Little brother of the Levante, the Grecale will be presented in November and marketed next year. But L’argus was able to photograph a prototype of the Maserati family SUV in the Paris region, with a camouflage that no longer really hides the curved lines of this competitor of the Porsche Macan.
French manufacturers are not the only ones to test their future innovations in France. It is in Vaucresson, in the Hauts-de-Seine (92), not far from Paris, that Argus came face to face with a prototype of the Grecale. Parked in a classic parking space, the next Maserati SUV was approached without too much difficulty… Even if its two occupants did not necessarily appreciate having their portrait taken in this way. To counter the “scoop hunters”, whether professional or amateur, the Trident brand had however taken the lead. She herself had released pictures of other prototypes wearing the same camouflage.
A close cousin of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio
The format does not necessarily appear clearly in the photos. But when you see him in the street like this, this Grecale is much more compact than its big brother Levante. Normal: the length goes from 5.03 m to 4.70 m, a size similar to that of its main rival, the Porsche Macan. It’s also very close to an Alfa Romeo Stelvio, which is based on the same Giorgio platform and is produced in the same Italian factory in Cassino. To stand out, the Maserati takes inspiration from the recent MC20 super sports car with a fairly low-placed oval grille, small, almost rectangular headlights, and slender taillights.
An MC20 V6 engine on the program?
According to tradition, the Grecale borrows its name from a wind, which blows in the Mediterranean in a northeastern direction. We can therefore expect to see him offer breathtaking performances. For this, it could even go so far as to take the new V6 3.0 biturbo Nettuno from the MC20, in a somewhat deflated and a little less sophisticated version. But to aim wider, this model of access to the brand will not be able to ignore four-cylinder gasoline, possibly equipped with a light hybridization 48 volts. Even its big brother Levante recently converted to this engine architecture. On the other hand, the era of diesel at Maserati is now well over. The Trident is betting more and more on 100% electric, and could therefore offer such a version on the Grecale. Especially since its designated target, the Macan, will completely abandon the thermal on its second generation. Scheduled for November, the official presentation should tell us a lot more about the range.
