Maserati Levante News
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Maserati’s upcoming SUV, the Levante, will enter production in 2015 at the Mirafiori plant located in Turin, Italy, which is owned by Maserati’s parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and has the capacity to build up to 300,000 cars per year. The information was revealed by FCA boss Sergio Marchionne during an interview with Reuters. Confirmed to share a platform with the Jeep Grand Cherokee originally, Maserati boss Harald Wester recently said that this was no longer the case. Instead, it’s likely Maserati will use a modified version of the platform underpinning its...
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With The New 2014 Quattroporte Revealed, Maserati CEO Looks To The Future: Video
Yesterday, Maserati took the covers off its all-new, sixth-generation Quattroporte sedan, ahead of the car’s official debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show in January. Along with the reveal, Maserati CEO Harald Wester reaffirmed his company’s plans to boost sales to around 50,000 annually...
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Maserati SUV To Be Called Levante, Baby Sedan To Revive Ghibli Title
Maserati has ambitions plans to boost its annual sales to as much as 50,000 units per year in the mid to longer term, up from less than 7,000 units sold last year. To do so, the automaker intends on two key model introductions with which it hopes to acquire new customers, particularly in emerging...
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2013 Maserati Kubang To Get Sound-Enhanced Diesel
When the exported-from-Detroit 2013 Maserati Kubang goes on sale, it will become the very first Maserati model to carry a diesel engine. At least one V-8 gasoline engine will be offered as well, as that’s what most buyers will expect to see (and hear) beneath the hood. As Maserati’s...
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New Maserati SUV To Be Called "Cinqueporte"?
Maserati is bringing an SUV based on Jeep Grand Cherokee running gear to market in 2013 and chose the recent 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show to preview the vehicle in concept form. The concept, dubbed the “Kubang”, borrows its name from the Indonesian word for a particular wind in Java--no...
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Maserati Kubang Hits The Road: Video
Named like an onomatopoeic Batman fight scene exclamation, the Maserati Kubang will be built in Detroit for American buyers sometime in 2013. This video is the first to show it on the road. Smacking heavily of computer generation, the video does a fair amount of brand-building before it gets around...
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The made-in-Detroit Maserati Kubang will be more than Maserati's first sport-utility vehicle, and a stunning one at that; it will also mark an impressive fusion of engineering resources between Chrysler Group and Fiat SpA.
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Maserati Kubang SUV Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Love it or hate it, the SUV has taken the luxury market by storm since its introduction, and only a few brands still don't have at least one offering in the segment. That number is one smaller today, however, as Maserati introduced the Kubang at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. The first thing you're...
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Maserati's Frankfurt Auto Show SUV Concept Leaked?
We already knew that a Maserati SUV concept based around the award-winning 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee platform would be unveiled at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show on September 13, but now, just days out from the event, an alleged image of the luxury off-road concept has leaked onto the Web. Appearing...
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Maserati SUV May Not Get Ferrari Engine After All
Though Fiat-Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne previously suggested that a new SUV model planned for Maserati would feature a Ferrari engine, something he described as “rock and roll”, there’s word that a Hemi V-8 is more likely to get the tick of approval. The reason? Most likely...
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Maserati SUV Will Get Ferrari Designed Engine
First he told us a new Maserati SUV based on the Jeep Grand Cherokee platform was in the works and destined for launch late next year or in early 2013. Then he revealed that the prized platform would also spawn an upscale seven-seater SUV for the Jeep brand, one that would revive the Grand Wagoneer...
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Marchionne: Jeep Grand Cherokee-Based Maserati SUV Coming 2013
A Maserati SUV? Why? Considering Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW already have theirs, perhaps the better question is, why not? That's the way Sergio Marchionne looks at the matter, at any rate, according to an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Calling the Jeep Grand Cherokee "a great...
Nelson Ireson