In the ultra-luxury car market, Porsche, Maserati, Lamborghini and other brands were first known for sports cars, but in order to better gain a foothold in the car market and expand their influence, ultra-luxury brands such as Porsche and Maserati have also launched SUVs. Like Porsche's well-known SUV has Cayenne, Macan, the former positioned in the medium and large SUV market, the starting price is close to 1 million yuan, the latter positioned in the medium-sized SUV market, with a starting price of more than 500,000 yuan to cut into the market, such a price is actually not close to the people, but after all, it is an ultra-luxury model, plus it is easier to start than The Cayenne, so the Macan's audience in China is not bad.
Although Maserati's ultra-luxury aura is slightly inferior to Porsche's, the former still regards the latter as a frontal competitor, which is not, and now based on the Giorgio platform to create a new mid-size SUV that benchmarks the Macan, that is, the Maserati Grecalle. At present, the new car has been unveiled on March 22 this year, and the price is expected to be announced at the Beijing Auto Show, which shows that it is not far from the official listing. However, from the current status of porsche and Maserati two major brands, whether Grecale can be treated squarely by Macan, mainly depends on whether maserati Grecale's product strength can impress everyone. So, let's take a look at maserati Grecale's product strength.
It is understood that the appearance of Maserati Grecale shows Maserati's new design language. The new car cover is slightly droopy, the surface ribs are clustered design, the three-dimensional and cute headlights are on both sides of the cover, and many corners of the front are not sharp, but show a sense of thickness. Fortunately, the size of the grille with a straight waterfall design is not small, and the front bumper is also inlaid with mesh black decorative panels on both sides, which adds a lot of sports to the front of the car, so the entire front of the car will not appear to be classless.
The body of the car side is relatively rounded, the window is decorated with slender silver decorative strips, the C-pillar is engraved with the logo of Maserati, the front fender plate is also depicted with three shark gill-shaped heat dissipation ports, the front and rear door handles are flush with the door, and the shape is also similar to shark gills, and the overall recognition is not low. Front and rear multi-spoke wheels, according to different models to provide different styles, such as gt version of the wheel hub, composed of a combination of multiple tridents, the interior can also see a large size of yellow calipers, but for the body to add a lot of sports atmosphere.
The plump rear is equipped with a two-tone spoiler, a long, supple taillight center, decorated with silver trim strips, a large rear bumper with black skid plate at the bottom, and a round exhaust port with two sides and four outs. To be honest, although The Macan also provides round exhaust ports with bilateral four outs, the Macan's sporty atmosphere will be much stronger under the background of the large black decorative panels, and the size of the black guard plate of the Maserati Grecale is not large, making the exhaust port look a little thin.
The center console of the Maserati Grecale is not hollow, the outer edge of the three-panel multi-function steering wheel should be bolded to give a good grip, the air conditioning outlet on the right is a penetrating design, and the fan blades are decorated with silver decorative strips. Saddle-shaped LCD instrument screen, better integrated with the central control, 12.3-inch LCD central control screen and 8.8-inch LCD air conditioning control panel integrated, the upper width and lower narrow design is also in line with the direction of the "T" shape of the console, but also added a lot of scientific and technological atmosphere.
Maserati Grecale according to different models, provide three different body sizes, and from the three size data, the length of the car is about 4 meters 85, the width of the car is less than 2 meters, the height of the car is about 1 meter 66, the wheelbase is 2 meters 9, to know that the Macan is less than 4 meters 8, the width is less than 2 meters, the wheelbase is 2 meters 8, compared to the Maserati Gregare size is still slightly advantageous, the space is naturally not smaller than the Macan. In addition, the rear seats of the Maserati Grecale can be flattened and the depth of the trunk can be increased from 1020mm to 1890mm, expanding the actual loading space.
As for power, maserati Grecale offers a hybrid system based on a 2.0T engine, and also a 3.0T V6 engine, the former with a 48V battery and a BSG motor, bringing 300 and 330 horsepower respectively. The latter, when matched to the ZF 8AT gearbox, delivers a maximum power of 530 hp. The Macan does not have a hybrid system, but instead offers a 2.0T four-cylinder and a 2.9T V6 engine, respectively, matched with a 7-stop dual-off transmission, which brings maximum power of 265 and 441 horsepower, which seems to be slightly better than the Maserati Grecale.
In summary, through the analysis of Maserati Grecale's appearance, interior, space, and performance, it can be found that Maserati Grecale's hardcore product strength in space, performance and so on, is actually more advantageous than Macan, and the two appearances are different, belonging to the wisdom of the benevolent, therefore, I think the overall strength of Maserati Grecale is not bad. But at what price do you think Maserati Grecale will enter the market to become a fierce rival to the Porsche Macan?