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One afternoon, two 2027 Maseratis

Rare is the day one is invited to test-drive not one, but two Italian exotics on the proverbial dark desert highway, that being Malibu (in the daytime.) Maserati’s long known for their iconic moniker, their Italian track wins and ups…

About Maserati

Few badges promise as much as the Maserati trident, borrowed from the Neptune fountain in Bologna, where the Maserati brothers set up shop in 1914. The cars wearing it have always sold a particular kind of Italian romance: less shrill than a Ferrari, more sensual than a German sedan, built for crossing a continent quickly with a good jacket in the trunk. Maserati is also one of the most argued-over names in the business, a marque whose heritage is never in question even when its sales figures, its owners' patience and its corporate strategy very much are.

The history is a tangle of owners and reinventions. Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1957 world championship in a Maserati 250F; the Orsi family moved the company to Modena; Citroen owned it long enough to produce the strange and wonderful SM; Alejandro de Tomaso gave the world the Biturbo, a car remembered as much for its reliability as its ambition. Fiat took control in the 1990s, Ferrari stewardship brought a revival, and the Quattroporte and the first GranTurismo restored the brand's swagger. Ownership now sits with Stellantis, which has repeatedly insisted the trident is not for sale.

The current lineup is compact and deliberately premium: the MCPura supercar, as the MC20 is now called, the GranTurismo coupe and GranCabrio convertible, and the Grecale SUV, with the Ghibli and Levante retired. Power comes from the in-house Nettuno twin-turbo V6, with its Formula 1-derived pre-chamber combustion, or from Folgore electric drivetrains, though Maserati has walked back plans to go fully electric and cancelled an electric MC20. Rivals include Porsche, Bentley, Aston Martin and BMW's M division, all of them better funded.

The story is unfinished. The brand marked a hundred years of the trident badge with plenty of celebration, while reports keep circling a smaller range, a revived Quattroporte, possible partners and the sales slump that has made the Modena company a recurring item in Stellantis earnings calls. Coverage collected here runs from reviews and recalls to coachbuilt one-offs, concept cars, executive changes and the quarterly numbers that decide how much more romance Maserati can afford.

Maserati

The trident from Bologna's Neptune fountain, a century of racing and grand touring, Nettuno V6 power, Folgore EVs and a long fight to find its feet.

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Grecale Maserati's mid-size SUV, named for a Mediterranean wind, with four-cylinder hybrid, Nettuno V6 Trofeo and all-electric Folgore versions taking on the Macan.
MC20 Maserati's mid-engined supercar, now renamed MCPura: a carbon tub, butterfly doors and the Nettuno V6 that brought Formula 1 combustion tech to Modena.
GranTurismo Maserati's four-seat grand tourer and its GranCabrio sibling, Nettuno V6 or tri-motor Folgore electric, built to cross a continent in style and at speed.

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