Maserati Grecale finally gets a new debut date

KUALA LUMPUR: Among the several car launches which got delayed due to the global semi-conductors shortage is the all-new Maserati Grecale. This luxury Italian SUV was originally scheduled to launch on November 16, last year, but it was postponed due to interruptions in the supply chain of the key components. Well, now the Grecale has a new debut date, which is March 22, 2022.

While revealing the global debut schedule, Maserati also released some new camouflaged images of the SUV, which are more revealing than the shots we saw last month. The camouflage reads “I’m the Maserati Grecale. I can’t tell you much more”.

We can see the SUV’s front end featuring the upright headlights larger than the ones available on the Levante. The grille carries vertical bars and a big trident badge. Moving towards the rear, here the Maserati’s upcoming Grecale looks much similar to the Levante because of the same quarter panel and C-pillar. 

Some highlights of the Grecale like quad-tip exhaust, huge front brake rotors, and calipers give hints about its performance-oriented characteristics.

As far as the mechanicals are concerned, Maserati has not yet made any official announcement, while the reports suggest that the SUV will borrow the underpinning from the Alfa Romeo Stelvio. 

It also said that the Maserati Grcecale will be manufactured in the same plant in Italy where Alfa Romeo creates the Stelvio. However, the former is not likely to adopt the engine from the latter. Instead, we expect a 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged V6 mill under the bonnet of the Grecale, which powers the MC20 supercar. The said engine is capable of generating a maximum power output of 622 bhp and a peak torque of 730 Nm.

Since last month, Maserati has been involved in testing around 250 development models of the Grecale in several countries, including Japan, the US, UAE, China, Finland, and Italy.

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