Ultra-luxury brand SUV, perhaps at the beginning Maserati, Aston Martin, Ferrari are scornful, however, seeing porsche with Cayenne, Macan in the field of SUVs a big company, after earning "full of pots", they can't help but "red eyes", have invested in the development of SUV models. However, most of the brand's SUV models still maintain their noble tone, the price has always been very expensive, and porsche Macan is different, at once the threshold was raised to the level of 500,000 yuan, which may be one of the reasons why it can monopolize the mid-size SUV market. Probably smelling this business opportunity, Maserati Grecale recently launched a "people-friendly" medium-sized SUV, starting at 638,800 yuan, which seems to be for the sake of benchmarking Macan. So, does Grecale really have the strength to share a piece of the macan?
The SUV made by the ultra-luxury brand also has a sports car flavor?
As an SUV model launched by a supercar brand, the appearance value naturally has its own characteristics. Maserati Grecale continues the style of the supercar MC20, the straight waterfall grille occupies most of the area of the front face, and the teardrop-shaped headlight shape, and the Porsche Macan is almost the same, even the placement is very close, and the overall rounded line sense is integrated, and the current new energy car is somewhat similar, but the conspicuous "trident" LOGO on the Middle Net also reminds you of its noble identity. Perhaps because the headlights are too similar in shape, there is a familiar feeling when looking at the Porsche Macan, but the Macan's integrated air intake grille is also a common design on its own sports cars, which is quite recognizable.
On the side of the body, the three-stage shark gill heat dissipation port on the Grecale, as well as the "trident" logo of the D pillar, highlight that it is a Maserati, while the Porsche Macan is relatively low-key, the overall shape is closer to the traditional SUV, but the curved streamlined design of the roof still has a strong sports car flavor. In the rear of the vehicle, the Grecale uses a boomerang taillight shape, while the Macan is a popular through taillight, the difference is still more obvious. In short, on the Gregare and Macan, you can feel the characteristics of maserati and Porsche's respective families, one full of elegance and the other full of sportsmanship.
In addition, in terms of spatial performance, although the Maserati Grecale has a variety of different sizes of the body, the length of the car can basically reach more than 4.8 meters, compared to the Porsche Macan to be a circle larger, and the 2901mm wheelbase performance on the Gregare is also 94mm longer than the Macan. Obviously, the Maserati Grecale will perform better than the Macan.
Think Grecale expensive? Don't forget that Porsche also has options
Entering the car, maserati Grecale is the most attractive is four LCD screens, including a 12.3-inch combination instrument screen, a 12.3-inch central control screen, a HUD head-up display and an 8.8-inch touch screen, the sense of technology in the car may be able to compete with the new forces of car-making, only a 10.9-inch central control screen of Porsche Macan, obviously in the scientific and technological atmosphere of this piece of "complete failure".
However, although The Gregale is much more stunning than Macan in terms of visual effects, however, in the workmanship and texture of this piece to be examined, after all, on levante, although a large area of leather wrapping is used, it is full of pride, but there are uneven gaps in the trim panels, the button damping is not enough, etc., which is often complained about not matching its identity, but Macan is in place in terms of workmanship and materials, much better than Maserati's contemporary products.
In addition, although the starting price of Maserati Grecale is more than 80,000 yuan higher than that of Porsche Macan, considering that there will be a series of optional blessings when buying Macan, so according to the terminal price, the price of Porsche Macan's bare car will most likely reach more than 600,000 yuan, and the gap between Gregle is not large. In this way, the price of the two cars is expected to maintain the same level, so who should be chosen in terms of configuration and cost performance? Take, for example, the two entry-level models of the Maserati Grecale and Porsche Macan.
It can be seen that the configuration level of maserati Grecale is significantly higher than that of Porsche Macan, such as reversing images, keyless entry and CarPlay, etc. Macan needs to add extra money to choose to achieve the basic equivalent configuration level with Gregare.
Powerly, Macan only "medium horse" can win?
In terms of power, compared with the three powertrains of the Porsche Macan 2.0T and 2.9T high and low power engines, the Maserati Grecale also has three powertrain options, including a high and low power 2.0T engine + 48V light mix system and a 3.0T V6 engine. Specifically, although the base version of both cars is equipped with a 2.0T engine, even the 2.0T low-power version of the Gregare has a maximum output of 300 horsepower, which is obviously more advantageous than the Macan's 265-horsepower 2.0T engine. In addition, compared with the high-performance version of the two-car model, the Grecale's 3.0T engine with a maximum of 530 horsepower is more powerful than the Macan's 2.9T high-power version, and the maximum power is 89 horsepower.
However, for the intermediate model, the Gregare with a 2.0T high-power engine has a maximum power output of 330 horsepower, and the Macan's 2.9T low power is slightly inferior in performance. Overall, the Maserati Grecale's power level is better than the Porsche Macan, not only the entry-level power version is better, even if the high-performance version is compared, the Grecale's data performance is significantly more powerful than the Macan.
Write at the end
With a starting price of more than 600,000 yuan and the market positioning of mid-size SUVs, Maserati Grecal is here to benchmark the Porsche Macan. Through the comparison of the above aspects, it can be seen that Grecale has enough strength to wrench the Macan in terms of space, power, and even price. However, when you choose, don't forget Maserati's "reputation" in quality control. And in addition, in the brand recognition of the domestic market and the retention rate of second-hand cars, Porsche is also a unique existence, after all, the three-year retention rate is as high as 95.6%, which can undoubtedly "completely beat" Maserati, which has lost half of the three years. Of course, whether Grecal can replicate Macan's success in the future depends on how much its terminal is discounted to know.