Some new rumors are floating around the mill regarding Maserati’s next efforts to expand its lineup and replace the wonderful, but aging Quattroporte. Word says that an all-new Quattroporte will possibly debut at next year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Reports have stated the new Quattroporte will be six inches wider and two [...]
At a time when the defense ministry in Italy is supposed to be reducing its budget by €2.5bn ($3.4 billion USD) over the next three years, 19 top-of-the-line Maserati Quattroporte sedans are headed into the hands of Italian officials. Eyebrows were raised by opposition MPs that said it was it was an outrageous indulgence at a [...]
Fiat SpA’s CEO Sergio Marchionne is proving to be a hard worker, from taking up the task of rescuing the Chrysler Group, to making radical changes to keep up with other automobile conglomerates like General Motors, Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corporation. As part of those radical changes, Marchionne set some ambitious plans for Maserati [...]
Maserati of North America has just issued a recall for 801 GranTurismos and Quattroportes in the US and Canada. The recall is for a defective part that could cause the entire rear suspension to fail, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “The rear suspension left side and right side wheel alignment toe-in tie-rods may [...]
Chrysler Group LLC and Fiat SpA CEO Sergio Marchionne has a lot of ambition for the Maserati brand as he focuses on increasing sales of the brand from 5,675 last year to 50,00 units a year by the end of the decade. How does he plan on doing that? First up, Maserati will start offering [...]
Okay – we understand that we have to be kind to mother nature and downsize our engines and save a couple trees here and there.. but some things just shouldn’t be messed with. According to sources, Maserati is considering dropping its 4.2 liter and 4.7 liter V8 engines that it gets from Ferrari as hand-me-downs. [...]
It almost seems like every manufacturer is trying to get a piece of every little action involving niche markets, making their own versions of every single different type of car out there. For example. Maserati, what used to be a small Italian sports car manufacturer, will have a five-vehicle line-up by 2014. That includes two [...]
Sergio Marchionne and Fiat have won certain concessions from workers to build Maseratis at the former site of a Bertone plant, which the company bought back in 2009 from the bankrupt car-design company. The program, which consists of increased work-shifts and more flexible overtime, won approval from 88% of the 1,011 workers who participated in [...]
Maserati will unveil the next-generation Quattroporte later this year at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. The trident brand plans to push the next-generation Quattroporte upmarket and reposition it against the Aston Martin Rapide and the Porsche Panamera. Maserati CEO Harald Wester has previously confirmed that the next Quattroporte will add four-wheel-drive and stop-start technology. The next-generation [...]
Earlier this year, we learned that the new entry-levle Maserati sedan was on track for 2014. Latest reports suggest that the new four-door entry-level Maserati is now scheduled to debut in the fall of 2011. The model will compete against the likes of the BMW M5, Jaguar XFR and the Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG. Insiders [...]
