All New Maseratis To Be Electrified

One this makes sense as a common Hybrid / EV platform will allow a big reduction in costs compared to ICE platforms.

Two Maeratis as well as all Italian auto's suck from a quality standpoint and yet that is my personal opinion based on real world experience with past autos from the brand. Reviews seem to also hold up to this.

Three, FAILURE FAILURE FAILURE right out of the gate. WHY, Maeratis is saying the first EV will be a Car. HELLO McFly, anyone listening? Cars are pas say as the market has spoken and CUV/SUV/Trucks is where the focus needs to be.

Honestly, does the FCA board not look at the market trends of where sales are at? Must be a bunch of baby boomer idiots on the board to allow the money waste on an EV car. ?

11 minutes ago, dfelt said:

One this makes sense as a common Hybrid / EV platform will allow a big reduction in costs compared to ICE platforms.

Two Maeratis as well as all Italian auto's suck from a quality standpoint and yet that is my personal opinion based on real world experience with past autos from the brand. Reviews seem to also hold up to this.

Three, FAILURE FAILURE FAILURE right out of the gate. WHY, Maeratis is saying the first EV will be a Car. HELLO McFly, anyone listening? Cars are pas say as the market has spoken and CUV/SUV/Trucks is where the focus needs to be.

Honestly, does the FCA board not look at the market trends of where sales are at? Must be a bunch of baby boomer idiots on the board to allow the money waste on an EV car. ?

It's going to be a sports car, probably like the GranTurismo. Put it up there with supercar status. 

Hmmm.  Italian and electric.  Not a good combination. Hopefully will come with an on-board fire suppression system. 

2 hours ago, dfelt said:

One this makes sense as a common Hybrid / EV platform will allow a big reduction in costs compared to ICE platforms.

Two Maeratis as well as all Italian auto's suck from a quality standpoint and yet that is my personal opinion based on real world experience with past autos from the brand. Reviews seem to also hold up to this.

Three, FAILURE FAILURE FAILURE right out of the gate. WHY, Maeratis is saying the first EV will be a Car. HELLO McFly, anyone listening? Cars are pas say as the market has spoken and CUV/SUV/Trucks is where the focus needs to be.

Honestly, does the FCA board not look at the market trends of where sales are at? Must be a bunch of baby boomer idiots on the board to allow the money waste on an EV car. ?

At least Maserati is staying on-brand.  Cannot say that about any German automaker (especially BMW/MB/Audi).

I would hope for $100k you get a hybrid powertrain.  You aren't getting build quality or reliability for that price.  Nor are you getting a car that can beat an AMG in performance.    Spending $5 billion on Maserati is practically throwing money away.   They aren't a good brand, to make them relevant it would take like $25 billion to turn it around.   This is a dead brand walking, living on nostalgia pseudo Italian flair.

4 hours ago, riviera74 said:

At least Maserati is staying on-brand.  Cannot say that about any German automaker (especially BMW/MB/Audi).

I dunno; this is a Maserati :

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Nor are you getting a car that can beat an AMG in performance.

No one buys an AMG to street race other cars.

Edited September 28, 20195 yr by balthazar

@balthazar I would also add elcamino guy, but forgot what name he changed too. Seems Maserati will do this EV car and then an EV Ute according to "The Driven" web site. Soooooo, maybe they are going back to some of their roots with this Ute? ?

https://thedriven.io/2019/10/01/maserati-races-to-catch-up-on-electric-mobility-with-a-hybrid-ute/

20 minutes ago, dfelt said:

@balthazar I would also add elcamino guy, but forgot what name he changed too. Seems Maserati will do this EV car and then an EV Ute according to "The Driven" web site. Soooooo, maybe they are going back to some of their roots with this Ute? ?

https://thedriven.io/2019/10/01/maserati-races-to-catch-up-on-electric-mobility-with-a-hybrid-ute/

@Camino LS6

No worries there, Camino wouldn't be caught dead in an electric car.

On 10/4/2019 at 9:44 PM, ocnblu said:

No worries there, Camino wouldn't be caught dead in an electric car.

He did have a Maserati though

8 hours ago, Drew Dowdell said:

He did have a Maserati though

Yup, one of these passionate Italian jobs: