Maserati: The rumor of a V8 diesel

Maserati: The rumor of a V8 diesel - Discovering the new Maserati Ghibli, we discovered the arrival of L Biturbo V6 diesel engine with a power of 3.0 275 hp. 

If this engine is perfectly matched to the Ghibli, it may be just a little on the Quattroporte and the version Upscale future SUV Levante who will fight against the BMW X5 and X6 M50d who develop some 386 hp. Not to mention the Cayenne, ML or Q5 and Q7 offer or propose punchy diesel versions.

Thus, according to Car & Driver, the Fiat Group is currently working with a turbo diesel engine 4.0 L cubing and announced a power between 360 and 375 hp. Marco Marelli in Car & Driver, also speaks a torque of 624 Nm, which seems a little short against the 740 Nm of BMW L6 3.0 L or 850 Nm V8 4.2 L Porsche. It is a little surprised by the value that is very close to that of "small" V6 3.0 L diesel Biturbo that sends up to 600 Nm Fiat could install this unit on several models of group (Europe and USA), also speaks a combined fuel consumption of 7.8 L/100 km. All this is to check if the engine is to be released in 2015 before being placed on the market in 2016.

source : Car & Driver

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Maserati Ghibli 2014: The tease

Maserati Ghibli 2014: The tease - This time it's official! The new Maserati Ghibli looks for the Shanghai Motor Show where it will have its world premiere. Nothing new for now if it is a beautiful blue draped Maserati suggesting the shape of this sedan will pick up the "mess" in the 5 Series, 6 Series Gran Coupe, E-Class, GS, A6/A7 Mr.

No new big thing at the moment whether this is confirmation that this sedan Ghibli will spearhead the attack Maserati markets since it will sell around 25,000 copies per year, which is huge for a small manufacturer.

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Maserati Quattroporte 2013

The future Maserati Quattroporte will be officially unveiled in January at the Salon International Motor Show in Detroit.

Today, the Italian manufacturer presents the first official pictures of its luxury sedan.

The changes that are needed
Maserati Quattroporte 2013 is the longest and most significantly slimmer. This gives it a much nicer figure, which will necessarily allow it to compete with much more insurance against other prestige sedans, including the cars manufactured in Germany.

Although the size of the next Quattroporte is raised, the car announces a reduced weight of 200 kilos.

Maserati, it also took the opportunity to redesign the entire interior of the sedan by giving it a new dashboard that will receive the most advanced technologies of telematics.

The most important changes
As is often the case with European manufacturers of luxury vehicles, the main changes can be found on their new resident often under the hood. And the future Maserati Quattroporte is no exception to this basic rule.

Thus, it will inherit a V8 engine Ferrari's engineers reworked by the Maserati.

Biturbo mill which the force be around 530 horsepower.

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Maserati GT Garbin, Future Car Concept for 2020

The Maserati GT Garbin is a design research of a Gran Turismo model which is aimed as futuristic car concept in 2020. All the authors of this futuristic car design study have graduated from Politecnico di Milano in recently, they are Chetan Rajput from India, Andrea Coccia from Italy, and Jaime Cervantes from Mexico. They begin develop this Maserati GT Garbin at the the Master in Transportation and Automobile Design in Politecnico di Milano which was supported by FIAT Group.

The exterior surface of this futuristic car takes inspirations from the Privé 2010 Collection by Armani. The author commented, “This inspiration was translated into solid surfaces combined with ‘floating’ elements that remind of the Opera Theatre of Valencia, by Calatrava.” The front end of this Maserati GT Garbin is designed with typical Maserati grille character mixed with surface treatment reminiscent which is found on the Citroën GT Concept. For more detail take a look at the images below.

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Maserati GranCabrio Sport 2011

The all new Maserati GranCabrio Sport will be displayed at the Geneva Auto Show. This new sports car would provide more driving pleasure thanks to an enhanced overall vehicle dynamics, a more responsive, efficient engine, optimized gearshift response and more horse power. The complete look of the vehicle is dynamic with black grille and a Trident with the red accents. The 4.7-liter V8 engine has the capacity to produce 450 horsepower. The car has six-speed transmission which is equipped with high speed MC Auto Shift software, which offers optimized gearshift response ensuing in a better engagement.

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