New Maserati GranTurismo will be as sexy as Alfieri

When the Maserati GranTurismo is born again next year, it will not only become the Italian car-maker’s first electric vehicle but adopt the stunning exterior design of the sleek 2014 Alfieri concept.

That’s the clear conclusion from an extravagant video that accompanied the launch of the Maserati MC20 supercar and heralded the trident brand’s electrified future.

Compare this screenshot of the 2021 Maserati GranTurismo from the official video with the 2014 Alfieri concept and the similarities are obvious.

As part of its future model presentation, dubbed The Maserati White Book, the trident brand promised seven new models by 2022 and 13 within the next three years, and said the next-generation GranTurismo will be its first EV when it’s released next year.

The first to arrive will be the mid-engined, two-seat Maserati MC20 supercar in late 2020 (late 2021 in Australia, where’s it’s already sold out), powered by a 470kW/630Nm twin-turbo V6 that propels it to 100km/h in 2.9 seconds and a 325km/h top speed.

It will be followed next year by the MC20 Spyder convertible, the all-new Grecale medium SUV – Maserati’s answer to the Porsche Macan – and the GranTurismo coupe, followed by the GranCabrio drop-top.

The latter 2+2 sports cars will debut the battery-electric powertrain that Maserati says will accelerate the MC20 to just 2.8sec in 2022, and it will also become available in the Alfa Stelvio-based Grecale.

Designed in-house and dubbed Folgore, which means ‘lightning’ in Italian, the 800-volt three-motor EV comprises an electric motor mounted on the front axle and two electric motors over the rear axle.

In the 2023 Maserati MC20 Folgore EV, which will remain based around a carbon-fibre tub, the front motor will occupy the space occupied by a ‘frunk’ in the V6 and a lithium-ion battery pack will reside behind the firewall.

Before all that Maserati will release facelifted, mild-hybrid and Trofeo versions of the Ghibli, Quattroporte and Levante, and all three models are expected to renewed post-2023.

Maserati first promised an all-electric model well before 2018, when it began its two-year development program for the MC20.

It’s understood that delayed the transformation of the 2014 Alfieri concept into a replacement for the GranTurismo, production of which ended last year.

What’s coming from Maserati:
Ghibli facelift and MHEV – late 2020
Levante facelift and MHEV – late 2020
Quattroporte facelift and MHEV – late 2020
Ghibli and Quattroporte Trofeo – early 2021
MC20 – mid-2021
MC20 Spyder – late 2021
Grecale medium SUV – 2021
GranTurismo Mk2 – late 2021
GranCabrio Mk2 – 2022
MC20 Folgore – 2022
MC20 Spyder Folgore – 2022
Grecale Folgore – 2022
Levante Mk2 – 2023
Ghibli and Quattroporte Mk2 – TBC