV one final time in advance of its formal expose on March 22, 2022 at 2pm CET. This interprets to 12am AEDT on March 23, 2022.

The Italian automaker chose to present part of the high-general performance Trofeo product in a short movie it uploaded to its social media. The video clip shows element of what appears to be the front wheel arch with a superior-performance Trofeo badge.

The particular product in the teaser movie is painted in yellow, which would seem to be very very similar to the Giallo Corse yellow made use of on the Levante, Quattroporte and Ghibli Trofeo MC Version models.

The Italian automaker had at first planned to expose the Grecale SUV last November, before delaying it.

“Due to the lack of semiconductors, the amount of manufacturing would not allow for us to answer appropriately to expected world-wide demand from customers,” the enterprise said at the time.

Whilst we have not completely found the Grecale but without having camouflage, we have spied a number of prototypes going through testing.

The substantial-overall performance Grecale Trofeo prototypes ended up distinguishable from typical Grecale prototypes by their more substantial brakes with drilled discs, reduced journey top, reworked entrance fascia and a special quad exhaust retailers.

The Grecale will be based mostly on the Giorgio platform underpinning the Alfa Romeo Giulia sedan and Stelvio SUV.

Autocar previously reported the Grecale Trofeo will come with a detuned variation of the MC20’s twin-turbocharged ‘Nettuno’ 3.-litre V6.

It is unclear just how detuned it’ll be, but the MC20 pumps out 463kW of energy and 730Nm of torque.

Trofeo variants of the Ghibli and Quattroporte use a Ferrari-crafted twin-turbo 3.8-litre V8 making 433kW and 730Nm, even though the Levante Trofeo produces 441kW.

All Grecale versions will characteristic the ‘Q4’ all-wheel generate set-up of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio, in addition a ZF-sourced eight-speed torque-converter automatic transmission.

Maserati says the all-wheel travel method can split torque 50:50 between the axles, but in sure push modes and for particular designs it can mail torque only to the rear axle – that appears like a bash trick for the Grecale Trofeo.

The Trofeo model will give Maserati a rival to the likes of the BMW X3 M and Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S, which place out 375kW/650Nm and 375kW/700Nm, respectively.

Autocar also reviews the Grecale vary will open with a 2.-litre 4-cylinder engine that is turbocharged and attributes an electric supercharger and a moderate-hybrid method – probable a 48V program, as observed in the Ghibli Hybrid.

The Uk publication check drove a prototype of the auto, which provides 220kW of electric power at 5750rpm and 450Nm of torque among 2000 and 4000rpm.

Kerb fat is 1870kg, with a -100km/h time of 5.6 seconds, .1 seconds more rapidly than a Ghibli Hybrid that produces 26kW more ability.

Maserati will also debut an electric powered version of the Grecale in 2022, which will use the brand’s new Folgore (‘lightning’) badge.

It’ll be part of electrical variations of the MC20 and approaching GranTurismo substitution, and will give Maserati a rival to the likes of the upcoming Porsche Macan EV.

Maserati recently announced it is heading all-electric powered from 2030 and each product in its lineup will have at the very least one pure electrical variant by 2025.

The Grecale is a very important new model for Maserati as it will depict a new entry level to the brand name, with production of the Ghibli set to stop by 2025.

The base Ghibli is Maserati’s most affordable model in several markets, nevertheless here it’s undercut by the base Levante.

There’s been no sign still of pricing for the Grecale, nonetheless it’ll likely undercut the Levante GT which opens at $126,990 just before on-streets.

It’ll also probable be priced previously mentioned the Stelvio, the main product vary of which is priced from $64,950 to $78,950 right before on-streets.

The flagship Quadrifoglio rings up at $146,950 ahead of on-roads, when the 2022 Porsche Macan variety slots neatly in between this price tag hole.

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