Heavy, with a wide stern and powerful hips, the Levante is convincing, like Marlon Brando in The Godfather. The actor and the car play Italians, although their roots are rather German-American "Levante" or "Levantine" - a wind blowing from the east or northeast over the Mediterranean. It usually brings rain and cloudy weather. But for Maserati, this is a wind of change. The Italian brand has been working on its first crossover for 13 long years. It will seem to some that the new Maserati Levante crossover resembles the Infiniti QX70 (former FX), but the only thing they have in common is the curve of a long hood and no less expressively curved roof. Even if you peel off numerous tridents from the body, cover up the air intakes lined up in a line, the sophisticated Italian charm is still recognizable. And which crossover in the class has frameless doors? Heavy, with a wide stern and powerful hips, the Levante is convincing, like Marlon Brando in The Godfather. An actor and a car play...

Is the current Ghibli the first car in the history of Maserati that can be equipped with a diesel engine at the request of a Maserati customer? Diesel?! For most die-hard fans of the legendary Italian luxury car maker, this combination will at first sound inappropriate, outrageous, perhaps even insulting. Objectively, such a reaction is understandable - the Maserati name is invariably associated with some of the most sophisticated creations of the Italian automotive industry, and the "profanity" of a myth of this magnitude with a deadly diesel heart transplant is somehow ... incorrect, or something like that. says the voice of emotion. But what does the mind think? Fiat has big plans for the Maserati brand and plans to increase its sales to far exceed the biggest successes to date in this regard. However…

Driving the legendary Italian marque's first SUV The truth is that the launch of SUV models by the most famous traditionalists in the automotive industry seems to have been neither news nor sensational for a long time. Few manufacturers still do not have at least one product of this type in their assortment, and even fewer do not plan something similar in the near future. Porsche, Jaguar, even Bentley are already offering customers such a modern breed, and before the inclusion of Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce in the race, we are also unlikely to have to wait long. Yes, classic car concepts will always be a beautiful thing and none of these companies have any intention of abandoning them, but the era is such that in order to…

The factory in Piedmont still makes expensive and very distinctive cars. After the next update of the model range, the products of the Italian brand were finally tasted even by the most sophisticated Aosta Valley, the E25 highway, stretching from the Mont Blanc tunnel to Pont-Saint-Martin on the border with Piedmont, is pierced through and through. Alpine villages scattered along the slopes outside the window are replaced by endless walls of concrete corridors. The canvas of asphalt now and then wags from side to side, forcing you to constantly adjust the trajectory. But if earlier, while driving a Maserati, you had to taxi yourself, now cars with a trident on the grille have learned to do it on their own. Or not at all? The 2018 update not only affected the flagship Quattroporte, but also the Ghibli compact sedan, along with the Levante crossover. All…

Maserati is not experiencing one of the best moments in its history. Sales do not go with this and the Trident brand has had to make major changes to its manufacturing centers in order to adapt the number of vehicles coming off the assembly line to real market demand. However, in order to restart the brand, Maserati is preparing a real product attack in the next few years. The Italian brand has actually scheduled ten new launches ahead of 2023. Among them, we will see several restyled models already in the range, and several new models. Among the most important Maserati projects in development are several related to electric vehicles. Instead of smoothly transitioning to mid-range hybrid technology, the Trident will aim directly for full electrification. First…