Maserati Quattroporte and Levante EVs delayed

Maserati has confirmed that the next-generation all-electric Maserati Quattroporte flagship sedan and Levante SUV have been delayed, following news stories surfacing in Italy that development of both EVs had stalled.

Forced to address the rumours, Maserati has now announced that the new Levante EV will be pushed back to 2027 – two years later than originally expected – while the next-generation Quattroporte EV is due in 2028, three years after it was supposed to have landed.

As recently as last month, a spokesperson for the Stellantis-owned Italian luxury brand said that the replacement for the Quattroporte was still on track to arrive in 2025.

Creating a huge hole in the Maserati line-up, production of the current seventh-generation Quattroporte ended in the final quarter of 2023 after a long 10-year run.

The smaller mid-size Ghibli, meanwhile, was also dropped, with no direct replacement planned.

Overseas reports have suggested that Maserati designers and engineers are going back to the drawing board, with insiders suggesting to Automotive News that the Quattroporte will evolve into an “entirely new concept”.

If that’s not troubling enough for the famous Trident brand, production of the current Levante SUV – which first went on sale in Europe back in 2016 – is scheduled to end in the first half of this year.

Maserati says it still plans to become an all-electric brand by 2028, which is two years earlier than a previous announcement.

This year, Maserati will launch the battery-electric Folgore version of its GranTurismo and Grecale – a year later than planned – while all-electric versions of its MC20 and MC20 Cielo supercars should land in 2025.

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