The Maserati Alfieri is a
grand tourer from the Italian car manufacturer
Maserati
Maserati S.p.A. () is an Italian luxury vehicle manufacturer. Established on 1 December 1914, in Bologna, Italy, the company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. The company has been owned by Stellantis since 2021. Ma ...
. It was shown as a
concept car at the
2014 Geneva Motor Show.
Concept
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The car is named after
Alfieri Maserati (1887–1932), one of the five
Maserati Brothers, and marks the 100 year anniversary of the carmaker, which was established in 1914 at
Bologna. It was developed at the Centro Stile FCA in
Turin. The chief designer was
Marco Tencone, while the exterior chief designer was Giovanni Ribotta. The project was managed by
Lorenzo Ramaciotti, who has been the director of ''Centro Stile'' since 2007 and in 2014 was the head of Fiat-Chrysler Global Design.
The ''Alfieri'' uses design elements of the
Maserati A6 GCS/54 designed by
Pininfarina in 1954. It is based on the chassis of the
Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale with a shorter wheelbase of 24 cm, equipped with a locking transaxle and Ferrari-derived 4.7-litre V8 engine rated at and at 4750 rpm.
Production version
The Alfieri was confirmed for production in 2016 at a Fiat Chrysler event on 6 May 2014 but was delayed to 2020 at the earliest.
According to reports, the Alfieri was to be offered with three V6 engine choices, rated at , and .
The 450-horsepower and 520-horsepower versions were said to only have an all-wheel-drive system.
The Alfieri was reported to be joined by a convertible variant in 2021 after the coupe's introduction.
An
electric version was planned for 2021 at the earliest.
In June 2018, Maserati announced that the Alfieri would be offered as a
plug-in hybrid
A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is a hybrid electric vehicle whose battery pack can be recharged by plugging a charging cable into an external electric power source, in addition to internally by its on-board internal combustion engin ...
from 2021 and as an
electric vehicle
An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes cha ...
from 2020 with three electric motors and all-wheel-drive. Further, the Alfieri coupe and convertible would replace the
Maserati GranTurismo and GranCabrio.
In 2019, it was announced by Maserati's then-executive chairman Harald Wester that the Alfieri would enter mass production in 2021 or 2022. However, as of the
Stellantis
Stellantis N.V. is a multinational automotive manufacturing corporation formed in 2021 on the basis of a 50–50 cross-border merger between the Italian-American conglomerate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the French PSA Group. The comp ...
merger that incorporated FCA in 2021, production is yet to commence. In mid-2021, it was confirmed that a new GranTurismo prototype using styling cues from the Alfieri was being test-driven, with options for an electric drivetrain as well as V6 and V8 engines.
References
External links
Maserati Alfieri Concept Car - Geneva Auto Show 2014
{{Maserati timeline
Maserati concept vehicles, Alfieri
Maserati Alfieri