Maserati Promises New SUV Called Grecale Based on Alfa’s Stelvio
FCA's merger with France's PSA hasn't changed its grand plans for a complete revamp of Maserati. The 630-hp, mid-engine MC20 supercar is the first of an avalanche of new or redesigned Maserati models scheduled to be unveiled by 2025. While the MC20 is set to serve as the brand's halo (with a drop-top Spider version joining the coupe in 2022), Maserati insiders hope the brand's money-maker will be a new mid-size crossover SUV called the Grecale, which will share a lot of hardware with the Alfa Romeo Stelvio.
The Grecale, which in true Maserati tradition is named after a wind (in this case, a north-easterly that blows across the Italian peninsula), launches in 2021 and is key to a 40 percent increase in total Maserati SUV sales by 2025, the brand's global product planning and marketing chief Francesco Tonon said. The Grecale will be joined in 2023 or 2024 by a completely redesigned Levante, and both new Maserati SUVs will be available with conventional internal combustion engines, as well as mild-hybrid and battery-electric powertrains.
