The world premiere of the new Maserati Grecale, to which we were summoned for mid-November, will not finally take place. The Italian firm has decided to delay the debut of the new SUV until next spring, so the marketing does too.
The world premiere of the Maserati Grecale was scheduled to take place in just under a month, but the signing of the Trident has canceled the event well in advance, pointing the presentation until spring 2022, so the Italian rival of the Porsche Macan, in which so much confidence and hopes had been put, it is postponed.
The truth is that those responsible for Maserati have pointed out that the microchip shortage that plagues brands of cars around the world has also fully affected the new SUV, making it impossible to present the model without showing the operation of some technologies. An important delay that also reaches the commercialization, since if it was planned to go on sale precisely next spring, at least it will be delayed until the second half of next year.
The Maserati Grecale leaves its coming-out until spring 2022
Approximately when the debut of the new Maserati Grecale Trofeo, the sportiest version of the Modena brand’s SUV, is expected. The question is whether this delay will become one chain with another also in the launch of the electric variant of the Grecale Folgore which is programmed into the brand’s plans for the middle of the decade. An extra time that the Italian manufacturer has to continue carrying out tests and finish adjusting the different technical configurations of a model that is called to be the brand’s sales leader.
The Maserati Grecale is one of the fundamental weapons, considered to be the rival of the Porsche Macan, but also of many other Germans who are not going to make it easy on their first foray into the D segment. The Ghibli Substitute It will be offered in a modern and attractive design, strongly influenced by the new MC20 sports car on the outside and inside, with a major change in the interior design, now dominated by digitization and connectivity.
The Grecale is the result of the arrival of Stellantis, which has promoted this development as one of the priorities. Based on the Giorgio platform of the Alfa Romeo Stelvio, although the architecture has undergone important modifications to adapt to the technical canon of the Trident brand. The Grecale will be offered with powerful engines, four-cylinder supercharged and hybrid and a brutal six-cylinder that will offer high power at the top of the range of the future Grecale Trofeo.